Shankar Narayan has 17,886 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #56 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.
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
- 17,886
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 13K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 51
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- #56
- World 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 17,886 | +12 | 13K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 17,874 | 13K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | #56 | #56 | 4 of 4 |
| World Politics Rising | #64 | #54 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 0 |
| World Politics Rising | 54 | 69 | 69 | 64 | ▼10 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
51 publications recommend Shankar Narayan; 5 started in the last 30 days. Shankar Narayan recommends 4, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
Recommended by
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- Playing Picturesstarted Sep 27, 2026
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- Sonya Justicestarted Aug 23, 2026
- Concis Canadastarted Aug 20, 2026 · mutual
- Benjamin Lynchstarted Aug 18, 2026
- Life and experiencesstarted Jul 30, 2026
- Lester's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Jean's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Kent's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
- The Broom Closet Dispatchstarted Jun 6, 2026
- Barn Owlstarted May 26, 2026
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- American Refugeestarted Apr 13, 2026
- Bonny's Substackstarted Apr 2, 2026
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All 51
- Greg Goodwinstarted Feb 28, 2026
- Dominic Sedranistarted Feb 20, 2026
- LJ's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
- Christian Saetherstarted Jan 11, 2026
- Cee Ellestarted Jan 9, 2026
- Veilomanistarted Jan 8, 2026
- Daniel Gartnerstarted Jan 7, 2026
- James's Substackstarted Jan 6, 2026
- Eleanor's Substackstarted Dec 28, 2025
- Finbar Gallagherstarted Dec 21, 2025
- Hans Boserup, Dr.jur. 🇩🇰started Dec 17, 2025
- PlasticFishstarted Dec 7, 2025
- Renée Russellstarted Dec 6, 2025
- Darren's Substackstarted Nov 26, 2025
- tina's Substackstarted Nov 8, 2025
- Denise DeGraziastarted Nov 2025
- Johnny Goodhamstarted Nov 2025
- BG Pete Chiefaristarted Oct 2025
- Susan Maffeystarted Sep 2025
- Sally Pinastarted Sep 2025
- Mike Habererstarted Sep 2025
- Filomena’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Uday’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- John’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Frangeo’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- DW|Defencestarted Jul 2025
- Dr’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
Recommends
- DER SPIEGEL34k followers · started Oct 24, 2026 · mutualnew
- Concis Canadastarted Mar 1, 2026 · mutual
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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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