Fergal Keane has 16,001 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 17 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.
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
- 16,001
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 9.9K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 17
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 16,001 | +19 | 9.9K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 15,982 | 9.9K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
17 publications recommend Fergal Keane; 3 started in the last 30 days. Fergal Keane recommends 4, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
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- Bengali On Platformsstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Tracey’s Substackstarted Jun 6, 2026
- Anne McCullochstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Ceri Glenstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Zeynep's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
- Human Again with Dr Chris Cleavestarted May 10, 2026 · mutual
- Today I Learntstarted Apr 11, 2026
- Colin’s Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- The Rhetoric Club's Substackstarted Apr 3, 2026
- Not Being Funny Butstarted Mar 21, 2026
Recommends
- Postcards From Grief1.9k followers · started Jul 17, 2026 · mutual
- The Swingometerstarted Jun 19, 2026
- Off-grid and Entertaining in Portugalstarted Jan 27, 2026
- Human Again with Dr Chris Cleavestarted Jan 27, 2026 · 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.
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