Dr Barbara Sumner
@drbarbarasumner · ADOPTOLOGY - Adoption Deconstructed · Substack profile · Health Politics
Dr Barbara Sumner has 2,103 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #14 on Substack's Health Politics Rising board. 26 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 33.
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
- 2,103
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 26
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 33
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #14, Health 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 2,103 | +1 | ||
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2,102 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Politics Rising | #14 | #14 | 2 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Politics Rising | 50 | 14 | ▲36 |
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Recommendations
26 publications recommend Dr Barbara Sumner; 1 started in the last 30 days. Dr Barbara Sumner recommends 33, and 11 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
- The Spiritual Adopteestarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Orphans Oraclestarted Sep 18, 2026
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Earth Your Etherstarted Aug 13, 2026
- The Work Beneath the Workstarted Jun 29, 2026 · mutual
- Gillie's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Conversations in the darkstarted Jun 24, 2026 · mutual
- Dr. Yael Dubinstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Defend Survivors With Paulastarted Jun 3, 2026 · mutual
- Devin Price-Presslaffstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Blooming Life Coachstarted Mar 9, 2026 · mutual
- Deirdre's Diverse Collection and Insightsstarted Feb 24, 2026
- Dr. RAD ™️ The Attachment Code Breaker ™️started Feb 2, 2026
- Kate's Substackstarted Dec 3, 2025
- Matt’s Substackstarted Nov 10, 2025
- Patricia’s Substackstarted Nov 2025 · mutual
- Sierra, Sincerely started Oct 2025
- Family Estrangement started Oct 2025 · mutual
- Susan B Hadleystarted Oct 2025
- Deconstructing Orphan Sundaystarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Family Court Crisisstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Emerging From the Adoption Shadowstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Adoptee Healing Collectivestarted May 2025 · mutual
- Joy Hillstarted Apr 2025
All 26
- Robert’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Jid Champnessstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
Recommends
Eitan Chitayat4.1k followers · started Jun 24, 2026- frequency fieldstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Kate Whitestarted Jul 3, 2026
- The Work Beneath the Workstarted Jun 26, 2026 · mutual
- Conversations in the darkstarted Jun 23, 2026 · mutual
- Stephen's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Xiang Liustarted Jun 19, 2026
- Andrea Smithstarted Jun 19, 2026
- Defend Survivors With Paulastarted Jun 16, 2026 · mutual
- Nadine Rubin Nathanstarted Jun 2, 2026
- Blooming Life Coachstarted Apr 16, 2026 · mutual
- Andrea Fullerstarted Apr 16, 2026
- Unlocking Adoptionstarted Nov 22, 2025
- Patricia’s Substackstarted Nov 2025 · mutual
- Motherhood in Time - Essays & studies started Jul 2025
- Marisa Cooperstarted Jul 2025
- Family Estrangement started Jul 2025 · mutual
- The Village it Tookstarted Jul 2025
- Clodagh Murphystarted Jun 2025
- Roz Munrostarted Jun 2025
- Dusty Sawyerstarted Jun 2025
- John Boydstarted Jun 2025
- Deconstructing Orphan Sundaystarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- The Real Adoptee Moxiestarted Jun 2025
All 33
- Family Court Crisisstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Maryleestarted Jun 2025
- Emerging From the Adoption Shadowstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Paige’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Joe Shermanstarted Jun 2025
- Adoptee Healing Collectivestarted May 2025 · mutual
- Wen Jackmanstarted May 2025
- Jonathan Lyonstarted Apr 2025
- Jid Champnessstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Dr Barbara Sumner. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 2 shared
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John RosemondParenting With Love and Leadership
9.7k followers - 2 shared
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7.6k followers - 2 shared
Steven F. HaywardPolitical Questions
5.6k followers - 2 shared
Susan StrongSay Yes to Adoption
576 followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Health Politics writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (57 writers in that group), but not Dr Barbara Sumner.
- recommends 2 of them
The MAHA Report@theofficialmahareport - recommends 2 of them
Dr. Paul Alexander@drpaulalexander - recommends 2 of them
Jamie Andrews@controlstudies - recommends 2 of them
Feed your Mind@feedyourmind - recommends 2 of themAnne Can't Stand It!
- recommends 2 of themJuan’s Newsletter
- recommends 2 of them@EmilyTVProducer
- recommends 2 of themThe Rebel Patient™
- recommends 2 of themColin’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themLeifur’s Substack
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