Bill Maher has 252,225 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #51 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.
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
- 252,225
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 109K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +6 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- #51
- Humor
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 | 252,225 | 109K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | 52 | 52 | 52 | 51 | ▲1 |
| Humor Rising | 65 | new |
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Recommendations
52 publications recommend Bill Maher; 6 started in the last 30 days. Bill Maher recommends 4, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 11 |
| 2026-08 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 9 |
| 2026-10 | 9 |
Recommended by
Andrew Sullivan354k followers · started Sep 2024 · mutual
Van Jones101k followers · started Oct 2024- RED PANDA OPINES Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Smart Real Estatestarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Annstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Prince Griffinstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- The Modern Machiavellianstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Renee's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Zbynek's Substackstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Fouad Alkisswanistarted Oct 3, 2026
- Warren Naglerstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Ariq's Substackstarted Sep 20, 2026
- Jack C.Mstarted Sep 18, 2026
- The Byte Review's Substackstarted Sep 17, 2026
- Ivo Herzlstarted Sep 17, 2026
- Out of Officestarted Sep 11, 2026
- Boni Weinsteinstarted Sep 11, 2026
- Le Substack de Mitzistarted Sep 11, 2026
- The Dismantled Man's Substackstarted Sep 8, 2026
- lesliecarole's Substackstarted Sep 4, 2026
- NewzHawk started Aug 27, 2026
- Darcy's Substackstarted Aug 21, 2026
- Readers Digestivesstarted Aug 20, 2026
- Celebrating Nonbeliefstarted Aug 9, 2026
All 52
- Stephanie's Substackstarted Aug 4, 2026
- Rex's Substackstarted Aug 2, 2026
- Past the Noisestarted Jul 30, 2026
- Ed's Substackstarted Jul 29, 2026
- Mike's Substackstarted Jul 28, 2026
- Treavor's Substackstarted Jul 26, 2026
- Boomer Extraordinairestarted Jul 24, 2026
- Aerosol Symphonies by Laser 3.14started Jul 18, 2026
- REDFIELD'S BESTSELLER AUTOPSIESstarted Jul 17, 2026
- Doug's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Gary's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- carol's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Sol Sealstarted Jul 4, 2026
- PositronTodaystarted Jun 25, 2026
- The Vorpal Mindstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Kelly's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Bill's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
- EMRE's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- Brian's Substackstarted May 18, 2026
- Arnold's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- Venn's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
- Jack's Substackstarted Apr 27, 2026
- Tessa's Substackstarted Apr 23, 2026
- Howard's Substackstarted Apr 18, 2026
- William's Substackstarted Apr 13, 2026
- Jonas's Substackstarted Apr 11, 2026
- Arteides's Substackstarted Apr 11, 2026
- vairforce's Substackstarted Mar 29, 2026
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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.
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