Derek Davison
@foreignexchanges · Foreign Exchanges · Substack profile · World Politics
Derek Davison has 57,903 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #36 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 57 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 39.
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
- 57,903
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 40K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 57
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 39
- Bestsellers rank
- #36
- World 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 | 57,903 | +16 | 40K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 57,887 | 40K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | #36 | #36 | 4 of 4 |
| World Politics Rising | #55 | #55 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| World Politics Rising | 55 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
57 publications recommend Derek Davison; 3 started in the last 30 days. Derek Davison recommends 39, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2022-08 | 1 |
| 2022-09 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 6 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
Peter Beinart206k followers · started Sep 2022 · mutual
Robert Wright87k followers · started May 2022 · mutual
Kaiser Y Kuo43k followers · started Jul 24, 2026
Mark Leon Goldberg34k followers · started Jul 7, 2026
Ben Tumin20k followers · started Aug 2022
Roy Edroso10k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
David Z. Morris6.1k followers · started Nov 2023- Marta Torres-Ruizstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Imperialist Realismstarted Oct 8, 2026 · mutualnew
- Divagationsstarted Oct 7, 2026new
- Adrianstarted Sep 29, 2026
- thoughts by andrewstarted Sep 10, 2026
- Views Beyond Newsstarted Aug 18, 2026
- Chris Millsstarted Aug 4, 2026
- Leslie's Substackstarted Aug 1, 2026
- Vasu's Substackstarted Jul 17, 2026
- Caleb's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Dr. Dietmar Hagerstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Lunar Lobsterstarted May 19, 2026
- Evan's Substackstarted May 15, 2026
- Stanley's Substackstarted May 15, 2026
- The Wild Pitchstarted May 13, 2026
- Scacchiere Globale started May 7, 2026
- 30 Months in Iranstarted May 5, 2026
All 57
- Henry Goodstonestarted Apr 20, 2026
- Value Invest Insightsstarted Apr 14, 2026
- Elizabeth Cousensstarted Apr 7, 2026
- Disarming Humoriststarted Apr 4, 2026
- hu's Substackstarted Mar 15, 2026
- Islamic History for the Curiousstarted Mar 10, 2026 · mutual
- Canal M65started Feb 20, 2026
- What Are The Incentives?started Jan 30, 2026
- Outbreak Patternsstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Ben's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
- Jesse's Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
- Chase's Substackstarted Dec 21, 2025
- Rebecca's Substackstarted Dec 21, 2025
- Rebecca's Substackstarted Dec 21, 2025
- NepaleseBliss's Substackstarted Dec 17, 2025
- Ali's Substackstarted Dec 13, 2025
- Julia's Substackstarted Nov 23, 2025
- Biomes for the massesstarted Nov 18, 2025
- Afaf's Substackstarted Nov 15, 2025
- Retroflectionstarted Nov 10, 2025
- Tuhkaa ja timanttiastarted Oct 2025
- Grnorman's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- The Red Diaper Pailstarted Oct 2025
- Flashpoints started Sep 2025
- O Substack de Raphaelastarted Sep 2025
- Farewell Transmissionstarted Sep 2025
- Valcsev’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- fabulous footnotesstarted Sep 2025
- Evan’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Ian’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- CULTURATI LONDONstarted Aug 2025
- I’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- FAROstarted Jul 2025
Recommends
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Adam Tooze256k followers · started Sep 2022- Peter Beinart206k followers · started Sep 2022 · mutual
- Robert Wright87k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
ettingermentum77k followers · started Oct 2025
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Vincent Bevins23k followers · started Oct 2025- Roy Edroso10k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual
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Nicholas Mulder5k followers · started Oct 2025- Luke Savagestarted Aug 31, 2026
- Imperialist Realismstarted Aug 3, 2026 · mutual
- Capital & Empirestarted May 28, 2026
- Polygraphstarted May 12, 2026
- Maryamstarted May 1, 2026
- Islamic History for the Curiousstarted Feb 19, 2026 · mutual
- This Week in Northern Syriastarted Jan 25, 2026
- The International Policy Journalstarted Oct 2025
- How Things Workstarted Jan 2025
- Nine Straight Threesstarted Oct 2024
- Sawahilstarted May 2024
- Cutting Throughstarted Jan 2024
All 39
- Everything Briefingstarted Nov 2023
- Un-Diplomaticstarted Sep 2023
- Inkstick’s Substackstarted Aug 2023
- Dissident Foreign Policystarted Jun 2023
- Chris Riback's Newsletterstarted Dec 2022
- What Is To Be Done? started Nov 2022
- Warfare and Welfarestarted Nov 2022
- Abu Aardvark's MENA Academystarted Sep 2022
- Eunomia started Jun 2022
- The People's Linestarted Jun 2022
- Séamus Malekafzalistarted Apr 2022
- Discourse Blogstarted Apr 2022
- Wars Of Future Paststarted Apr 2022
- Diplomatic, by Laura Rozenstarted Apr 2022
- American Prestigestarted 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.
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Publications that recommend at least two other World Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (54 writers in that group), but not Derek Davison.
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- recommends 5 of them
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