Alex Epstein
@alexepstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein · Substack profile · Climate & Environment
Alex Epstein has 70,825 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #17 on Substack's Climate & Environment Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 3.
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
- 70,825
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 57K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 3
- Bestsellers rank
- #17
- Climate & Environment
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 | 70,825 | +5 | 57K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 70,820 | 57K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & Environment Bestsellers | #17 | #17 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & Environment Bestsellers | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
56 publications recommend Alex Epstein; 2 started in the last 30 days. Alex Epstein recommends 3, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2022-12 | 1 |
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 13 |
| 2026-02 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 10 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
Robert Yoho, MD92k followers · started Dec 2024
Isaac Orr25k followers · started May 2024 · mutual
David Blackmon11k followers · started Apr 2022
David Turver7.9k followers · started Jan 2023
Trevor Casper734 followers · started Dec 2022
Colleen Smith, MD418 followers · started Jan 2025- Tom's Substackstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Energy Oraclestarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Gianpiero Lorandistarted Oct 7, 2026
- Arya Explainsstarted Oct 6, 2026
- Industrial Realitystarted Aug 31, 2026
- Rog's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- TJ's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- in_con_veni_ent's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Linda's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Dragons's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Stephanie's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
- Bernard's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
- Layla's Substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Susan's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
- Jean's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
- Craig's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- Manny's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
- Submariner's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
All 56
- Venetia's Substackstarted May 13, 2026
- Robinson's Substackstarted May 13, 2026
- Ethan's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
- Graeme's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- James's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- Richard's Substackstarted Apr 30, 2026
- Heather's Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
- Stephen's Substackstarted Apr 20, 2026
- jim's Substackstarted Apr 20, 2026
- Gene's Substackstarted Apr 8, 2026
- Dale Nethertonstarted Apr 7, 2026
- Mike's Substackstarted Mar 1, 2026
- Gina's Substackstarted Feb 26, 2026
- Bonnie's Substackstarted Feb 24, 2026
- Peter's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
- Robert's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Paul's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
- ANTONIS's Substackstarted Jan 30, 2026
- Ron's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Before The Pluginstarted Jan 24, 2026
- Substack van Rubenstarted Jan 22, 2026
- George's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Bret's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
- Grace Reformed Casper - Zach Vreeman - Sermonsstarted Jan 15, 2026
- The Scholar's Hand by Dr. Wes Moorestarted Jan 12, 2026
- Emma's Substackstarted Jan 7, 2026
- Josiah's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Josh Seanoskystarted Jan 5, 2026
- TalentedMrLoki's Substackstarted Jan 3, 2026
- Tom's Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
- William's Substackstarted Dec 31, 2025
- William's Substackstarted Dec 21, 2025
Recommends
- Isaac Orr25k followers · started May 2024 · mutual
- The Atlas Circlestarted Feb 2025
- The Fishtank: Free-Market Insights on Energy Policystarted May 2024
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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Climate & Environment writers with 50,000 or more followers (19 writers in that group), but not Alex Epstein.
- recommends 4 of them
Bill McKibben@billmckibben - recommends 4 of them
Climate Action Now@climateactionnow1 - recommends 4 of them
Britt Wray@unthinkable - recommends 4 of them
Texas Energy & Power Media@douglewin - recommends 4 of them
Jan Rosenow@janrosenow - recommends 4 of them
Leah Stokes@leahstokes - recommends 3 of them
Emily Atkin@heated - recommends 3 of them
Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe - recommends 3 of them
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson@ayanaeliza - recommends 3 of them
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