Mark Brus has 169,545 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 51 publications recommend them, and they recommend 7.
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
- 169,545
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 169K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 51
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- 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 | 169,545 | 169K+ |
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
51 publications recommend Mark Brus. Mark Brus recommends 7. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 8 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 10 |
| 2026-05 | 10 |
| 2026-06 | 14 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Migliore Notebookstarted Jun 15, 2026
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- YARA's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Robert's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
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- Okpoli's Substackstarted Jun 2, 2026
- Garrison's Substackstarted Jun 1, 2026
- SG's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
- Matthew's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
- Sebastian's Substackstarted May 25, 2026
- Albertho's Substackstarted May 23, 2026
All 51
- Chris's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- Albert's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- Adebunmi's Substackstarted May 9, 2026
- Red's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
- Ke-bic's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
- Akinyemi's Substackstarted May 2, 2026
- PAUL's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- rael's Substackstarted Apr 27, 2026
- Ye's Substackstarted Apr 23, 2026
- Adirse's Substackstarted Apr 20, 2026
- Fülöp's Substackstarted Apr 20, 2026
- Emmanuel's Substackstarted Apr 19, 2026
- Abdifitah's Substackstarted Apr 10, 2026
- Innocent's Substackstarted Apr 8, 2026
- Saints Marchingstarted Apr 6, 2026
- Quiet Leveragestarted Apr 1, 2026
- Rafi's Substackstarted Mar 27, 2026
- Stephen's Substackstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Gerry's Substackstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Dave's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
- Ekwe's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
- Mustapha's Substackstarted Feb 8, 2026
- Alan's Substackstarted Feb 6, 2026
- SeyiAk's Substackstarted Feb 5, 2026
- WeCover.Afro's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Adam's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Srinivas's Substackstarted Feb 2, 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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