Ben Zeno has 577 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 3 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 9.
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
- 577
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 471
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 3
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 9
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 577 | 471 |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
3 publications recommend Ben Zeno; 1 started in the last 30 days. Ben Zeno recommends 9, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
- Byronstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Vita Contemplativastarted Jan 2025 · mutual
Recommends
Ethan Mollick603k followers · started Jan 20, 2026
Matthew Yglesias365k followers · started Aug 2024
Andrew Sullivan354k followers · started Aug 2024
Scott Alexander300k followers · started Aug 2024- Asterisk Magazine started Aug 26, 2026
- The Works in Progress Newsletterstarted Oct 2025
- Andy Masleystarted Oct 2025
- Vita Contemplativastarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- Burning Ambulancestarted Aug 2024
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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other History writers with under 1,000 followers (57 writers in that group), but not Ben Zeno.
- recommends 2 of themStories Behind the Records
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