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Defending The Republic has 65,631 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #91 on Substack's U.S. Politics Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.

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
65,631
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
62K+
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Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
52
+6 in 30 days
Recommends
2
Bestsellers rank
#91
U.S. Politics

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.

64k65k66k67k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 65,631
64k65k66k67k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 65,631
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 Defending The Republic on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202665,631−1062K+Thousands
Oct 31, 202665,64162K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#91#914 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
U.S. Politics Bestsellers919191910

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

52 publications recommend Defending The Republic; 6 started in the last 30 days. Defending The Republic recommends 2, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Defending The Republic Defending The Republic recommends Sidney Powell135k followers · mutualJim Reynolds21k followersJP's Substacknot trackedANN's Substacknot trackedJ.'s Substacknot trackedLynnette's Substacknot trackedAllen's Substacknot trackedCindy Ansaldonot trackedKarin's Substacknot tracked Sidney Powell135k followers · mutualDefending The Republic "Lawsp…not tracked Defending The Republic 66k followers
Recommend them They recommend Sidney Powell135k followers · mutualJim Reynolds21k followersJP's Substacknot trackedANN's Substacknot trackedJ.'s Substacknot trackedLynnette's Subs…not tracked Sidney Powell135k followers · mutualDefending The R…not tracked Defending The… 66k 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

Jun 22DecJunDecJunDecJunDecJun
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 Mar 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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MonthStarted
2022-061
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2026-038
2026-044
2026-057
2026-064
2026-079
2026-084
2026-098
2026-106

Recommended by

  • Sidney Powell135k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
  • Jim Reynolds21k followers · started Jun 2025
  • JP's Substackstarted Oct 29, 2026new
  • ANN's Substackstarted Oct 28, 2026new
  • J.'s Substackstarted Oct 24, 2026new
  • Lynnette's Substackstarted Oct 24, 2026new
  • Allen's Substackstarted Oct 16, 2026new
  • Cindy Ansaldostarted Oct 15, 2026new
  • Karin's Substackstarted Sep 28, 2026
  • El Substack de Stefanstarted Sep 24, 2026
  • steve's Substackstarted Sep 13, 2026
  • Campaign Freedomstarted Sep 12, 2026
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  • Rip's Newsletterstarted Jul 2, 2026
  • William's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
  • The Missing Wirestarted Jun 16, 2026
  • Reb's Substackstarted Jun 13, 2026
  • Marilynstarted Jun 9, 2026
  • hsuh's Substackstarted May 29, 2026
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  • Mus'in Substack'istarted Mar 8, 2026
  • Jace2026's Substackstarted Mar 7, 2026
  • Daniel's Substackstarted Mar 4, 2026
  • Sandy's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026

Recommends

  • Sidney Powell135k followers · started Oct 9, 2026 · mutualnew
  • Defending The Republic "Lawsplainer"started Apr 8, 2026

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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