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Rising on Substack this week: U.S. Politics

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.

Robert Reich

1.7M followers · #10 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
52+ in 30 days · +2 in 7 days 109 in all
53 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Heather Cox Richardson

3.5M followers · #1 Podcasts Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
51+ in 30 days · +3 in 7 days 196 in all
54 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

The Bulwark

1.4M followers · #2 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
51+ in 30 days 110 in all
54 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

The Free Press

2.6M followers · #1 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
50+ in 30 days · +3 in 7 days 131 in all
52 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Paul Krugman

877k followers · #8 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
+46 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 107 in all
55 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Andy Borowitz

783k followers · #9 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
+38 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 85 in all
52 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Nate Silver

457k followers · #6 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
+34 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 99 in all
55 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Adam Kinzinger

795k followers · #12 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
+34 in 30 days 74 in all
51 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

MeidasTouch Network

1.1M followers · #4 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
+33 in 30 days 85 in all
51 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Joyce Vance

1.1M followers · #11 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
+32 in 30 days 110 in all
54 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Mehdi Hasan

894k followers · #5 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
+30 in 30 days 96 in all
52 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Brian Tyler Cohen

823k followers · #38 U.S. Politics Bestsellers
Outlined weeks are not counted: more than 50 newer recommendations, and Substack lists only the newest 50.
+23 in 30 days 65 in all
50 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.

Climbing Bestsellers

Places gained between the first and latest read of the last 7 days.

Climbing Rising

Same, on the Rising boards, which move faster.

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