Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
@alisavaldes · The Pugilist with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez · Substack profile · U.S. Politics
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez has 63,051 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #67 on Substack's U.S. Politics 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
- 63,051
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 49K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #67
- U.S. Politics
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 | 63,051 | −13 | 49K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 63,064 | 49K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Politics Bestsellers | #67 | #66 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Politics Bestsellers | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | ▼1 |
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Recommendations
56 publications recommend Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez; 3 started in the last 30 days. Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez recommends 11, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 11 |
| 2026-05 | 15 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 8 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
Jacob Kaarsbo22k followers · started May 21, 2026
Paul T Shattuck, MSW, PhD19k followers · started Dec 2, 2025 · mutual
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Jeanine Kitchel6.2k followers · started Mar 7, 2026
Melissa Chaudhry4k followers · started Apr 29, 2026- anmarikastarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Seth Wulsinstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Sofia Fontainestarted Oct 10, 2026new
- thesunupcyclestarted Oct 7, 2026
- Pallasstarted Sep 26, 2026
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- Stacybstarted Sep 13, 2026
- KBirdstarted Sep 12, 2026
- Alice Zorthianstarted Sep 11, 2026
- Epstein's Connectionsstarted Sep 11, 2026
- Bardar Rabbitstarted Sep 11, 2026
- Archangel of Ozstarted Sep 2, 2026
- Jerold's Substackstarted Aug 27, 2026
- mikmstarted Aug 19, 2026
- Deborah's Substackstarted Aug 19, 2026
- TRogLoDyte_Barrow's Substackstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Sharron's Substackstarted Jul 29, 2026
- Lauriestarted Jul 9, 2026
All 56
- The Whisper Campaignstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Jeff's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Treesa's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Clara's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Migrant118's substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Lynne Raiserstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Luz's Substackstarted Jun 1, 2026
- Pat's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
- melanie spencestarted May 30, 2026
- Cassandra Ricestarted May 26, 2026
- Patrick's Substackstarted May 23, 2026
- alexastarted May 22, 2026
- Robert L Ekesstarted May 20, 2026
- Seedyem's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- Will's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
- Victorstarted May 16, 2026
- ChamberlainNo1started May 13, 2026
- Cathy's Substackstarted May 10, 2026
- sin-eaterstarted May 10, 2026
- Paul's Substackstarted May 9, 2026
- Phil Pritchardstarted May 9, 2026
- Marcy's Substackstarted Apr 30, 2026
- JesseM in Dayton45410started Apr 28, 2026
- Judith's Substackstarted Apr 26, 2026
- Maureen Pepin 🇨🇦started Apr 26, 2026
- Bonnie Knightstarted Apr 18, 2026
- machine poems.started Apr 14, 2026
- Kira Hagenstarted Apr 13, 2026
- Farquhar's Substackstarted Apr 12, 2026
- Mona.'s Substackstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Shadow Sovereignty: The Epstein Class & Industrial Impunitystarted Apr 5, 2026
- What We Carrystarted Mar 30, 2026
Recommends
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- The Quietside Journalstarted Jan 2025
- SOCIAL MEDIA ESCAPE CLUBstarted Dec 2024
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- Devont'e’s Communiquéstarted Jul 2023
- Force of Infectionstarted Jul 2023
- Make Long Covid Short Againstarted Jul 2023
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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