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A Midwestern Doctor has 425,062 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #1 on Substack's Health Politics Bestsellers board. 79 publications recommend them, at least 50 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 7.

Followers read · Boards read

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
425,062
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
382K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Tens of thousands
bestseller badge 10,000+
Recommended by
79
50+ in 30 days
Recommends
7
Bestsellers rank
#1
Health 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.

415k420k425k430k435k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 425,062
415k420k425k430k435k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 425,062
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow A Midwestern Doctor on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026425,062+797382K+Tens of thousands
Oct 31, 2026424,265381K+Tens of thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Health Politics Bestsellers#1#14 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Health Politics Bestsellers11110

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Recommendations

79 publications recommend A Midwestern Doctor; at least 50 started in the last 30 days. A Midwestern Doctor recommends 7, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Jun 22DecJunDecJunDecJunDecJun
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Oct 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2022-061
2022-071
2022-081
2022-091
2022-111
2023-012
2023-021
2023-061
2023-071
2023-082
2024-011
2024-041
2024-062
2024-083
2024-101
2025-022
2025-031
2025-072
2026-051
2026-091
2026-1052

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Recommends

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 Health Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (34 writers in that group), but not A Midwestern Doctor.

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