Dan Jones has 47,054 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #25 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 58 publications recommend them, 8 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.
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
- 47,054
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 34K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 58
- +8 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- #25
- History
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 | 47,054 | 34K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | #25 | #24 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
58 publications recommend Dan Jones; 8 started in the last 30 days. Dan Jones recommends 4, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 6 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 8 |
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- 400 STORIESstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- The Lost Voices of Lydiard Tregozestarted Sep 30, 2026
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- The Unwritten Warstarted Aug 7, 2026
- Joshua's Substackstarted Jul 31, 2026
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All 58
- Pablo Ozcáriz Gilstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Substack Januszstarted Jun 27, 2026
- D'otun's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Abby Dixonstarted Jun 14, 2026
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- Historia et Memoriastarted Jun 11, 2026
- History's Fly on The Wallstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Joanne Paulstarted Jun 2, 2026
- Huma's Substackstarted May 30, 2026
- Mostly Maestarted May 18, 2026
- Daniel's Substackstarted May 18, 2026
- THE WESSEX FILESstarted May 14, 2026
- Heidims04's Substackstarted May 10, 2026
- History's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- These Stolen Hoursstarted Apr 14, 2026
- Kristin's Substackstarted Apr 10, 2026
- Start With the Footnotesstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Carol's Substackstarted Apr 3, 2026
- Mary's Substackstarted Apr 1, 2026
- madison13.bb@gmail.com's Substackstarted Mar 27, 2026
- marketontologycmo's Substackstarted Mar 21, 2026
- FolktoGraphicstarted Mar 1, 2026
- Pam's Substackstarted Feb 27, 2026
- Stephen's Substackstarted Feb 19, 2026
- Nathan's Substackstarted Feb 14, 2026
- Substack van Ursulastarted Feb 13, 2026
- Classic Adjacentstarted Feb 9, 2026
- Larry's Substackstarted Feb 8, 2026
- Camilla's Substackstarted Jan 23, 2026
- Christi's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
- The Layman's Dispatchstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Forging a Better Futurestarted Jan 6, 2026
- The Treebeard Christianstarted Jan 3, 2026
- William's Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
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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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