Benjamin Ryan has 13,221 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #62 on Substack's Science Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, and they recommend 50.
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
- 13,221
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 6K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 50
- Bestsellers rank
- #62
- Science
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 | 13,221 | +6 | 6K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 13,215 | 6K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 0 |
| Science Rising | 74 | new |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend Benjamin Ryan. Benjamin Ryan recommends 50, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-08 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2024-10 | 3 |
| 2024-11 | 3 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 4 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
Recommended by
Andrew Sullivan354k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual
Colin Wright90k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Blocked and Reported85k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
Maia Poet10k followers · started Oct 2025
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- Marital Terranstarted Aug 23, 2026
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- Wycked Writestarted Aug 13, 2026
- Tata's Substackstarted Jul 31, 2026
- Martin's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Joseph Chrysostomstarted Jul 19, 2026
- Alireza’s Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Dr Louise Irvinestarted May 15, 2026
- Vania's Substackstarted Apr 30, 2026
- Luis G Santiagostarted Apr 21, 2026
- Nina Woukstarted Apr 5, 2026
- Mark Russellstarted Apr 5, 2026
- You know, Cannot Name Itstarted Feb 26, 2026
- Sutor ultra crepidamstarted Feb 5, 2026
- Marcus Rempelstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Darenastarted Feb 4, 2026
- Denis’s Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
All 53
- Stories.io Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
- David Howard Sethstarted Jan 31, 2026
- Hecate's Daughterstarted Jan 31, 2026
- Feminist Salonstarted Jan 27, 2026
- Informed Dissentstarted Dec 6, 2025
- Erica Listarted Nov 24, 2025
- Therapy Firststarted Nov 16, 2025
- Brian's Substackstarted Nov 8, 2025
- Roman Hallidaystarted Oct 2025
- Frequency Wave Theorystarted Oct 2025
- Mark’s Substack: For_Want_of_a_Nailstarted Sep 2025
- Susana’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Forest’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Fragments from a recusant lifestarted May 2025
- Tc’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Daniel Howard Jamesstarted Jan 2025
- Eric’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- James’s Musingsstarted Jan 2025
- Pablo Gabela Molinastarted Jan 2025
- Reto Gmürstarted Dec 2024
- Astro Terfstarted Dec 2024
- Lena Freedstarted Nov 2024
- Alien Information Theory Book Clubstarted Nov 2024
- Roxxanne Reedstarted Nov 2024
- SideHusl.comstarted Oct 2024
- Amber’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Melissa R.started Sep 2024
- S.’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Democrats for an Informed Approach to Genderstarted Aug 2024
Recommends
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Meghan Daum39k followers · started May 2024
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Lisa Selin Davis26k followers · started Jul 2024- Jennifer Block1.3k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
- Feminine Chaosstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Beyond the Abstractstarted Aug 13, 2026
- The Washington Free Beaconstarted Aug 8, 2026
- Kevin Roosestarted Jun 18, 2026
- Post-Mortem by Emi Nietfeldstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Ronan's Substackstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcaststarted Feb 15, 2026
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All 50
- Telos Newsstarted Nov 18, 2025
- COUNTERINTUITIVEstarted Nov 17, 2025
- Marc J. Dunkelmanstarted Nov 11, 2025
- Generation Techstarted Oct 2025
- Amanda Knoxstarted Jul 2025
- Peter Sim's Substackstarted May 2025
- Of Boys and Menstarted Mar 2025
- The Overflowings of a Liberal Brainstarted Feb 2025
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- Silent Lunch, The David Zweig Newsletterstarted Feb 2025
- Gender Clinic Newsstarted Feb 2025
- Gender Crossroads newsletterstarted Feb 2025
- The Bluestockingstarted Feb 2025
- Longviewstarted Nov 2024
- Tracing Woodgrainsstarted Nov 2024
- The DisInformation Chroniclestarted Nov 2024
- The Munro Reportstarted Nov 2024
- The One Percentstarted Oct 2024
- Void if removedstarted Oct 2024
- gender:hackedstarted Sep 2024
- Spurious’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Forbidden Sciencestarted Sep 2024
- Check Your Workstarted Aug 2024
- The Truth Fairystarted Jul 2024
- After Babelstarted Jul 2024
- buttonslivesstarted Apr 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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Benjamin Ryan. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 6 shared
Lisa Selin DavisBROADview
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28k followers - 4 shared
Blocked and Reported@blockedandreported
85k followers - 3 shared
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39k followers - 3 shared
Maia PoetMaia’s Substack
10k followers - 2 shared
The Free Press@thefreepress
2.6M followers - 2 shared
Sam Harris@samharris
506k followers - 2 shared
Nate SilverSilver Bulletin
457k followers
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- recommends 3 of them
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- recommends 3 of themLe Substack de Michel
- recommends 3 of themUnscripted
- recommends 2 of them
Unbiased Science@theunbiasedscipod
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