Scott Barry Kaufman
@beautifulminds · Beautiful Minds Newsletter · Substack profile · Science
Scott Barry Kaufman has 62,031 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #84 on Substack's Science Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 17.
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
- 62,031
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 54
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 17
- Bestsellers rank
- #84
- Science
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 | 62,031 | −20 | ||
| Oct 31, 2026 | 62,051 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | #84 | #83 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | 83 | 83 | 83 | 84 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
54 publications recommend Scott Barry Kaufman; 4 started in the last 30 days. Scott Barry Kaufman recommends 17, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 10 |
| 2026-04 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 8 |
| 2026-06 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
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- Michael's Substackstarted Jul 12, 2026
- El Substack de Joanstarted Jul 5, 2026
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- Ivana's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
- An engineer interested in psychologystarted Jun 26, 2026
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- The Quietly Incorrect Journalstarted Jun 10, 2026
All 54
- Neha's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
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- From A Deep Wellstarted Jun 2, 2026
- Sumedha's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- Sankar's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- Intuition_in_Tunestarted May 21, 2026
- Abhishek's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- Ci's Substackstarted May 15, 2026
- Dr's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- One Fools Flowstarted May 7, 2026
- Gnostic Stratagemstarted May 3, 2026
- A Quiet Shiftstarted Apr 30, 2026
- Michael's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- ole's Substackstarted Apr 15, 2026
- Every Day Geniusstarted Apr 13, 2026
- Erik Thorstarted Apr 5, 2026
- Michelle's Substackstarted Apr 3, 2026
- Deep Humanism Substackstarted Mar 27, 2026
- GUY's Substackstarted Mar 27, 2026
- Tanya's Substackstarted Mar 25, 2026
- The AI-Enabled Design Orgstarted Mar 18, 2026
- Scott's Substackstarted Mar 12, 2026
- elizabeth.kennedy54321's Substackstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Harold's Substackstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Rise & Shine: Daily Wisdom for Modern Seekersstarted Mar 3, 2026
- Shashi's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026
- Mile High Vibe: Philosophy for the Modern Free Spiritstarted Mar 2, 2026
- Per:s Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
- Nastaran's Substackstarted Feb 5, 2026
- Down the Rabbit Hole with Barbstarted Feb 1, 2026
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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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