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Defcon Level has 21,522 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #60 on Substack's International Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days.

Followers read · Boards read

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
21,522
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
15K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
50
+1 in 30 days
Recommends
0
Bestsellers rank
#60
International

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.

21,00021,25021,50021,75022,000 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here #3 Internationalentered Rising 21,522
21,00021,25021,50021,75022,000 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here #3 Internationalentered Rising 21,522
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 Defcon Level on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 202621,52215K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
International Bestsellers#60#604 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
International Bestsellers62626260▲2

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

50 publications recommend Defcon Level; 1 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Defcon Level Lone Wolf: The Reckoningnot trackedDefenseHubnot trackedAustere Aerospace & Defensenot trackedClosing Bellnot trackedThe Black Linenot trackedDawn's Substacknot trackedLynne Colcombenot trackedmass's Substacknot trackedNunyanot tracked Defcon Level 22k followers
Recommend them Lone Wolf: The …not trackedDefenseHubnot trackedAustere Aerospa…not trackedClosing Bellnot trackedThe Black Linenot trackedDawn's Substacknot tracked Defcon Level 22k 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

Oct 23AprOctAprOctAprOct
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 Oct 2023 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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2024-111
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Recommended by

  • Lone Wolf: The Reckoningstarted Oct 29, 2026new
  • DefenseHubstarted Sep 21, 2026
  • Austere Aerospace & Defensestarted Sep 15, 2026
  • Closing Bellstarted Aug 17, 2026
  • The Black Linestarted Aug 13, 2026
  • Dawn's Substackstarted Jul 17, 2026
  • Lynne Colcombestarted Jul 17, 2026
  • mass's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
  • Nunyastarted Jun 22, 2026
  • Archie's Substackstarted Mar 22, 2026
  • Mary's Substackstarted Mar 6, 2026
  • Lone Wolf Podcaststarted Mar 5, 2026
  • The Founders' Signalstarted Feb 28, 2026
  • Randy E Roestarted Feb 13, 2026
  • Linda's Substackstarted Feb 13, 2026
  • Chris's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
  • EUnionedstarted Dec 31, 2025
  • Alessandra's Substackstarted Dec 28, 2025
  • Lenny's Substackstarted Dec 8, 2025
  • Propaganda Digeststarted Oct 2025
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  • Ryan’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
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  • The Garlic: A Breath of Fresh Newsstarted Feb 2025
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  • Sherri’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
  • Joachim’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
  • Todd’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
  • Gus’s Substackstarted Oct 2023

Recommends

Defcon Level doesn't recommend anyone.

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 International writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (40 writers in that group), but not Defcon Level.

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    recommends 2 of them
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    recommends 2 of them
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    recommends 2 of them
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    recommends 2 of them
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    recommends 2 of them

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