Brown History has 98,881 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #12 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 98,881
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 90K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- band shown by Substack
- Recommended by
- 52
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #12
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 98,881 | 90K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| History Rising | 33 | 5 | 5 | 13 | ▲20 |
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Recommendations
52 publications recommend Brown History; 5 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 26 |
| 2026-08 | 10 |
| 2026-09 | 7 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
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All 52
- IRÉstarted Aug 5, 2026
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- Nibras H.started Jul 30, 2026
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- maleeha's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- The Writer's Forgestarted Jul 11, 2026
- Tashyaa's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
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- Amar's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
Recommends
Brown History 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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