Benjamin Hies has 6,225 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #42 on Substack's International Bestsellers board. 47 publications recommend them, 4 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
- 6,225
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 4.5K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 47
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 9
- Bestsellers rank
- #42
- International
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 | 6,225 | 4.5K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Bestsellers | #42 | #42 | 4 of 4 |
| International Rising | #53 | #37 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Bestsellers | 44 | 44 | 44 | 42 | ▲2 |
| International Rising | 37 | 40 | 40 | 53 | ▼16 |
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Recommendations
47 publications recommend Benjamin Hies; 4 started in the last 30 days. Benjamin Hies recommends 9, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-04 | 4 |
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 6 |
| 2025-11 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
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- The Thinking Barn's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
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- Adrian Lstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Democracy: Born Againstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Leadership in Changestarted May 29, 2026 · mutual
- Goddess Next Doorstarted Apr 30, 2026
- Expat on a Budgetstarted Apr 7, 2026 · mutual
- Travelling Lens Insiderstarted Feb 12, 2026
All 47
- Seb's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
- roammorastarted Jan 8, 2026
- Harman Kaur's Substackstarted Dec 15, 2025
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- Life in Azoresstarted Nov 2025
- Practical Globetrottersstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
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- Adventures in Age and Wonderstarted Sep 2025
- Blackstarstarted Sep 2025
- BigTech and AI started Sep 2025
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- Europe Unlockedstarted Jul 2025
- Le Substack de Carolinestarted Jul 2025
- Zen Strengthstarted May 2025
- Alex Pawlowskistarted May 2025
- The Software Frontierstarted May 2025
- A Linguist's Tech Conqueststarted Apr 2025
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- Bright Pathstarted Apr 2025
- NEW ECONOMIESstarted Apr 2025
Recommends
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- Actionable Intelligence Alertstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Leadership in Changestarted May 29, 2026 · mutual
- Wes Kao's Newsletterstarted Nov 27, 2025
- Sam Vander Wielenstarted Oct 2025
- Practical Globetrottersstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Expat on a Budgetstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Rich Rollstarted Apr 2025
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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