Aly Salem has 9,673 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #71 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 45 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days.
Last read Oct 31, 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
- 9,673
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 45
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #71
- History
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. 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.
Show as a table
| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 9,673 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | #71 | #70 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 70 | 70 | 71 | 71 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
45 publications recommend Aly Salem; 2 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
Show as a table
| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 5 |
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 4 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 8 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
- Mark's Substackstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- John's Substackstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Eclectic's Substackstarted Oct 7, 2026
- ICARUSXPSYCHEstarted Aug 11, 2026
- Jason Diamantistarted Aug 4, 2026
- Loiterstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Country over Chaosstarted Jun 4, 2026
- George’s Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Robert Armstrongstarted May 14, 2026
- Lee Clarkestarted Apr 16, 2026
- James's Substackstarted Mar 6, 2026
- Jude Montarsistarted Feb 27, 2026
- Russ's Substackstarted Feb 26, 2026
- Mattias's Substackstarted Feb 25, 2026
- Steven's Substackstarted Feb 22, 2026
- bobbybob's Substackstarted Feb 20, 2026
- Nick Whelanstarted Feb 16, 2026
- Bread & Monadsstarted Feb 8, 2026
- Zachary's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
- J's Substackstarted Jan 27, 2026
- John’s Substackstarted Jan 24, 2026
- Cliff’s Philosophical Musingsstarted Jan 21, 2026
- Seana's Substackstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Letters from Downstatestarted Nov 19, 2025
All 45
- The Palsgraf Filesstarted Oct 2025
- vudumonkee's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Lauren’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Mission’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Gaius’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Brandon’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Aaron’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Abbass’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Ghost’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Eric’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Ayad’s Substackstarted May 2025
- The Poobleck Gazettestarted May 2025
- Fractal Mossstarted May 2025
- Steve Hillstarted Apr 2025
- Adam’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Carl’s LeftLinks Newsletterstarted Apr 2025
- Jurispoliticsstarted Apr 2025
- The Cyborg Chroniclesstarted Apr 2025
- Praxes and Parapraxesstarted Feb 2025
- Jay Goldstarted Feb 2025
- mrballoonman’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
Recommends
Aly Salem doesn't recommend anyone.
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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other History writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (38 writers in that group), but not Aly Salem.
- recommends 5 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 4 of them
TheMedievalist@historymedieval - recommends 3 of themStories Behind the Records
- recommends 2 of them
The Timeless Traveler@timelesstrvlr - recommends 2 of them
Cool Stories About History@coolstoriesabouthistory - recommends 2 of themHistory that You can Read and why it Matters
- recommends 2 of themArchaeolog
- recommends 2 of themExchangism and World Government
- recommends 2 of themAlthea’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themThe Conclusion with Abu Khaldun
Share, badge and embed
Badge for your About page
Shows the follower count and weekly change, updates on its own and links here. Pro removes the small Stackblade mark.
<a href="https://stackblade.app/w/alyesalem"><img src="https://stackblade.app/badge/alyesalem.svg" alt="Aly Salem on Substack: follower count" height="28"></a>
Substack posts don't take HTML. There, add the badge as an image (its address is in the snippet above) and link it to this page.
Card for a website
A small live card with followers and recommendations. Iframe, 360 by 190.
<iframe src="https://stackblade.app/embed/w/alyesalem" width="360" height="190" style="border:0" title="Aly Salem on Stackblade" loading="lazy"></iframe>