Ben Standig

@benstandig · Last Man Standig · Substack profile · Sports

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Ben Standig has 8,957 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #38 on Substack's Sports Bestsellers board. 39 publications recommend them, and they recommend 9.

Followers read 6 days ago · Boards read 6 days 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: 8,957; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 7.7K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: Thousands; bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by: 39; none new in 30 days
Recommends: 9
Bestsellers rank: #38; 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 Standig on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	8,957	−3	7.7K+	Thousands
Oct 31, 2026	8,960		7.7K+	Thousands

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Sports Bestsellers	#38	#38	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	38	38	38	38	0

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

39 publications recommend Ben Standig. Ben Standig recommends 9, and 7 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.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2025-07	7
2025-08	5
2025-09	2
2025-10	1
2025-11	1
2025-12	1
2026-01	2
2026-02	5
2026-03	1
2026-04	2
2026-05	2
2026-06	2
2026-08	5
2026-09	2
2026-10	1

Recommended by

Tyler Dunne44k followers · started Oct 2025 · mutual
Mark Zuckerman7.8k followers · started Feb 10, 2026 · mutual
Mike's Substackstarted Oct 4, 2026
Daniel’s Substackstarted Sep 27, 2026
The DMV Fantasy Football Newsletter started Sep 20, 2026
The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 24, 2026
TrenchPowerRatingstarted Aug 19, 2026
Baltimore Sports Stories with Jim Johnsonstarted Aug 17, 2026
Henry's Substackstarted Aug 7, 2026
Billy's Substackstarted Aug 7, 2026
Daniel Roanestarted Jun 29, 2026
Bill's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
Zay's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
Melvin's Substackstarted May 9, 2026
Capital and Characterstarted Apr 27, 2026
Dan's Substackstarted Apr 26, 2026
john's Substackstarted Mar 14, 2026
Trip's Substackstarted Feb 23, 2026
Phillip's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
John's Substackstarted Feb 15, 2026
Barry's Substackstarted Feb 11, 2026
The New American Promisestarted Jan 4, 2026
Disco's Substackstarted Jan 4, 2026
Steve Melewskistarted Dec 3, 2025 · mutual

All 39

joseph’s Newsletterstarted Nov 8, 2025
Adam’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
Shane’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
Sports Squarestarted Aug 2025
Will’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
David’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
Alt Goes Mainstreamstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
Mike Tanier's Too Deep Zonestarted Aug 2025 · mutual
🍓Grub Street in Exilestarted Jul 2025
Rick Sniderstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
The Entangled Cynicstarted Jul 2025
Amator Ludisstarted Jul 2025
Matt Dillardstarted Jul 2025
Hybridiotstarted Jul 2025
Bullock's Film Roomstarted Jul 2025 · mutual

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Tyler Dunne44k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
Matthew Coller12k followers · started Jul 2025
Mark Zuckerman7.8k followers · started Feb 11, 2026 · mutual
Now They Tell Usstarted Oct 23, 2026new
Steve Melewskistarted Nov 30, 2025 · mutual
Alt Goes Mainstreamstarted Nov 22, 2025 · mutual
Mike Tanier's Too Deep Zonestarted Aug 2025 · mutual
Rick Sniderstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
Bullock's Film Roomstarted May 2025 · mutual

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.