Ben Rothenberg

@benrothenberg · Bounces · Substack profile · Sports

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Ben Rothenberg has 31,479 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #24 on Substack's Sports Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 14.

Followers read 6 days ago · Boards read 2 h ago

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: 31,479; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 13K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: Thousands; bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by: 51; +1 in 30 days
Recommends: 14
Bestsellers rank: #24; Sports

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.

One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Ben Rothenberg on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	31,479	+107	13K+	Thousands
Oct 31, 2026	31,372		13K+	Thousands

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Sports Bestsellers	#24	#23	4 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Sports Bestsellers	23	23	23	24	▼1

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

51 publications recommend Ben Rothenberg; 1 started in the last 30 days. Ben Rothenberg recommends 14, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before May 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2024-10	1
2025-05	3
2025-06	3
2025-08	1
2025-09	2
2025-11	1
2025-12	3
2026-01	10
2026-02	6
2026-03	3
2026-04	1
2026-05	2
2026-06	7
2026-07	3
2026-09	4
2026-10	1

Recommended by

Nate Silver457k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual
Mohamed elsagestarted Oct 25, 2026new
Replay Boothstarted Sep 25, 2026 · mutual
Cherry-Pick 🍒started Sep 21, 2026
Ulyssippostarted Sep 10, 2026
The Playoffsstarted Sep 1, 2026
Off The Benchstarted Jul 9, 2026
Hilary's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
Fabian's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
Simon Cambersstarted Jun 26, 2026
Fortencha の Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
No New Featuresstarted Jun 24, 2026
Tia's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
lolo's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
Tom's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
thePeriodstarted Jun 8, 2026
Joe's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
Hilary's Substackstarted May 25, 2026
Courtside & Co.started Apr 1, 2026
Andrea Scaglionestarted Mar 8, 2026
Riza's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026
Il Substack di Lucastarted Mar 3, 2026
Jesse's Substackstarted Feb 25, 2026
Hilary's Substackstarted Feb 23, 2026

All 51

J's Substackstarted Feb 21, 2026
Prescience Mediastarted Feb 16, 2026
Sean's Substackstarted Feb 5, 2026
Zen Tennisstarted Feb 4, 2026
Astrid:s Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
Knocking Upstarted Jan 31, 2026
Tim's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
Susan's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
Dominique's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
Il Substack di Massimostarted Jan 28, 2026
In Constant Stridestarted Jan 27, 2026
The Service Gamestarted Jan 22, 2026
Katharinestarted Jan 21, 2026
Mike's Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
Sharad's Substackstarted Dec 11, 2025
Mary's Substackstarted Dec 8, 2025
Daniel's Substackstarted Dec 3, 2025
Halb's Substackstarted Nov 2025
Georgie’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
Jar’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
Sometimes It Rainsstarted Aug 2025
From The Control Roomstarted Jun 2025
Levi’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
Yli verkonstarted Jun 2025
Alec’s Substackstarted May 2025
PATRICK’s Substackstarted May 2025
Simon’s Substackstarted May 2025

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Change with Maya Shankarstarted Mar 2025
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Random Acts of Medicinestarted Oct 2024
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Finite Jeststarted Sep 2024
Power Playsstarted Sep 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.