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David B. Williams has 5,533 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #64 on Substack's Science Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, and they recommend 6.

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
5,533
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
4.7K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
50
none new in 30 days
Recommends
6
Bestsellers rank
#64
Science

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.

5.4k5.5k5.6k5.7k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 5,533
5.4k5.5k5.6k5.7k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 5,533
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 B. Williams on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 20265,533+24.7K+
Oct 31, 20265,5314.7K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Science Bestsellers#64#644 of 4
Science Rising#68#681 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
Science Bestsellers646464640
Science Rising68new

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

50 publications recommend David B. Williams. David B. Williams recommends 6, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend David B. Williams David B. Williams recommends Jason Anthony14k followers · mutualRobert Francis5.2k followers · mutualChris Rurik542 followersSteven’s Substacknot trackedPostcards from an Old Bookshopnot trackedWNPS Koma Kulshannot trackedThe Geology Letter: Dispatche…not trackedBeth Amsbarynot trackedNiche to Knownot tracked Elif Shafak102k followersBryan Pfeiffer29k followersJason Anthony14k followers · mutualRobert Francis5.2k followers · mutualEarthbound with Susan J Tweitnot tracked · mutualSouthwest Wawa not tracked David B. Williams 5.5k followers
Recommend them They recommend Jason Anthony14k followers · mutualRobert Francis5.2k followers · mutualChris Rurik542 followersSteven’s Substa…not trackedPostcards from …not trackedWNPS Koma Kulsh…not tracked Elif Shafak102k followersBryan Pfeiffer29k followersJason Anthony14k followers · mutualRobert Francis5.2k followers · mutualEarthbound with…not tracked · mutualSouthwest Wawa not tracked David B. Will… 5.5k followers
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

Jan 23JulJan 24JulJan 25JulJan 26Jul
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 Jan 2023 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2023-015
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2023-032
2023-042
2023-061
2023-101
2023-121
2024-011
2024-022
2024-041
2024-061
2024-071
2024-082
2024-091
2024-121
2025-013
2025-023
2025-031
2025-041
2025-061
2025-072
2025-081
2025-091
2025-102
2025-123
2026-023
2026-043
2026-071

Recommended by

  • Jason Anthony14k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
  • Robert Francis5.2k followers · started Apr 16, 2026 · mutual
  • Chris Rurik542 followers · started Dec 2023
  • Steven’s Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
  • Postcards from an Old Bookshopstarted Apr 24, 2026
  • WNPS Koma Kulshanstarted Apr 24, 2026
  • The Geology Letter: Dispatches from Deep Timestarted Feb 10, 2026
  • Beth Amsbarystarted Feb 9, 2026
  • Niche to Knowstarted Feb 9, 2026
  • History, Landscape, Birds & Storiesstarted Dec 7, 2025
  • Connie's Substackstarted Dec 4, 2025
  • Jess' Substackstarted Dec 2, 2025
  • Ruth's Substackstarted Oct 2025
  • Enkhtaivan's Substackstarted Oct 2025
  • Complicated Airflowstarted Sep 2025
  • Brian’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
  • Homecomingstarted Jul 2025
  • Ted’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
  • The Poetry Salon with Tresha Faye Haefner and Friendsstarted Jun 2025
  • Patricia Crow Herlevi Writerstarted Apr 2025
  • Trans / portstarted Mar 2025
  • Astrology, Alchemy, & Honest Recovery with Maria Luzstarted Feb 2025
  • essie.seesstarted Feb 2025
  • AJ Alfieri-Crispinstarted Feb 2025
All 50
  • Kiernyn’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
  • Cascade of Historystarted Jan 2025
  • Anika’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
  • Paddling the Salish Seastarted Dec 2024
  • Nova’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
  • It's All Relativestarted Aug 2024
  • Dethier,’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
  • Felipe’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
  • WonderWild Naturestarted Jun 2024
  • Austin’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
  • David’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
  • Paul’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
  • Protect Your Nipsstarted Jan 2024
  • Earthbound with Susan J Tweitstarted Oct 2023 · mutual
  • Michael’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
  • TODD’s Substackstarted Apr 2023
  • (EXCERPTS)started Mar 2023
  • Terry’s Substackstarted Mar 2023
  • jai’s Substackstarted Feb 2023
  • Somewhere in the Weedsstarted Feb 2023
  • Where the Brown Snakes Roamstarted Feb 2023
  • dfdfds’s Substackstarted Jan 2023
  • Jim’s Substackstarted Jan 2023
  • Annotationsstarted Jan 2023
  • Wonderings & Wild Things with Julie Leungstarted Jan 2023
  • Susan’s Substackstarted Jan 2023

Recommends

  • Elif Shafak102k followers · started Jun 2025
  • Bryan Pfeiffer29k followers · started Jun 2025
  • Jason Anthony14k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
  • Robert Francis5.2k followers · started Apr 30, 2026 · mutual
  • Earthbound with Susan J Tweitstarted Oct 2023 · mutual
  • Southwest Wawa started Sep 2022

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 Science writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (31 writers in that group), but not David B. Williams.

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    recommends 2 of them

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