Alex Xu has 144,392 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #4 on Substack's Technology Bestsellers board. 65 publications recommend them, 44 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 35.
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
- 144,392
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 65
- +44 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 35
- Bestsellers rank
- #4
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 144,392 | +69 | ||
| Oct 31, 2026 | 144,323 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Bestsellers | #4 | #4 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Bestsellers | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
65 publications recommend Alex Xu; 44 started in the last 30 days. Alex Xu recommends 35, and 12 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 2 |
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 2 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 50 |
Recommended by
Gergely Orosz1.2M followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
Ethan Mollick603k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
Packy McCormick375k followers · started Oct 2022 · mutual
Aakash Gupta349k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
Alex Kantrowitz232k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
Peter Yang227k followers · started May 2023 · mutual
Paweł Huryn205k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
Kent Beck202k followers · started Nov 2022 · mutual
Julie Zhuo154k followers · started Mar 2023 · mutual
Ben Lang146k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Ethan Evans144k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual
Opinion AI129k followers · started Jun 12, 2026
Steve Huynh87k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
ChatGPT for All47k followers · started Sep 11, 2026
Cornellius Yudha Wijaya16k followers · started Sep 2024- Manikutty-Laboro: Professional Archive & Misc. Linksstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Beyond The Buildstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Iron Oath Dailystarted Oct 29, 2026new
- TechSharpsstarted Oct 28, 2026new
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All 65
- A Aditya's Substackstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Viktor's Substackstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- Control Planestarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Rohit's Substackstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Wolfgang-Aaron's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- yash's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Jorge Beltrán Liévanostarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Substack de rttestarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Akarsh's Substackstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Sheik Axisstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Jigar's Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- MentorAbhistarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Yorktown's Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Sai's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- rob's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- newbieAI's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Julian's Substackstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Isra Garciastarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Sir Dennis Substackstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Natalia's Substackstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Shashank's Substackstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- AbdeNacer's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Santhosh's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Growing with AIstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- cole wardstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- MM's Substackstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Andra's Substackstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- AI Engineering Illustratedstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Ramesh's Substackstarted Oct 11, 2026new
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- The Lazy Data Scientists's Substackstarted Oct 10, 2026new
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- slack님의 Substackstarted Oct 6, 2026
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- The Integration Queuestarted Oct 6, 2026
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- Sachin's Substackstarted Oct 5, 2026
Recommends
Lenny Rachitsky1.4M followers · started Apr 2022- Gergely Orosz1.2M followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
- Ethan Mollick603k followers · started Mar 2023 · mutual
- Packy McCormick375k followers · started Oct 2022 · mutual
- Aakash Gupta349k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
Sebastian Raschka, PhD266k followers · started Jan 10, 2026- Alex Kantrowitz232k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
- Peter Yang227k followers · started May 2023 · mutual
- Paweł Huryn205k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
- Kent Beck202k followers · started Oct 2022 · mutual
- Julie Zhuo154k followers · started Nov 2022 · mutual
- Ben Lang146k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
- Ethan Evans144k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
Prof. Tom Yeh93k followers · started Feb 24, 2026- Steve Huynh87k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Raul Junco78k followers · started Oct 2025- Data Engineering Weeklystarted Aug 20, 2026
- Push To Prodstarted May 22, 2026
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All 35
- Scarlet Inkstarted Dec 2023
- AI First Designerstarted Dec 2023
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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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Alex Xu. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 11 shared
Gergely OroszThe Pragmatic Engineer
1.2M followers - 8 shared
Chris TottmanThe Founders Corner®
82k followers - 6 shared
Gregor OjstersekEngineering Leadership
251k followers - 5 shared
Alex KantrowitzBig Technology
232k followers - 5 shared
Peter YangBehind the Craft
227k followers - 4 shared
Aakash GuptaProduct Growth
349k followers - 4 shared
Luca RossiRefactoring
243k followers - 4 shared
Kent BeckSoftware Design: Tidy First?
202k followers
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 Xu.
- recommends 11 of themTokyo AI Brief
- recommends 9 of them
Alberto Romero@thealgorithmicbridge - recommends 8 of them
Gennaro Cuofano@thebusinessengineer - recommends 8 of them
Sharon Goldman@sharongoldman - recommends 8 of themThe Upstream
- recommends 8 of themmoussa
- recommends 7 of them
Azeem Azhar@exponentialview - recommends 6 of them
Devansh@chocolatemilkcultleader - recommends 6 of themGregor Ojstersek@gregorojstersek
- recommends 6 of themLuca Rossi@refactoring
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