Restoring the West by Ayaan
@ayaanhirsiali · Restoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali · Substack profile · World Politics
Restoring the West by Ayaan has 99,022 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #20 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 62 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 99,022
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 49K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 62
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #20
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
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| Nov 1, 2026 | 99,022 | +22 | 49K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 99,000 | 49K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | #20 | #20 | 4 of 4 |
| World Politics Rising | #28 | #28 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | ▲1 |
| World Politics Rising | 28 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
62 publications recommend Restoring the West by Ayaan; 3 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
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| 2024-05 | 2 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 14 |
| 2026-04 | 9 |
| 2026-05 | 7 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
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