Andrew Lownie

@andrewlownie · The Lownie Report · Substack profile · History

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Andrew Lownie has 18,618 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #27 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 10.

Followers read 7 days ago · Boards read 2 h ago

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: 18,618; read Oct 31
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: 53; +1 in 30 days
Recommends: 10
Bestsellers rank: #27; 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.

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 Andrew Lownie on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	18,618		12K+

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
History Bestsellers	#27	#27	4 of 4
History Rising	#21	#21	1 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.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
History Bestsellers	29	29	29	27	▲2
History Rising				21	new

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

53 publications recommend Andrew Lownie; 1 started in the last 30 days. Andrew Lownie recommends 10, and 6 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

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 Nov 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2025-10	3
2025-11	3
2025-12	2
2026-01	6
2026-02	8
2026-03	5
2026-04	4
2026-05	5
2026-06	6
2026-07	1
2026-08	5
2026-09	4
2026-10	1

Recommended by

Peter Geoghegan76k followers · started Mar 31, 2026 · mutual
Tom Sykes63k followers · started Jan 27, 2026 · mutual
Zev Shalev41k followers · started Sep 5, 2026 · mutual
Andrew Morton4.3k followers · started Apr 12, 2026 · mutual
Hannah Lucinda Smith1.3k followers · started Oct 2025
Sarah's Substackstarted Oct 31, 2026new
France Reporterstarted Sep 25, 2026
Shield of Muffinsstarted Sep 12, 2026
elizabeth's Substackstarted Sep 2, 2026
SarahTheBattleaxestarted Aug 29, 2026
Robert Jobsonstarted Aug 27, 2026 · mutual
Something Else Entirelystarted Aug 25, 2026
Pamela's Substackstarted Aug 6, 2026
Ileana's Substackstarted Aug 2, 2026
Anitastarted Jul 30, 2026
Monty01243's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
Leonard's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
Rosalind Stewartstarted Jun 8, 2026
Anthony Purple Patchstarted Jun 7, 2026 · mutual
Barbara's Substackstarted Jun 5, 2026
sanka11started Jun 3, 2026
Rosemary's Substackstarted May 29, 2026
Simon's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Espionagestarted May 15, 2026

All 53

Susan's Substackstarted May 9, 2026
Jo's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
Marcia's Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
Carie’s Substackstarted Apr 9, 2026
The Music Reelstarted Apr 6, 2026
Jacqueline's Substackstarted Mar 19, 2026
Mary's Substackstarted Mar 18, 2026
Julio's Substackstarted Mar 9, 2026
Annette's Substackstarted Mar 2, 2026
Sid's Substackstarted Feb 24, 2026
Nneeyenstarted Feb 22, 2026
Mairi's Substackstarted Feb 20, 2026
Heather Laceystarted Feb 19, 2026
KatWil's Substackstarted Feb 9, 2026
Love Studiesstarted Feb 5, 2026
Lise's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
Jo's Substackstarted Feb 1, 2026
Teresa's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
Watching the World Burn: Dispatches From Managed Decline 🔥started Jan 24, 2026
Sue Coxstarted Jan 18, 2026
Jim's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
Mary's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
Lindsay's Substackstarted Dec 27, 2025
Benstarted Dec 1, 2025
Timothy's Substackstarted Nov 30, 2025
Jodie's Substackstarted Nov 23, 2025
Angela's Substackstarted Nov 16, 2025
Elizabeth's Substackstarted Oct 2025
Kris's Substackstarted Oct 2025

Recommends

Peter Geoghegan76k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
Tom Sykes63k followers · started Jan 27, 2026 · mutual
Zev Shalev41k followers · started May 27, 2026 · mutual
Andrew Morton4.3k followers · started Mar 5, 2026 · mutual
Robert Jobsonstarted Aug 28, 2026 · mutual
Off The Fencestarted May 23, 2026
Anthony Purple Patchstarted Apr 25, 2026 · mutual
True Crime And Moonshinestarted Feb 13, 2026
Our Forgotten Historystarted Aug 2025
Patrick’s Substackstarted Aug 2025

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.