David Roberts has 141,094 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #2 on Substack's Climate & Environment Bestsellers board. 68 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 141,094
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 94K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 68
- +7 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #2
- Climate & Environment
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 | 141,094 | +41 | 94K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 141,053 | 94K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & Environment Bestsellers | #2 | #2 | 4 of 4 |
| Podcasts Bestsellers | #67 | #67 | 4 of 4 |
| Climate & Environment Rising | #77 | #2 | 3 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & Environment Bestsellers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Podcasts Bestsellers | 71 | 71 | 70 | 67 | ▲4 |
| Climate & Environment Rising | 2 | 2 | 77 | ▼75 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
68 publications recommend David Roberts; 7 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 2 |
| 2022-12 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 8 |
| 2026-05 | 16 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 10 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
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All 68
- Roy's Substackstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Aayushi's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Muhammad Khalid Fayyazstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Skip Bowmanstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Heat Island Registerstarted Sep 11, 2026
- AI Data Center Insightsstarted Aug 26, 2026
- Michael Surastarted Aug 22, 2026
- AMPEDstarted Aug 3, 2026
- Chitvan's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Living With Firestarted Jul 18, 2026
- Steve's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Fons Burgerstarted Jul 11, 2026
- Cheaper Heatstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Harry's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Dre's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Meu fio de pensamentostarted Jul 3, 2026
- TEDacy's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Forward Climatestarted Jun 25, 2026
- VictorJ's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
- How Progress Happensstarted Jun 13, 2026
- Mike's Substackstarted Jun 11, 2026
- Shreya's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Tomas's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
- Phalguni's Substackstarted May 29, 2026
- The Logical Conclusionstarted May 29, 2026
- City Gardenstarted May 28, 2026
- Energy Decodedstarted May 27, 2026
- Net Zero ~2037–2038started May 27, 2026
- adelaide's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
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- El Substack de ULISESstarted May 24, 2026
- Braves Pitching Reviewstarted May 22, 2026
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- PCR Packaging Journalstarted May 19, 2026
- Elena's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- Softer Systemsstarted May 7, 2026
- James's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- Don's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
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- Mythcatcherstarted Apr 23, 2026
- The Missing Middle IQstarted Apr 23, 2026
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Recommends
David Roberts doesn't recommend anyone.
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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- 12 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Climate & Environment writers with 50,000 or more followers (19 writers in that group), but not David Roberts.
- recommends 4 of them
Britt Wray@unthinkable - recommends 3 of themEmily Atkin@heated
- recommends 3 of themKatharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe
- recommends 3 of them
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- recommends 2 of them
Tim Mak@timkmak - recommends 2 of them
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