Will Knowland has 13,397 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #90 on Substack's Philosophy Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, and they recommend 11.
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
- 13,397
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 9.9K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 51
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #90
- Philosophy
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 | 13,397 | 9.9K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Bestsellers | #90 | #90 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Bestsellers | 91 | 91 | 91 | 90 | ▲1 |
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Recommendations
51 publications recommend Will Knowland. Will Knowland recommends 11, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 3 |
| 2024-01 | 4 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 2 |
| 2024-05 | 2 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 3 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Thinker and Doerstarted May 27, 2026
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- Dustin's Substackstarted Apr 25, 2026
- Mark's Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- Thom's Substackstarted Mar 28, 2026
- Joseph Riccoministarted Mar 16, 2026
- Matthew's Substackstarted Feb 28, 2026
- Ryan's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Johnny's Substackstarted Dec 21, 2025
- Profit and Purpose started Oct 2025 · mutual
- Thresholds of Historystarted Oct 2025
- Ted's Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Ross’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Syntropismstarted Aug 2025
- S.started Aug 2025
- 𝓔𝓵𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸𝓵𝓶𝓸-𝓜𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓔𝓵𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓱started Aug 2025
- ESN’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Aldrin’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Craving Ratiostarted Jun 2025
All 51
- CholasMo’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Rusticus Angliastarted Mar 2025
- Daniel’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Substack de Eugênio Tellesstarted Jan 2025
- Lee’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Saint Tolkienstarted Dec 2024
- Aloysius’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Karan’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Alan Bowden's Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Denis’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Payload's Cognitive Solutionsstarted Jul 2024
- Pat’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Rodney’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- Paul’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Unartificial’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Kingdom Leadersstarted Apr 2024
- JCJ’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
- Andrew’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Substack von Thomasstarted Feb 2024
- Strong Body Strong Mindstarted Jan 2024
- Ad Aeternumstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
- Marturi’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Marie’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- The’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
- Chris’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
- Brian’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
- George’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
Recommends
- Megha Lillywhite21k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
The Habsburg Way20k followers · started Dec 2024- Profit and Purpose started Oct 2025 · mutual
- The Chivalry Guild Lettersstarted Apr 2025
- Blood & Rainstarted Apr 2025
- Father Coleridge Readerstarted Dec 2024
- Ad Aeternumstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
- Philosophy in Progressstarted Sep 2023
- A.J. Barkerstarted Sep 2023
- Stephen Baskerville's Newsletterstarted May 2023
- Michael Robillard's Newsletterstarted Apr 2022
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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