Annette Laing has 28,578 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #76 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, and they recommend 50.
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
- 28,578
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 14K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 56
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 50
- Bestsellers rank
- #76
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 28,578 | 14K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | #76 | #76 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 76 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 0 |
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Recommendations
56 publications recommend Annette Laing. Annette Laing recommends 50, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2022-06 | 1 |
| 2022-07 | 1 |
| 2022-08 | 1 |
| 2022-09 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 4 |
| 2024-10 | 3 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 4 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
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All 56
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Recommends
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All 50
- Work/Craft/Lifestarted Jul 3, 2026
- The Public Scholarstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Historian in the Kitchenstarted Feb 25, 2026
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- Projectkinstarted Nov 2023
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- Kate McDermott's Newsletterstarted Dec 2022
- The Atlanta Objective with George Chidistarted Jul 2022
- Unruly Figuresstarted Jun 2022
- Beyond Bloomsburystarted May 2022
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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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other History writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (58 writers in that group), but not Annette Laing.
- recommends 6 of themGilgamesh69XXX96
- recommends 5 of them
Cool Stories About History@coolstoriesabouthistory - recommends 4 of themThe Intellectual Investor
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- recommends 3 of them
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