Daniel Benson

@dnlbenson · Daniel Benson's Cycling Substack · Substack profile · Sports

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Daniel Benson has 10,847 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #20 on Substack's Sports Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 35.

Followers read 6 days ago · Boards read 6 days ago

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: 10,847; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 9.6K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: Thousands; band shown by Substack
Recommended by: 54; +2 in 30 days
Recommends: 35
Bestsellers rank: #20; Sports

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.

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 Daniel Benson on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	10,847	−8	9.6K+	Thousands
Oct 31, 2026	10,855		9.6K+	Thousands

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Sports Bestsellers	#20	#20	4 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.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Sports Bestsellers	20	20	20	20	0

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

54 publications recommend Daniel Benson; 2 started in the last 30 days. Daniel Benson recommends 35, and 9 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

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 Nov 2024 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2024-07	1
2024-10	2
2024-11	2
2024-12	1
2025-01	5
2025-02	4
2025-03	3
2025-04	4
2025-05	3
2025-07	3
2025-08	1
2025-09	2
2025-10	1
2025-11	1
2026-01	1
2026-02	3
2026-04	3
2026-05	4
2026-06	3
2026-07	2
2026-08	2
2026-09	1
2026-10	2

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Tour Trackerstarted Jun 22, 2026 · mutual
Peter's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
The Cycling Social with Ant McCrossanstarted Jun 16, 2026 · mutual
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Katy Madgwickstarted Apr 2025
Mike’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
Le Substack de Quentinstarted Mar 2025
Spokesstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
Ciclismo de Ayer y de Hoystarted Feb 2025
Roman’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
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NO LLMTSstarted Jan 2025
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Paul’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
Pro E Cyclingstarted Jan 2025
Kyle Frystarted Dec 2024
Andy Grittonstarted Nov 2024
Le Substack de Hugostarted Nov 2024

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Joe Laverick3.5k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
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Cyclocross Social2.1k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
Tour Trackerstarted Jul 8, 2026 · mutual
The Cycling Social with Ant McCrossanstarted Jun 30, 2026 · mutual
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Cycling Reportstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
Spokesstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
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The Backpedalstarted Oct 2024
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All 35

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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.