Dan Gardner has 25,344 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #63 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 57 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 34.
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
- 25,344
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 12K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 57
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 34
- Bestsellers rank
- #63
- History
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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 25,344 | 12K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 63 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 0 |
| History Rising | 47 | new |
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Recommendations
57 publications recommend Dan Gardner; 1 started in the last 30 days. Dan Gardner recommends 34, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-09 | 1 |
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 5 |
| 2025-02 | 4 |
| 2025-03 | 4 |
| 2025-04 | 5 |
| 2025-05 | 4 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
Adam Mastroianni133k followers · started Oct 2022 · mutual
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Steve Stewart-Williams33k followers · started Feb 4, 2026 · mutual
Kevin M. Levin23k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
Terry Glavin22k followers · started Sep 2022 · mutual
Lloyd Alter11k followers · started Feb 2025
Freedom To Offend3.7k followers · started Jul 2024- ALAN's Substackstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- Darcy McNeilstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Wang Honghao | Car Stylingstarted Sep 14, 2026
- The Canadian High-Speed Rail Filesstarted Aug 9, 2026
- Dennis's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Lightwardstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Short Stories & Other Ramblingsstarted May 21, 2026
- Choice is Yoursstarted May 18, 2026
- Raymond's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
- TURBO GOTH UNIVERSEstarted May 1, 2026
- Substack von The Return: A Braided Lifestarted Apr 23, 2026
- Nathalie Trepanierstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Craig Scottstarted Mar 6, 2026
- Non-Zero Sum Reportstarted Feb 10, 2026
- George's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Jan 4, 2026
- John Blackstarted Dec 7, 2025
All 57
- Carolyn Meinelstarted Nov 17, 2025
- william's Substackstarted Nov 11, 2025
- Bob's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- The Proudfoot Letterstarted Sep 2025
- The Agnostic Patriotstarted Sep 2025
- O Substack de Isabelstarted Aug 2025
- For Future Usestarted Aug 2025
- Marlene Csiky Ryllstarted Aug 2025
- Jay’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Adithya’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- State of the Deep Space Economystarted Jul 2025
- White Paper Black Coffeestarted Jul 2025
- Vieux Carréstarted May 2025
- DK Coutant's Substackstarted May 2025
- Andrea’s Substackstarted May 2025
- The Atlantic Passagestarted May 2025
- TCampbellstarted Apr 2025
- Pledge for Canada / Engagement pour le Canadastarted Apr 2025
- Steve’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Sheila Petzoldstarted Apr 2025
- Beth Mstarted Apr 2025
- Ellastarted Mar 2025
- Chris’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- John A. Johnsonstarted Mar 2025
- Robyn’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Jay Bauerstarted Feb 2025
- Daniel Emerson Twedtstarted Feb 2025
- Vlad’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Laura’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Andrey’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Luciana’s Reflections and Insightsstarted Jan 2025
- Decoding Antiquitystarted Jan 2025
- Convulsionsstarted Jan 2025
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- Terry Glavin22k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
- Brian’s Bullshit-Free Zonestarted Apr 2025
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- Steven Pinkerstarted Nov 2024
- Hidden Japanstarted Sep 2024
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All 34
- Thinking in Betsstarted Apr 2023
- The Long View: A Field Guidestarted Apr 2023
- DeLong's Grasping Reality Weblog started Mar 2023
- History, Rinse, & Repeatstarted Mar 2023
- After Babelstarted Jan 2023
- Defending Canadian Democracystarted Oct 2022
- Jason Steinhauerstarted Sep 2022
- Bug-eyed and Shamelessstarted Jul 2022
- Telling the Futurestarted May 2022
- Science Fictionsstarted May 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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