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Books Behind Borders has 87,468 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #48 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 15 of them new in the last 30 days.

Followers read · Boards read

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
87,468
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
83K+
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Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
50
+15 in 30 days
Recommends
0
Bestsellers rank
#48
History

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.

85k86k87k88k89k90k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 87,468
85k86k87k88k89k90k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 87,468
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 Books Behind Borders on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 202687,46883K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
History Bestsellers#48#464 of 4
History Rising#9#91 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
History Bestsellers46474848▼2
History Rising9new

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

50 publications recommend Books Behind Borders; 14 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Books Behind Borders Ripples and Reflections from …not trackedAimannot trackedFIGHTBACK WITH JOHN McPHIEnot trackedMichael Naumannnot trackedRuss Wernertnot trackedGerardo Cantunot trackedThird Culture Soulnot trackedWill Food Forest Permaculturenot trackedJohn Doughnot tracked Books Behind Borders 87k followers
Recommend them Ripples and Ref…not trackedAimannot trackedFIGHTBACK WITH …not trackedMichael Naumannnot trackedRuss Wernertnot trackedGerardo Cantunot tracked Books Behind … 87k followers
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

1Oct 253Nov1Dec2Jan 261Feb2Mar2Apr3May3Jun2Jul3Aug10Sep17OctNov
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 Oct 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommended by

  • Ripples and Reflections from Heartbeats' Harborstarted Oct 29, 2026new
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  • Russ Wernertstarted Oct 24, 2026new
  • Gerardo Cantustarted Oct 19, 2026new
  • Third Culture Soulstarted Oct 18, 2026new
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Recommends

Books Behind Borders doesn't recommend anyone.

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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Publications that recommend at least two other History writers with 50,000 or more followers (31 writers in that group), but not Books Behind Borders.

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