Rising on Substack this week: Science

Two signals nobody else shows: the writers picking up new recommendations from other publications, and the ones climbing the leaderboards between my reads. Follower growth joins them on Nov 7, once there's a week of daily readings.

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Most new recommenders, last 30 days

Publications that started recommending each writer in the last 30 days, by Substack's own start date, with 12 weeks of context. Big writers collect recommenders fastest; pick a size to see who's rising among writers like you.

Neuroscience & Wellness

670k followers · #43 Science Bestsellers

51+ in 30 days · +2 in 7 days 55 in all

52 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Science Is Fun

41k followers

+21 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 50 in all

39 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Scott Alexander

300k followers · #3 Science Bestsellers

+21 in 30 days 81 in all

51 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

ixcarus

203k followers · #18 Science Bestsellers

+21 in 30 days 54 in all

50 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Adam Mastroianni

133k followers · #16 Science Bestsellers

+17 in 30 days 65 in all

29 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Nick Norwitz MD PhD

77k followers · #2 Science Bestsellers

+13 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 53 in all

21 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Dr. Lee Warren

74k followers · #27 Science Bestsellers

+12 in 30 days 54 in all

30 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Eric Topol

313k followers · #8 Science Bestsellers

+9 in 30 days 77 in all

32 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Islam & Neuroscience

61k followers

+9 in 30 days 50 in all

27 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Maria Bergsland, PhD

4.1k followers

+9 in 30 days 22 in all

18 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Unbiased Science

167k followers · #33 Science Bestsellers

+8 in 30 days 60 in all

25 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Katelyn Jetelina

506k followers · #1 Science Bestsellers

+7 in 30 days 78 in all

34 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

New recommenders per week, last 12 weeks; the orange bar is this week to date. Same scale in every panel. Dated by Substack; only recommendations still live. Outlined weeks are incomplete: Substack lists only a publication's 50 newest recommenders, so for busy writers older weeks can't be counted, and a 30-day count marked + is a floor.