Aaron M. Renn has 36,980 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #84 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.
Last read Nov 1, 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
- 36,980
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 24K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #84
- Culture
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 36,980 | +3 | 24K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 36,977 | 24K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | #84 | #83 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | 83 | 83 | 83 | 84 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
56 publications recommend Aaron M. Renn; 4 started in the last 30 days. Aaron M. Renn recommends 11, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 7 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 11 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
Recommended by
Rod Dreher54k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
Ryan Burge52k followers · started May 2024 · mutual
Rod D. Martin33k followers · started Apr 2024 · mutual
Oren Cass24k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
Scott Greer9.2k followers · started May 27, 2026
tmatt7.2k followers · started Mar 2024- Butch's Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Harry's Substackstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Le Substack de Genieysstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Substack von Friedrichstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Patristic Treasuresstarted Oct 6, 2026
- By The Third Bellstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Midlife Gainsstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Flourishing Neighborhoodsstarted Sep 25, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Sep 20, 2026
- Todd Engstromstarted Sep 19, 2026
- forrest's Substackstarted Sep 10, 2026
- Isaiah Menningstarted Sep 1, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Aug 21, 2026
- Nadia's Substackstarted Aug 16, 2026
- J.K. Wallstarted Aug 14, 2026
- Vestiges's Substackstarted Aug 2, 2026
- greavesdavidmark@gmail.com's Substackstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Reformed Monkstarted Jul 16, 2026
All 56
- Cratylus' Fingerstarted Jul 16, 2026
- lost in the reedsstarted Jul 14, 2026
- The Diagnostic Dialoguesstarted Jul 12, 2026
- Financial Evangelismstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Carter's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Runebooks Publishingstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Reformatiostarted Jun 11, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- The Stubborn Saintstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Patrick's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
- Bri's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- Mind Your Businessstarted May 25, 2026
- Evan's Substackstarted May 18, 2026
- Susan's Substackstarted May 17, 2026
- Jamie's Substackstarted May 17, 2026
- Orthodox Healing and Wonderstarted May 14, 2026
- Celtic Grove's Substackstarted May 13, 2026
- D.C.R.Austen's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- Hanna's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
- The 1001st Hourstarted Apr 17, 2026
- Clear Historystarted Apr 12, 2026
- Thom's Substackstarted Mar 28, 2026
- Project OpenKuyperstarted Mar 27, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Mar 24, 2026
- Scott's Substackstarted Mar 14, 2026
- Stephen's Substackstarted Mar 10, 2026
- The Homebuildersstarted Mar 2, 2026 · mutual
- Jacob's Substackstarted Mar 1, 2026
- Jawahar's Substackstarted Feb 27, 2026
- Chad McCoolstarted Feb 25, 2026
- Acumenstarted Jan 30, 2026
- Scott's Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
Recommends
Matthew Yglesias365k followers · started Jun 2023
Rob Henderson157k followers · started Jun 2023- Rod Dreher54k followers · started Jun 2023 · mutual
- Ryan Burge52k followers · started Jun 2023 · mutual
- Rod D. Martin33k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
- Oren Cass24k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
Anthony B. Bradley11k followers · started Apr 2024- The Homebuildersstarted Jun 4, 2026 · mutual
- Joel Kotkinstarted Jan 1, 2026
- Robert Ordway's Newsletterstarted Jun 2025
- The Corner Side Yardstarted Jan 2025
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.
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- 6 shared
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Publications that recommend at least two other Culture writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (97 writers in that group), but not Aaron M. Renn.
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