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Alex Kantrowitz has 231,907 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #85 on Substack's Technology Bestsellers board. 57 publications recommend them, 12 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.

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
231,907
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
156K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
57
+12 in 30 days
Recommends
13
Bestsellers rank
#85
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.

225k228k230k233k235k238k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 231,907
225k228k230k233k235k238k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 231,907
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 Alex Kantrowitz on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026231,907+50156K+
Oct 31, 2026231,857156K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Technology Bestsellers#85#854 of 4
Technology Rising#25#254 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
Technology Bestsellers86868585▲1
Technology Rising70676725▲45

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

57 publications recommend Alex Kantrowitz; 11 started in the last 30 days. Alex Kantrowitz recommends 13, and 6 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

Apr 22OctAprOctAprOctAprOctAprOct
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 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2022-042
2022-061
2023-061
2023-102
2025-031
2026-0720
2026-0810
2026-098
2026-1012

Recommended by

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All 57
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  • Matt Swider151k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
  • Eric Newcomer146k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
  • Alex Xu144k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
  • Lukas Ziegler28k followers · started Oct 2023
  • Alex Konrad20k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
  • speedrunstarted Feb 2025
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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

Publications that recommend at least two other Technology writers with 50,000 or more followers (70 writers in that group), but not Alex Kantrowitz.

  • ChatGPT for All@chatgptforall
    recommends 14 of them
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    recommends 11 of them
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    recommends 10 of them
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    recommends 9 of them
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    recommends 8 of them
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    recommends 7 of them
  • Devansh@chocolatemilkcultleader
    recommends 6 of them
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    recommends 6 of them

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