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Bernard Hickey has 35,104 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #16 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 51.

Followers read · Boards read

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
35,104
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
29K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
54
+1 in 30 days
Recommends
51
Bestsellers rank
#16
World Politics

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.

34,00034,50035,00035,50036,000 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 35,104
34,00034,50035,00035,50036,000 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 35,104
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 Bernard Hickey on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202635,104+1629K+Thousands
Oct 31, 202635,08829K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
World Politics Bestsellers#16#154 of 4
Podcasts Bestsellers#80#764 of 4
World Politics Rising#76#761 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.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
World Politics Bestsellers15151516▼1
Podcasts Bestsellers76767680▼4
World Politics Rising76new

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

54 publications recommend Bernard Hickey; 1 started in the last 30 days. Bernard Hickey recommends 51, and 8 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

Oct 23AprOctAprOctAprOct
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 Jul 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2023-102
2023-121
2024-041
2025-071
2025-084
2025-092
2025-104
2025-113
2025-122
2026-013
2026-021
2026-034
2026-044
2026-054
2026-066
2026-072
2026-082
2026-096
2026-102

Recommended by

  • Bryce Edwards13k followers · started Oct 2023 · mutual
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  • Simon Wilson5k followers · started May 6, 2026 · mutual
  • Chris Schulz3.7k followers · started Oct 2023 · mutual
  • Mohamed elsagestarted Oct 25, 2026new
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  • Rosie Gallen (PhD)started Aug 26, 2026 · mutual
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All 54
  • David Rycroftstarted May 24, 2026
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  • The Critic's Consciencestarted Aug 2025 · mutual
  • Political/Animalstarted Aug 2025
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  • Anna Fifield6.8k followers · started Mar 29, 2026 · mutual
  • Bryan Bruce5.8k followers · started Apr 2024 · mutual
  • Simon Wilson5k followers · started May 29, 2026 · mutual
  • Chris Schulz3.7k followers · started Oct 2023 · mutual
  • Elliot’s Substackstarted Oct 20, 2026new
  • Rosie Gallen (PhD)started Oct 19, 2026 · mutualnew
  • Huhana Hickeystarted Oct 19, 2026new
  • New Economic Managementstarted Oct 16, 2026new
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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.

Who recommends writers like this one

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    recommends 5 of them
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  • Claire Berlinski@claireberlinski
    recommends 4 of them
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    recommends 4 of them

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