Robert Wu
@chinacontext · Baiguan - China Insights, Data, Context · Substack profile · International
Robert Wu has 20,794 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #94 on Substack's International Bestsellers board. 58 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 8.
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
- 20,794
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 17K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 58
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- #94
- International
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 | 20,794 | 17K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Bestsellers | #94 | #94 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Bestsellers | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
58 publications recommend Robert Wu; 1 started in the last 30 days. Robert Wu recommends 8. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2023-06 | 2 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
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Lile Mo1.4k followers · started Dec 12, 2025- Luis Cordeirostarted Oct 11, 2026new
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- The Ondol Memostarted Aug 12, 2026
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All 58
- Il Substack di Giusestarted Jun 7, 2026
- Trista's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- BundObserver 中文started May 9, 2026
- Overly's Substackstarted Apr 20, 2026
- China Bull Thesis: Equitystarted Apr 1, 2026
- China Serendipity | 奇缘started Mar 31, 2026
- The China Speedstarted Feb 26, 2026
- Sylvia Xue Bai｜art editstarted Feb 23, 2026
- De loinstarted Feb 17, 2026
- Neo Zhu’s Global Notesstarted Feb 17, 2026
- Miriam's Substackstarted Feb 15, 2026
- Shuang's Substackstarted Jan 27, 2026
- WT01's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- tuanweizhao's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
- Garfield's Substackstarted Dec 17, 2025
- Howard's China Watchstarted Dec 4, 2025
- Jab's Substackstarted Dec 1, 2025
- @azert04's Substackstarted Nov 14, 2025
- MojoHand's Substackstarted Nov 11, 2025
- john's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Robert Wu's Portfoliostarted Oct 2025
- Stephen's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- ukei's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- DigiCo's Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Aaron’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- CF40 Researchstarted Sep 2025
- Yunxin’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Eva’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- The East and Backstarted Aug 2025
- nowgowherestarted Aug 2025
- Murphy’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Il Substack di Emmastarted Jul 2025
- yoyo’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Joseph’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
Recommends
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- Voice of Contextstarted Apr 2025
- China Translatedstarted Jan 2024
- Pekingnologystarted Mar 2023
- Ginger River Reviewstarted Mar 2023
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 10,000 to 50,000 followers (40 writers in that group), but not Robert Wu.
- recommends 6 of themCaptain Tim world news about politics and the ongoing wars
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Tim Mak@timkmak - recommends 2 of them
Peter Beinart@peterbeinart - recommends 2 of them
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- recommends 2 of themJacobo’s Substack
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