David Aaronovitch

@davidaaronovitch · Notes from the Underground with David Aaronovitch · Substack profile · Culture

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David Aaronovitch has 41,808 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #40 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 55 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.

Followers read 6 days ago · Boards read 6 days ago

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: 41,808; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 27K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: Thousands; bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by: 55; +1 in 30 days
Recommends: 11
Bestsellers rank: #40; Culture

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.

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 David Aaronovitch on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	41,808	−1	27K+	Thousands
Oct 31, 2026	41,809		27K+	Thousands

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Culture Bestsellers	#40	#40	4 of 4
Culture Rising	#95	#95	1 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.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Culture Bestsellers	40	40	40	40	0
Culture Rising				95	new

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

55 publications recommend David Aaronovitch; 1 started in the last 30 days. David Aaronovitch recommends 11, and 3 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

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 Jul 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2023-03	1
2023-07	1
2023-09	1
2024-07	1
2025-06	1
2025-07	4
2025-08	3
2025-09	1
2025-10	2
2025-11	4
2025-12	4
2026-01	5
2026-02	6
2026-03	4
2026-04	3
2026-05	1
2026-06	2
2026-07	7
2026-08	2
2026-09	1
2026-10	1

Recommended by

Yascha Mounk261k followers · started Jul 2024 · mutual
Sam Freedman128k followers · started Mar 2023 · mutual
Peter Geoghegan76k followers · started Mar 11, 2026
Dan Gardner25k followers · started Sep 2023
Howard Jacobson17k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
John's Substackstarted Oct 26, 2026new
The Radical Grammarianstarted Sep 1, 2026
Robin's Substackstarted Aug 10, 2026
TheMrsPIndexstarted Aug 10, 2026
Helen's Substackstarted Jul 30, 2026
Alternative European Healthcare Perspectivesstarted Jul 29, 2026
Stephen Ivesstarted Jul 27, 2026
R's Substackstarted Jul 14, 2026
Ralph's Substackstarted Jul 14, 2026
Personal's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
Andy's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
Penny for my thoughtsstarted Jun 7, 2026
Suzanne's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
Assessment and Realitystarted May 26, 2026
For a Rainy Daystarted Apr 17, 2026
Michael's Substackstarted Apr 12, 2026
Gill's Substackstarted Apr 9, 2026
RobJ's Substackstarted Mar 29, 2026
NEWSLETTER's Substackstarted Mar 15, 2026

All 55

Joseph's Substackstarted Mar 14, 2026
Jade's Substackstarted Feb 27, 2026
Jerry's Substackstarted Feb 26, 2026
Lord's Substackstarted Feb 23, 2026
Nick's Substackstarted Feb 22, 2026
Debbie's Substackstarted Feb 21, 2026
abc's Substackstarted Feb 3, 2026
Simon's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
Wendy Feliustarted Jan 20, 2026
Holden's Substackstarted Jan 12, 2026
JOHN's Substackstarted Jan 9, 2026
Chris's Substackstarted Jan 6, 2026
Il Substack di Lorenzostarted Dec 31, 2025
Gerald Fnordstarted Dec 17, 2025
Mirim's Substackstarted Dec 17, 2025
Mel's Substackstarted Dec 10, 2025
Based in Bohemiastarted Nov 29, 2025
Louis Eustacestarted Nov 24, 2025
Joan's Substackstarted Nov 22, 2025
Ollie's Substackstarted Nov 2025
Zak's Substackstarted Oct 2025
Dopplerantere’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
Logosstarted Sep 2025
The New Worldstarted Aug 2025
Steve’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
Chris’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
Jane Anstey at largestarted Jul 2025
Alice’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
Drew’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
Le Substack de Bricestarted Jul 2025
A Life Felt From Withinstarted Jun 2025

Recommends

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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.