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Christopher F. Rufo has 177,315 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #54 on Substack's U.S. Politics Bestsellers board. 71 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 43.

Followers read · Boards read

Last read Nov 1, 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
177,315
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
123K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
71
+4 in 30 days
Recommends
43
Bestsellers rank
#54
U.S. Politics

Followers by day

Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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.

172k174k176k178k180k182k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 177,315
172k174k176k178k180k182k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 177,315
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 Christopher F. Rufo on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026177,315+64123K+Thousands
Oct 31, 2026177,251123K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#54#544 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
U.S. Politics Bestsellers545454540

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Recommendations

71 publications recommend Christopher F. Rufo; 4 started in the last 30 days. Christopher F. Rufo recommends 43, and 12 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

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

Dec 22JunDecJunDecJunDecJun
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. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before May 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2022-121
2023-021
2023-031
2023-051
2023-071
2023-121
2024-041
2024-051
2024-101
2024-117
2024-121
2025-061
2025-121
2026-031
2026-041
2026-058
2026-0617
2026-0712
2026-084
2026-092
2026-107

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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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