David Lat has 56,848 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #26 on Substack's Business Bestsellers board. 58 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 38.
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
- 56,848
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 23K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 58
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 38
- Bestsellers rank
- #26
- Business
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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 56,848 | +43 | 23K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 56,805 | 23K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bestsellers | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Business Rising | 13 | 17 | 17 | 58 | ▼45 |
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Recommendations
58 publications recommend David Lat; 1 started in the last 30 days. David Lat recommends 38, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-06 | 1 |
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 6 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
Steve Vladeck173k followers · started Nov 2022 · mutual
Chris Geidner154k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
Stay Tuned with Preet100k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Greg Lukianoff90k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
Glenn Harlan Reynolds43k followers · started Feb 2023
Adam Feldman11k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
Kerry Nichols6.1k followers · started Jan 3, 2026
Stephen Bainbridge1.6k followers · started Jun 2025- Jack's Substackstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- Sean's Substackstarted Sep 28, 2026
- Malike Agbemabiesestarted Sep 24, 2026
- Scott's Substackstarted Sep 23, 2026
- The AI Sentinelstarted Sep 16, 2026
- maya's Substackstarted Sep 16, 2026
- The Legal Realiststarted Aug 21, 2026
- Jason Ward | Mentally Speakingstarted Aug 7, 2026
- The Long Record's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Greg Alexanderstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Emergent Powers started Jul 8, 2026
- Ethan's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Karen's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Major Questions with Jesse Wegmanstarted Jun 25, 2026 · mutual
- Bdr's Substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Eric Ridleystarted Jun 9, 2026
All 58
- Code on Trial: AI, Crypto and the Law in Disputestarted May 24, 2026
- Kenny's Substackstarted May 15, 2026
- Ayana's Substackstarted May 15, 2026
- Krupal's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- reading's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
- Nancy M. Doctorstarted May 5, 2026
- Aeroswift Legal: FAFO FILESstarted Apr 17, 2026
- The Martino Law Briefstarted Mar 31, 2026
- The Redlinestarted Mar 10, 2026
- Checks & Balancesstarted Mar 3, 2026
- Thomas Volschostarted Mar 3, 2026
- Harrison Barnes — Legal Career Strategystarted Feb 27, 2026
- You know, Cannot Name Itstarted Feb 24, 2026
- StephenBainbridge.comstarted Feb 21, 2026
- CONTRARIUS's Substackstarted Feb 19, 2026
- Omar's Substackstarted Feb 17, 2026
- AlaminShaikh's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
- Jessica's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
- Legal Checkmatestarted Jan 10, 2026
- Noise Is Not Strategystarted Jan 7, 2026
- Federico's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Law Firm Client Integrity Initiativestarted Jan 2, 2026
- Neal's Substackstarted Nov 26, 2025
- Paulette's Substackstarted Nov 21, 2025
- Paul's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Eli's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Greg's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Personal Jurisdictionstarted Oct 2025
- The Paper Chasestarted Sep 2025
- John’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Just Us Girlsstarted Aug 2025
- Andrew’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Law and Lattes, PLLCstarted Jun 2025
- Left Side of the Vstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
Recommends
The Free Press2.6M followers · started Jun 2022
Andrew Sullivan354k followers · started Jun 2022- Steve Vladeck173k followers · started Nov 2022 · mutual
Josh Barro171k followers · started Jun 2022- Chris Geidner154k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
- Stay Tuned with Preet100k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
- Greg Lukianoff90k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
Sara Fay85k followers · started Aug 2022- Adam Feldman11k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
- Unconventional AI for Solos & Smallsstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Zach Abramowitz is Legally Disruptedstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Expressionstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Major Questions with Jesse Wegmanstarted May 17, 2026 · mutual
Derek T. Mullerstarted Apr 3, 2026- Legally Speaking...started Mar 30, 2026
- Voice of IPstarted Mar 30, 2026
- Left Side of the Vstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- ART’s Health Cornerstarted May 2025
- Vivia Chen, Ex-Careeriststarted May 2025
- Divided Argumentstarted Apr 2025
- Executive Functionsstarted Feb 2025
- Adam Liptakstarted Jan 2025
- So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcaststarted Jun 2024
- How I Lawyerstarted Feb 2024
All 38
- Indigenous Wirestarted Jan 2024
- Legal Ethics Roundupstarted Jan 2024
- Civic EQ with Sarah Vacchianostarted Jan 2024
- Both/And with Jay Michaelsonstarted Jan 2024
- Adam's Legal Newsletterstarted Aug 2023
- Courtsidestarted Jun 2023
- Ed Whelan’s Confirmation Talesstarted Feb 2023
- Daniel B. Rodriguezstarted Dec 2022
- The Wallstarted Jul 2022
- Off The Recordstarted Jul 2022
- Shapiro's Gavelstarted Jun 2022
- Year Zerostarted Jun 2022
- Third-Culture Lawyerstarted Jun 2022
- Mitchell Epner on Lawstarted Jun 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.
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- 7 shared
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