Alex McFarland has 18,865 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #90 on Substack's Business Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.
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
- 18,865
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 12K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 51
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- #90
- Business
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 | 18,865 | +2 | 12K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 18,863 | 12K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bestsellers | #90 | #89 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bestsellers | 89 | 89 | 89 | 90 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
51 publications recommend Alex McFarland; 2 started in the last 30 days. Alex McFarland recommends 2, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
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- Ngo's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Simple Performancestarted Jun 24, 2026
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- Mbhekeni's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Salah's Substackstarted May 23, 2026
- Steve's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- Fifty Free in Japanstarted May 13, 2026
- Isa Fernandezstarted Apr 25, 2026
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- Mary's Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
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All 51
- Signals Over Storiesstarted Feb 13, 2026
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- Daph's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
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- Cozy Tarot & Practical Magicstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Start Herestarted Dec 22, 2025
- The Sanchez Strategiesstarted Dec 13, 2025
- Richard's Substackstarted Dec 12, 2025
- Steven's Substackstarted Dec 7, 2025
- Mokshith's Substackstarted Nov 30, 2025
- Thor's Substackstarted Nov 27, 2025
- Il Substack di Latostarted Nov 25, 2025
- The information & biology timesstarted Nov 9, 2025
- jcode's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Hrehaan Iyer's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Kingcodebrah’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Thinking Aloud in the AI Agestarted Sep 2025
- LigmaBallz’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- cOcOOLstarted Sep 2025
- AI Chart Roomstarted Sep 2025
- Vihang’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- The Boothstarted Aug 2025
- Tears’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Ser alma em corpo de mulherstarted Aug 2025
Recommends
- Kamil Banc21k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
- Melvin5.1k followers · started Oct 26, 2026 · mutualnew
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
Writers who share the most recommenders with Alex McFarland. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 5 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Business writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (72 writers in that group), but not Alex McFarland.
- recommends 8 of themChris Tottman@christottman
- recommends 5 of themThe VC Corner
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Michael Spencer@aisupremacy - recommends 4 of them
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Liam Austin@liamaustin - recommends 4 of them22nd Century Frontier™
- recommends 4 of themScenarica
- recommends 4 of themMohamed elsage
- recommends 3 of them
Marc Rubinstein@netinterest
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