Caroline Smrstik has 1,617 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 10 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 3.
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
- 1,617
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 333
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 10
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 3
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 1,617 | 333 |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
10 publications recommend Caroline Smrstik; 1 started in the last 30 days. Caroline Smrstik recommends 3, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
- Rich Kaganstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 22, 2026
- Zohranomicsstarted Jun 5, 2026
- Sharp Monicastarted Apr 10, 2026
- Autumn of the Speciesstarted Jul 2025
- Alte Frau, New Lifestarted Jul 2025
- Expat on a Budgetstarted Jul 2025
- Expatriarchstarted Jun 2025
- We're Moving to Europestarted May 2025
- Living Elsewherestarted Feb 2025 · mutual
Recommends
Emily Nunn168k followers · started Jul 2024- Living Elsewherestarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- A Winter Bookstarted Jul 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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- 5 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other International writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (83 writers in that group), but not Caroline Smrstik.
- recommends 7 of themCaptain Tim world news about politics and the ongoing wars
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- recommends 3 of them
Claire Berlinski@claireberlinski - recommends 3 of themThe Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
- recommends 3 of themThe Tribal Dream-Stackers
- recommends 3 of themScenarica
- recommends 2 of them
Michael Spencer@aisupremacy - recommends 2 of them
Kaiser Y Kuo@kaiserykuo - recommends 2 of themElizabeth Silleck La Rue, Esq.@elizabethsillecklarueesq
- recommends 2 of them
Kaila Krayewski@kailakrayewski
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