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@antonhowes · Age of Invention, by Anton Howes · Substack profile · History

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Anton Howes has 87,481 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #52 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 60 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 17.

Followers read · Boards read

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
87,481
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
49K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
60
+6 in 30 days
Recommends
17
Bestsellers rank
#52
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.

85k86k87k88k89k90k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 87,481
85k86k87k88k89k90k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 87,481
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 Anton Howes on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 202687,48149K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
History Bestsellers#52#504 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
History Bestsellers50505152▼2

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

60 publications recommend Anton Howes; 5 started in the last 30 days. Anton Howes recommends 17, and 3 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 22OctAprOctAprOctAprOctAprOct
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 Mar 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
2022-042
2022-091
2023-051
2023-061
2023-071
2024-021
2025-041
2025-101
2025-111
2026-031
2026-046
2026-057
2026-0614
2026-075
2026-088
2026-093
2026-106

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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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Publications that recommend at least two other History writers with 50,000 or more followers (31 writers in that group), but not Anton Howes.

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