scott cunningham has 35,012 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #13 on Substack's Education Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 31.
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
- 35,012
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 29K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 31
- Bestsellers rank
- #13
- Education
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 | 35,012 | 29K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Bestsellers | #13 | #13 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Bestsellers | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
53 publications recommend scott cunningham; 3 started in the last 30 days. scott cunningham recommends 31. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 13 |
| 2026-04 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 9 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
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Stefano Feltri42k followers · started Jul 2025
Devin Teichrow920 followers · started Mar 2025- George Overholserstarted Oct 20, 2026new
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- Arun Dahal Khatristarted Oct 12, 2026new
- La Direction du ventstarted Sep 17, 2026
- James Galletastarted Sep 14, 2026
- Solid State Evidencestarted Aug 21, 2026
- Raji's Substackstarted Aug 10, 2026
- science & Powerstarted Jul 31, 2026
- Anastasia's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Substack de Lohengrinstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Christina's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Matthew's Substackstarted Jul 4, 2026
- Karl Naumann-Woleskestarted Jun 29, 2026
- El Informativo Substack de Alvarostarted Jun 16, 2026
- Azharul's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- The Sport of Public Opinionstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Arjab's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Borrowed Peacestarted Jun 2, 2026
- El Substack de Evastarted May 28, 2026
- Bo's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
- ixiao's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
All 53
- Equilibrium Notes started May 20, 2026
- Alcohol Intelligencestarted May 17, 2026
- El Substack de Nahuelstarted May 12, 2026
- Ad Marginem Reviewstarted May 9, 2026
- Jing's Substackstarted May 3, 2026
- Kellen's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- Dr.'s Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Chase's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Le Substack de Antoinestarted Apr 23, 2026
- Snehal's Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
- Hira Iqbal on Political Economystarted Apr 17, 2026
- Causal Conceptionsstarted Apr 14, 2026
- Lou's Substackstarted Mar 28, 2026
- Mohsen's Substackstarted Mar 27, 2026
- Socks's Substackstarted Mar 25, 2026
- Systematically Biasedstarted Mar 21, 2026
- Seono's Substackstarted Mar 17, 2026
- Tom's Substackstarted Mar 17, 2026
- Kyle's Substackstarted Mar 15, 2026
- Muzhe's Substackstarted Mar 15, 2026
- Eko's Substackstarted Mar 13, 2026
- Sana's Substackstarted Mar 8, 2026
- Second Orderstarted Mar 7, 2026
- Trial by Standard Errorsstarted Mar 5, 2026
- Il Substack di Maridastarted Mar 4, 2026
- Beaustarted Feb 22, 2026
- Pallavi's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
- El Meridianostarted Feb 14, 2026
- Il Substack di Adrianostarted Feb 10, 2026
Recommends
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O. Alan Noble17k followers · started Feb 2025
Johan Fourie10k followers · started Mar 2025- Descartosstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Stripe Economicsstarted Sep 9, 2026
- On Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Markus' Academystarted Apr 5, 2026
- Ramp Economics Labstarted Mar 24, 2026
- A Causal Affairstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Arpitragestarted Feb 24, 2026
- Mentorless Apprentice Substackstarted Feb 24, 2026
- DiD Digeststarted Apr 2025
- DeLong's Grasping Reality Weblog started Mar 2025
- Dr. Psych Momstarted Mar 2025
- Known Unknownsstarted Mar 2025
- Erik Brynjolfssonstarted Feb 2025
- Reductionsstarted Feb 2025
- Tyler’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- AI: A Guide for Thinking Humansstarted Dec 2024
- George Selginstarted Nov 2024
- Base 10started Aug 2024
All 31
- Truman’s Substackstarted May 2024
- The Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century Podcaststarted Mar 2024
- All Cats Are Femalestarted Feb 2024
- Joshua Gans' Newsletterstarted Dec 2023
- Monday Morning Economiststarted May 2023
- Data, On Averagestarted Apr 2023
- Stay-At-Home Macro (SAHM)started Sep 2022
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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- 3 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Education writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (65 writers in that group), but not scott cunningham.
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