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Chris Ryan has 23,849 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #99 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 55 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 18.

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
23,849
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
14K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
55
+2 in 30 days
Recommends
18
Bestsellers rank
#99
Culture

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.

23,25023,50023,75024,00024,25024,500 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 23,849
23,25023,50023,75024,00024,25024,500 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 23,849
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 Chris Ryan on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202623,849+414K+Thousands
Oct 31, 202623,84514K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Culture Bestsellers#99#994 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
Culture Bestsellers10010010099▲1

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

55 publications recommend Chris Ryan; 2 started in the last 30 days. Chris Ryan recommends 18, and 6 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

Dec 22JunDecJunDecJunDecJun
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
MonthStarted
2022-121
2023-031
2023-071
2024-011
2024-051
2024-111
2024-122
2025-018
2025-022
2025-041
2025-053
2025-061
2025-071
2025-091
2025-112
2025-123
2026-016
2026-021
2026-031
2026-041
2026-051
2026-063
2026-074
2026-095
2026-103

Recommended by

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  • Lloyd Kahn15k followers · started May 2024 · mutual
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All 55
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  • Wenjing’s Substackstarted May 2025
  • Bering in Mindstarted May 2025 · mutual
  • Timo Existenciastarted May 2025
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  • Le Coyotestarted Jan 2025
  • Zach Keeshinstarted Jan 2025
  • Tomasz’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
  • Nomadismostarted Dec 2024
  • North Pole Cafestarted Dec 2024
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  • Sherman Alexie45k followers · started Dec 2022 · mutual
  • Daniel Pinchbeck45k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
  • Daniele Bolelli25k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
  • Lloyd Kahn15k followers · started May 2024 · mutual
  • Stanley’s Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
  • The Reflection Pointstarted May 1, 2026
  • riley mortonstarted Oct 2025
  • Heretics with Andrew Goldstarted Aug 2025
  • Bering in Mindstarted May 2025 · mutual
  • Barney's Rubblestarted Feb 2025
  • The Hipcrime Vocabstarted Dec 2024
  • Evolving Love Projectstarted Aug 2024
  • Kyle Thiermann started Dec 2022
  • Dirt Road Dispatchstarted Apr 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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Culture writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (97 writers in that group), but not Chris Ryan.

  • Priyanshu’s Substack
    recommends 5 of them
  • Michael Spencer@aisupremacy
    recommends 4 of them
  • Cool Stories About Art@coolstoriesaboutart
    recommends 3 of them
  • Farrah @Substack@farrahstorr
    recommends 3 of them
  • Katherine Dee@defaultfriend
    recommends 3 of them
  • The Intellectual Investor
    recommends 3 of them
  • Colin’s Substack
    recommends 3 of them
  • Priyanshu’s Substack
    recommends 3 of them
  • Eli's Substack
    recommends 3 of them
  • Andrew Sullivan@sullydish
    recommends 2 of them

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