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Anne Applebaum has 353,675 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #13 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 81 publications recommend them, 18 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 42.

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
353,675
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
191K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
81
+18 in 30 days
Recommends
42
Bestsellers rank
#13
World 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.

345k350k355k360k365k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 353,675
345k350k355k360k365k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 353,675
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 Anne Applebaum on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026353,675+133191K+Thousands
Oct 31, 2026353,542191K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
World Politics Bestsellers#13#134 of 4
World Politics Rising#7#73 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
World Politics Bestsellers131313130
World Politics Rising65657▲58

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

81 publications recommend Anne Applebaum; 18 started in the last 30 days. Anne Applebaum recommends 42, and 15 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

Apr 24JulOctJan 25AprJulOctJan 26AprJulOct
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 Jun 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
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2025-031
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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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other World Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (54 writers in that group), but not Anne Applebaum.

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