Ben Lang has 145,948 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #14 on Substack's Technology Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 32.
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
- 145,948
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 98K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +6 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 32
- Bestsellers rank
- #14
- Technology
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 | 145,948 | +132 | 98K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 145,816 | 98K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Bestsellers | #14 | #14 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Bestsellers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
56 publications recommend Ben Lang; 5 started in the last 30 days. Ben Lang recommends 32, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-08 | 3 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 12 |
| 2026-07 | 21 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 9 |
Recommended by
Packy McCormick375k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Aakash Gupta349k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Kent Beck202k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
Tom Orbach160k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Alex Xu144k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Matt Low111k followers · started Nov 2024- Coffee Talk with Robinstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- The Useful Technologystarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Le Substack de Opmstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- moussastarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Retail Reinventedstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Md's Substackstarted Oct 7, 2026
- ChampagnenChips's Substackstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Efa's Substackstarted Oct 1, 2026
- Growth Storiesstarted Oct 1, 2026
- 52 thru 52started Sep 23, 2026
- Il Substack di Massimostarted Sep 10, 2026
- Lincoln's Substackstarted Sep 5, 2026
- ruth churchillstarted Sep 1, 2026
- Substack الخاصة بـ Moatazstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Corner office picnicstarted Aug 10, 2026
- Pranava's Substackstarted Aug 4, 2026
- Shini's Substackstarted Aug 1, 2026
- Varun's Substackstarted Jul 28, 2026
All 56
- Meesh's Substackstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Junha's Substackstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Amit's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Margaux's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Soumik's Substackstarted Jul 17, 2026
- Harsh's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Srini's Substackstarted Jul 12, 2026
- Saptak's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- Anant's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Carly's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Atharv's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- celesty's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Written by Rodzstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Adrian's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Georgi's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Quinn's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Thought Provocateurstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Neha's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
- AllAboutEverythingstarted Jul 2, 2026
- In-dispensablestarted Jul 1, 2026
- Kashaf's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Kashaf's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Matthew's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Ajeet's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Inbox Authoritystarted Jun 26, 2026
- Ryan's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Puskar's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- WSG | The Talent Signalstarted Jun 24, 2026
- El Substack de Dianastarted Jun 22, 2026
- Subscribe's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- base rate started Jun 22, 2026
- Ava's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
Recommends
- Packy McCormick375k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
- Aakash Gupta349k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
- Kent Beck202k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
- Tom Orbach160k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
- Alex Xu144k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Guillermo Flor137k followers · started Sep 2024
Chris Tottman82k followers · started Apr 2025
Ivan Landabaso62k followers · started Mar 2025- early daysstarted May 25, 2026
- Not Another CEOstarted Jun 2025
- Wes Kao's Newsletterstarted Feb 2025
- The Landing Padstarted Feb 2025
- speedrunstarted Jan 2025
- Manager.devstarted Dec 2024
- Productify by Bandanstarted Dec 2024
- Hardware FYIstarted Dec 2024
- Engineer’s Codexstarted Dec 2024
- Level up as a Tech Leadstarted Dec 2024
- AI Tidbitsstarted Dec 2024
- The Hustling Engineerstarted Nov 2024
- The VC Cornerstarted Nov 2024
- NEW ECONOMIESstarted Nov 2024
- freeideas.netstarted Oct 2024
- Evidence Dinner Notesstarted Oct 2024
All 32
- Kyle Poyar’s Growth Unhingedstarted Aug 2024
- Founders You Should Knowstarted Aug 2024
- Tanay’s Newsletterstarted Jul 2024
- ben lang's notesstarted Jul 2024
- Why You Should Joinstarted Jul 2024
- Next Big Tengstarted Jun 2024
- Digital Nativestarted Jun 2024
- People Watchingstarted Jun 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.
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Publications that recommend at least two other Technology writers with 50,000 or more followers (70 writers in that group), but not Ben Lang.
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