Crooks and Liars has 5,136 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 3 publications recommend them, and they recommend 13.
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
- 5,136
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 3
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 13
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 5,136 | 5K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
3 publications recommend Crooks and Liars. Crooks and Liars recommends 13, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
- Robert Harringtonstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Ctrl Alt-Right Deletestarted Aug 10, 2026 · mutual
- MOMocrats Messengerstarted Jul 31, 2026
Recommends
Judd Legum1.1M followers · started Sep 10, 2026
Paul Krugman877k followers · started Oct 15, 2026new
Aaron Rupar663k followers · started Sep 10, 2026
Chris Geidner154k followers · started Sep 10, 2026
Jonathan Larsen121k followers · started Oct 2, 2026
Rebecca Schoenkopf99k followers · started Oct 2, 2026
Evan Hurst78k followers · started Oct 2, 2026
The Halfway Cafe46k followers · started Sep 10, 2026- Elie Mystalstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Oligarch Watchstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Dean Bakerstarted Oct 2, 2026
- The Causestarted Sep 10, 2026
- Ctrl Alt-Right Deletestarted Sep 10, 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 News writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (34 writers in that group), but not Crooks and Liars.
- recommends 3 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 3 of themHellish 2050 - save Western civilisation
- recommends 2 of them
Dan Wootton@danwootton - recommends 2 of them
Andrew Fox@mrandrewfox - recommends 2 of them
Andy Revkin@andyrevkin - recommends 2 of themRachel Levin
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