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Derek Thompson has 181,803 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #10 on Substack's Business Bestsellers board. 89 publications recommend them, 11 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 16.

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
181,803
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
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Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
89
+11 in 30 days
Recommends
16
Bestsellers rank
#10
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.

178k180k182k184k186k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame #5 Businessentered Rising 181,803
178k180k182k184k186k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame #5 Businessentered Rising 181,803
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 Derek Thompson on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026181,803+197Thousands
Oct 31, 2026181,606Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Business Bestsellers#10#104 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
Business Bestsellers101010100

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

89 publications recommend Derek Thompson; 11 started in the last 30 days. Derek Thompson recommends 16, and 11 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

10Jun 252Jul4AugSep2Oct3NovDecJan 261FebMar2Apr2May4Jun20Jul11Aug14Sep14OctNov
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 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2025-0610
2025-072
2025-084
2025-102
2025-113
2026-021
2026-042
2026-052
2026-064
2026-0720
2026-0811
2026-0914
2026-1014

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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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Business writers with 50,000 or more followers (42 writers in that group), but not Derek Thompson.

  • moussa
    recommends 12 of them
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    recommends 6 of them
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    recommends 5 of them
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    recommends 4 of them
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    recommends 4 of them
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    recommends 4 of them
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    recommends 4 of them
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    recommends 4 of them

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