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The Contrarian has 611,878 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #7 on Substack's U.S. Politics Bestsellers board. 97 publications recommend them, 23 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.

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
611,878
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
466K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Tens of thousands
bestseller badge 10,000+
Recommended by
97
+23 in 30 days
Recommends
50
Bestsellers rank
#7
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.

590k600k610k620k630k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 611,878
590k600k610k620k630k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 611,878
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 The Contrarian on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026611,878−39466K+Tens of thousands
Oct 31, 2026611,917467K+Tens of thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#7#64 of 4
Podcasts Bestsellers#11#114 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 Bestsellers6667▼1
Podcasts Bestsellers111111110

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

97 publications recommend The Contrarian; 23 started in the last 30 days. The Contrarian recommends 50, and 21 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

16Jan 25457Apr14Jul1Oct11Jan 26111Apr11Jul2329Oct
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 Sep 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
2025-0116
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2025-035
2025-047
2025-061
2025-074
2025-081
2025-111
2025-121
2026-021
2026-031
2026-041
2026-051
2026-061
2026-0923
2026-1029

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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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