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Leon Liao has 2,540 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #75 on Substack's International Rising board. 30 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.

Followers read · Boards read

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
2,540
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
2K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
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Recommended by
30
+3 in 30 days
Recommends
13
Bestsellers rank
none
Rising #75, 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.

2,4502,5002,5502,600 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 2,540
2,4502,5002,5502,600 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 2,540
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Leon Liao on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 20262,5402K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
International Rising#75#274 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
International Rising27343475▼48

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

30 publications recommend Leon Liao; 3 started in the last 30 days. Leon Liao recommends 13, and 12 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Leon Liao Leon Liao recommends Kaiser Y Kuo43k followers · mutualPoe Zhao8.5k followers · mutualLeonardo Burlamaquinot trackedAsia Tech Signalnot trackedMohamed elsagenot trackedScenaricanot trackedKardamownot tracked · mutualInside China Innovation — Ash…not tracked · mutualHari Prasadnot tracked Kaiser Y Kuo43k followers · mutualPoe Zhao8.5k followers · mutualKardamownot tracked · mutualInside China Innovation — Ash…not tracked · mutualInside China's Machinenot tracked · mutualX.PINnot tracked · mutualStructural Growth Dossiernot trackedRobonaissancenot tracked · mutualThe Garden Without Gatesnot tracked · mutual Leon Liao 2.5k followers
Recommend them They recommend Kaiser Y Kuo43k followers · mutualPoe Zhao8.5k followers · mutualLeonardo Burlam…not trackedAsia Tech Signalnot trackedMohamed elsagenot trackedScenaricanot tracked Kaiser Y Kuo43k followers · mutualPoe Zhao8.5k followers · mutualKardamownot tracked · mutualInside China In…not tracked · mutualInside China's …not tracked · mutualX.PINnot tracked · mutual Leon Liao 2.5k followers
The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

1Mar 262Apr6May2Jun7Jul4Aug4Sep4OctNov
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2026-031
2026-042
2026-056
2026-062
2026-077
2026-084
2026-094
2026-104

Recommended by

  • Kaiser Y Kuo43k followers · started May 24, 2026 · mutual
  • Poe Zhao8.5k followers · started Aug 20, 2026 · mutual
  • Leonardo Burlamaquistarted Oct 30, 2026new
  • Asia Tech Signalstarted Oct 26, 2026new
  • Mohamed elsagestarted Oct 25, 2026new
  • Scenaricastarted Oct 1, 2026
  • Kardamowstarted Sep 25, 2026 · mutual
  • Inside China Innovation — Ashley Dudarenokstarted Sep 22, 2026 · mutual
  • Hari Prasadstarted Sep 3, 2026
  • Global Inequality and More 3.0started Sep 1, 2026 · mutual
  • X.PINstarted Aug 26, 2026 · mutual
  • Lazamanstarted Aug 16, 2026
  • bill's Substackstarted Aug 1, 2026
  • The Refugestarted Jul 26, 2026
  • Il Substack di marcostarted Jul 25, 2026
  • Mathew Seastarted Jul 19, 2026
  • David’s Substackstarted Jul 18, 2026
  • Robonaissancestarted Jul 18, 2026 · mutual
  • Sridhar Vstarted Jul 16, 2026
  • Inside China's Machinestarted Jul 12, 2026 · mutual
  • The Garden Without Gatesstarted Jun 11, 2026 · mutual
  • ChinArbstarted Jun 6, 2026 · mutual
  • Roninstarted May 25, 2026
  • Ajith's Substackstarted May 17, 2026
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  • Pietro Masinastarted May 8, 2026 · mutual
  • Georgestarted May 7, 2026
  • LaSalle Brownestarted May 5, 2026
  • UU Protocol Research Logstarted Apr 21, 2026
  • Paulstarted Apr 21, 2026
  • Mondayswifestarted Mar 31, 2026 · mutual

Recommends

  • Kaiser Y Kuo43k followers · started May 26, 2026 · mutual
  • Poe Zhao8.5k followers · started Aug 20, 2026 · mutual
  • Kardamowstarted Sep 22, 2026 · mutual
  • Inside China Innovation — Ashley Dudarenokstarted Sep 22, 2026 · mutual
  • Inside China's Machinestarted Sep 20, 2026 · mutual
  • X.PINstarted Aug 25, 2026 · mutual
  • Structural Growth Dossierstarted Aug 24, 2026
  • Robonaissancestarted Jul 18, 2026 · mutual
  • The Garden Without Gatesstarted Jul 18, 2026 · mutual
  • Global Inequality and More 3.0started May 27, 2026 · mutual
  • Pietro Masinastarted May 9, 2026 · mutual
  • ChinArbstarted Mar 28, 2026 · mutual
  • Mondayswifestarted Mar 28, 2026 · mutual

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.

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 Leon Liao.

  • The Intellectual Investor
    recommends 25 of them
  • Captain Tim world news about politics and the ongoing wars
    recommends 7 of them
  • Colin’s Substack
    recommends 4 of them
  • Claire Berlinski@claireberlinski
    recommends 3 of them
  • The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
    recommends 3 of them
  • The Tribal Dream-Stackers
    recommends 3 of them
  • We're Moving to Europe
    recommends 3 of them
  • Michael Spencer@aisupremacy
    recommends 2 of them
  • Elizabeth Silleck La Rue, Esq.@elizabethsillecklarueesq
    recommends 2 of them
  • Kaila Krayewski@kailakrayewski
    recommends 2 of them

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