Big Think has 651,758 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #15 on Substack's Education Bestsellers board. 55 publications recommend them, at least 50 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 7.
Last read Oct 31, 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
- 651,758
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 603K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 55
- 50+ in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- Bestsellers rank
- #15
- Education
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 651,758 | 603K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Bestsellers | #15 | #15 | 4 of 4 |
| Education Rising | #61 | #61 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Bestsellers | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Education Rising | 61 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
55 publications recommend Big Think; at least 50 started in the last 30 days. Big Think recommends 7, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 50 |
Recommended by
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Janna Levin21k followers · started Dec 9, 2025
Scott Dikkers17k followers · started Nov 2025
Jay1.9k followers · started Jul 2025- The Freemind Archivesstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Vésperastarted Oct 29, 2026new
- The Entrepreneur Ecosystemstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Ashleystarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Playground of Potentialstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- M Ikhsan Hakimstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- The Third Perspectivestarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Tonmoystarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Sunny&Saltystarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Asif's Substackstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Fuad B. Berbicstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Space Manstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Culturevorestarted Oct 24, 2026new
- ColouringwithLiv's Substackstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- The Biology of our life's Substackstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Ene Ritastarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Gala Rowe-Setzstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- xhnyrstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Assim Alistarted Oct 22, 2026new
All 55
- Letters From Stanstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Tom's Substackstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Zouhir Otmanestarted Oct 21, 2026new
- adam's Substackstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Artemiosstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Omar's Substackstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Charisma & Communicationstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- MarketEdge AIstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- vishesh's Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Maurice's Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Selah.Pausestarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Connecting to Craftstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- RIchard's Substackstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Cassandra's Substackstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Naafii's Substackstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Ilya Belovstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Carole's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Kokeeta's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Napoleão's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Fly's Substackstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Gina's Substackstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- A Lassabb Útstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Feng Listarted Oct 10, 2026new
- No-Code Agentsstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Laurent's Substackstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Maria's Substackstarted Oct 9, 2026new
- The Assay started Oct 8, 2026new
- Hiatus with a Coffee by Irine MJstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Giada's Substackstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Algorithmic Wealthstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Japan Dailystarted Oct 7, 2026new
Recommends
- Jonny Thomson93k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Rachel Barr20k followers · started Jan 13, 2026- Big Think Businessstarted May 2025
- Hypercurious by Anne-Laure Le Cunffstarted Apr 2025
- Big Think Booksstarted Apr 2025
- Nabeel S. Qureshistarted Feb 2025
- Starts With A Bangstarted Oct 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.
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Education writers with 50,000 or more followers (24 writers in that group), but not Big Think.
- recommends 3 of themThe Founder's Desk
- recommends 3 of themMohamed elsage
- recommends 2 of them
Claudia Faith@claudiafaith - recommends 2 of them
Eva Keiffenheim MSc@evakeiffenheim - recommends 2 of them
𝐴𝐼 𝑀𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑠𝑠 🦩@aimeetsgirlboss - recommends 2 of themEli's Substack
- recommends 2 of themRobyn Robles
- recommends 2 of themUnnamed
- recommends 2 of themMikeZampi's Substack
- recommends 2 of themThe Case for Us
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