Justin Ferguson has 7,159 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #28 on Substack's Sports Bestsellers board. 46 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 10.
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
- 7,159
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 46
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 10
- Bestsellers rank
- #28
- Sports
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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 7,159 | −1 | 5.4K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 7,160 | 5.4K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Bestsellers | #28 | #28 | 4 of 4 |
| Podcasts Bestsellers | #71 | #70 | 4 of 4 |
| Sports Rising | #9 | #9 | 3 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Bestsellers | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Podcasts Bestsellers | 72 | 70 | 71 | 71 | ▲1 |
| Sports Rising | 64 | 64 | 9 | ▲55 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
46 publications recommend Justin Ferguson; 1 started in the last 30 days. Justin Ferguson recommends 10, and 10 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 | 2 |
| 2022-08 | 3 |
| 2022-09 | 2 |
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2022-12 | 1 |
| 2023-03 | 2 |
| 2023-06 | 2 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 3 |
| 2024-01 | 2 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
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- The Auburn Torchstarted Dec 30, 2025 · mutual
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- Salar’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- The Bruce Blogstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
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- TBMstarted Sep 2024
All 46
- James’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- The College Notebookstarted Feb 2024
- Meschac’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- What in the World?started Jan 2024
- Thomas’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
- Service’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
- The Ypsilanti Elevenstarted Aug 2023
- The Inside Zonestarted Jul 2023
- terry’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
- Kristen’s Substackstarted Mar 2023
- On Montlakestarted Mar 2023 · mutual
- Barbecue, Bets, and Beatsstarted Dec 2022
- Josh's Jamsstarted Nov 2022
- GAbarner's Creed Thoughtsstarted Sep 2022
- No Dome Neededstarted Sep 2022
- Circle Back: The Forgotten Medicinestarted Aug 2022
- Bitfustarted Aug 2022
- Hunter’s Newsletterstarted Aug 2022
- Jason Kirk's newsletterstarted Jun 2022 · mutual
- The Bucket Problemstarted Jun 2022
- Extra Points with Matt Brownstarted May 2022
- The I-5 Corridor started Apr 2022 · mutual
Recommends
- Split Zone Duo30k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual
- Eamonn Brennan14k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual
- Audrey Snyder6k followers · started Jan 26, 2026 · mutual
- Happy Auerstarted Jun 24, 2026 · mutual
- The Auburn Torchstarted Jan 5, 2026 · mutual
- The Bruce Blogstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Who Killed College Football?started Oct 2024 · mutual
- On Montlakestarted Mar 2023 · mutual
- Jason Kirk's newsletterstarted Jun 2022 · mutual
- The I-5 Corridor started Jun 2022 · mutual
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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