The Citizens has 17,276 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 53 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 17.
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
- 17,276
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 7.9K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 17
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 17,276 | +27 | 7.9K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 17,249 | 7.9K+ |
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
53 publications recommend The Citizens; 2 started in the last 30 days. The Citizens recommends 17, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 6 |
| 2025-07 | 9 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
The Contrarian612k followers · started Jan 8, 2026 · mutual
Anne Applebaum354k followers · started Mar 12, 2026 · mutual
Carole Cadwalladr197k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Peter Geoghegan76k followers · started Jan 9, 2026 · mutual
Byline Times57k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual- Jennifer's Substackstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Not a Bot ✔️started Oct 8, 2026new
- James Galletastarted Sep 28, 2026
- John Davenportstarted Sep 15, 2026
- Russian Interferencestarted Aug 31, 2026
- Drawing Room Suppersstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Florida For Jolly started Jul 5, 2026
- The Cranky Pedestrianstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Simon Brookstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Chris’s Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Jacky Smithstarted Jun 29, 2026
- jakeArchivistResearcher13's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
- Clive's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Ralph Simonstarted May 15, 2026
- RT4's Substackstarted May 9, 2026
- The Future of Work, from Adi Gaskellstarted May 6, 2026
- Potter's Substackstarted Apr 20, 2026
- Substack de Edmundostarted Feb 20, 2026
- KA's Substackstarted Feb 17, 2026
All 53
- Don't Let It Break You, Honey: Musings About Saving Yourselfstarted Jan 26, 2026
- Chris's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Jennifer Andersonstarted Jan 13, 2026
- Alexstarted Dec 23, 2025
- Adrian Pantlinstarted Dec 23, 2025
- Patricia Finneranstarted Nov 29, 2025
- Emily's Substackstarted Nov 23, 2025
- Slothy McSlothy Pantsstarted Nov 11, 2025
- Imagine the Newsstarted Nov 2025
- Peaceful Returnstarted Nov 2025
- Thailandstarted Oct 2025
- Jane’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Stitching Picture Booksstarted Sep 2025
- Clare’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Tim’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Cardozo’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Dianestarted Jul 2025
- Ray’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- BenefitHumanitystarted Jul 2025
- gavin@gavinturk.comstarted Jul 2025
- Charis Kaskirisstarted Jul 2025
- Troy’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Anne Walshstarted Jun 2025
- Barbara Bickelstarted Jun 2025
- Free Fallstarted Jun 2025
- Rose’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Frank Campbellstarted Jun 2025
- Smaranda Schiopustarted May 2025
- Die Zukunftszonestarted May 2025
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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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