FiftyPlusOne has 13,262 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #69 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 16 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.
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
- 13,262
- 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
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +16 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- #69
- News
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 | 13,262 | +245 | ||
| Oct 31, 2026 | 13,017 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | #69 | #69 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | 73 | 73 | 73 | 69 | ▲4 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
50 publications recommend FiftyPlusOne; 16 started in the last 30 days. FiftyPlusOne recommends 2, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | 6 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 8 |
| 2026-10 | 19 |
Recommended by
G. Elliott Morris195k followers · started Feb 16, 2026 · mutual
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- Resistance News Digeststarted Oct 29, 2026new
- The Gazing Geezerstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Rambleringstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Laura’s Substackstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Jay's Substackstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- Otherwise - George Conkstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- The Angry Democratstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Robin Hilsonstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Bethe Goldenfieldstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Apollographystarted Oct 21, 2026new
- El Substack de Leonardostarted Oct 19, 2026new
- The Odds Tickerstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- ekmstarted Oct 4, 2026
- The Civic Nodestarted Oct 1, 2026
- The YIMBY Manifesto’s Substackstarted Oct 1, 2026
- Sitting Shiva for Americastarted Sep 29, 2026
- Dave LeLacheurstarted Sep 27, 2026
- Born To Run The Numbersstarted Sep 25, 2026
All 50
- Rajan's Substackstarted Sep 25, 2026
- Michael’s Substackstarted Sep 23, 2026
- A Face For Radiostarted Sep 18, 2026
- Jester's Notebookstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Claudia Kinsleystarted Sep 7, 2026
- Jes Merrellstarted Aug 21, 2026
- Jim’s Substackstarted Aug 20, 2026
- John Scottstarted Aug 8, 2026
- Elaine Talbottstarted Aug 7, 2026
- Richard Kontrastarted Aug 4, 2026
- Scott Garrenstarted Aug 3, 2026
- Sallystarted Aug 3, 2026
- Democracy Dies in Broad Daylightstarted Jul 23, 2026
- DJ McCreadystarted Jul 23, 2026
- (Less) Lonely Money started Jul 20, 2026
- PredictItstarted Jun 22, 2026
- News - HDR Analyticsstarted May 27, 2026
- Legacy Newsstarted May 9, 2026
- Drops from the Tsunamistarted Apr 25, 2026
- George Aposporosstarted Apr 21, 2026
- Steve’s Substackstarted Apr 11, 2026
- Deestarted Mar 20, 2026
- Luktcaststarted Feb 17, 2026
- Ira's Substackstarted Feb 17, 2026
- David Hammackstarted Feb 17, 2026
- Baseballotstarted Feb 17, 2026
Recommends
- G. Elliott Morris195k followers · started Feb 17, 2026 · mutual
- David Nir131k followers · started Feb 17, 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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- 4 shared
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- recommends 2 of themColin’s Substack
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- recommends 2 of themArlene’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themclaude joseph
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