Hossam el-Hamalawy has 4,973 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 52 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.
Last read Oct 31, 2026 (UTC). Followers are not email subscribers. Substack lists only the newest 50 recommendations for each publication, so a recommender count of 50 or more is a floor. History starts Oct 31, 2026; Substack publishes nothing earlier.
- Followers
- 4,973
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 2.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. Substack doesn't publish past follower counts, so history starts the day I first read a writer and grows by one reading every 3 days (daily if it's on your watchlist). The 7-day change appears on Nov 7, the 30-day change on Nov 30. Recommendation dates below go further back: they're Substack's own.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 4,973 | 2.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend Hossam el-Hamalawy; 3 started in the last 30 days. Hossam el-Hamalawy recommends 2, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 2 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
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All 52
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- The Cairo Reportstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
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Recommends
- Sudan War Monitor3.7k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
- The Cairo Reportstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
Substack lists the 50 newest recommenders of each publication. I add every recommendation found in the full lists of the 6,392 publications I read, so writers with many recommenders may still be missing a few small ones. "Started" is Substack's date.
Recommended by the same publications
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- 3 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
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- recommends 2 of themEvents in Ukraine
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- recommends 2 of themZanzibar Freedom Of Speech
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