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Francesco Sassi has 4,674 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #100 on Substack's International Bestsellers board. 29 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 15.

Followers read · Boards read

Last read Oct 31, 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
4,674
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
3.9K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
none shown
Recommended by
29
+2 in 30 days
Recommends
15
Bestsellers rank
#100
International

Followers by day

Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. 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.

4,5504,6004,6504,7004,7504,800 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 4,674
4,5504,6004,6504,7004,7504,800 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 4,674
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 Francesco Sassi on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 20264,6743.9K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
International Bestsellers#100#1001 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
International Bestsellers100new

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

29 publications recommend Francesco Sassi; 2 started in the last 30 days. Francesco Sassi recommends 15, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Francesco Sassi Francesco Sassi recommends Roger Pielke Jr.102k followersMeridian Macronot trackedWide Anglenot trackedFrancesc Nollanot trackedScenaricanot trackedPorts, Geography and Powernot trackedGulf States Insightsnot trackedBharat Rising by Ishan Jayant…not trackedFront Históriconot tracked Paul Krugman877k followersTimothy Snyder650k followersBill Bishop569k followersAdam Tooze256k followersIsaac Orr25k followersThe Southern Tradenot tracked · mutualGeopolitical Guynot tracked · mutualJacobin Italianot trackedLeslie Palti-Guzmannot tracked Francesco Sassi 4.7k followers
Recommend them They recommend Roger Pielke Jr.102k followersMeridian Macronot trackedWide Anglenot trackedFrancesc Nollanot trackedScenaricanot trackedPorts, Geograph…not tracked Paul Krugman877k followersTimothy Snyder650k followersBill Bishop569k followersAdam Tooze256k followersIsaac Orr25k followersThe Southern Tr…not tracked · mutual Francesco Sas… 4.7k followers
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

1Feb 263Mar4Apr2May2Jun3Jul2Aug8Sep4OctNov
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.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2026-021
2026-033
2026-044
2026-052
2026-062
2026-073
2026-082
2026-098
2026-104

Recommended by

  • Roger Pielke Jr.102k followers · started Jun 6, 2026
  • Meridian Macrostarted Oct 17, 2026new
  • Wide Anglestarted Oct 14, 2026new
  • Francesc Nollastarted Oct 2, 2026
  • Scenaricastarted Oct 2, 2026
  • Ports, Geography and Powerstarted Sep 24, 2026
  • Gulf States Insightsstarted Sep 24, 2026
  • Bharat Rising by Ishan Jayant Tewaristarted Sep 21, 2026
  • Front Históricostarted Sep 21, 2026
  • THE ACE DISPATCHstarted Sep 20, 2026
  • Andres Saguillo Juanastarted Sep 15, 2026
  • Oestes Gedankenstarted Sep 14, 2026
  • The ASEAN Contrarian Letterstarted Sep 11, 2026
  • Kardamowstarted Aug 31, 2026
  • GeoWattstarted Aug 21, 2026
  • Sovereign Standardstarted Jul 22, 2026
  • Il Substack di Energy_Davestarted Jul 15, 2026
  • The Turbulent World with James M. Dorseystarted Jul 7, 2026
  • ORDERING: How Systems Reprice When Failure Becomes Expensivestarted Jun 5, 2026
  • Uffe's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
  • Sanaullah's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
  • Substack von Frankstarted Apr 24, 2026
  • Energy News Beatstarted Apr 23, 2026
  • Conflict & Credit started Apr 13, 2026
All 29
  • Dispatches from the Diasporastarted Apr 4, 2026
  • The Policy Ledgerstarted Mar 8, 2026
  • Geopolitical Guystarted Mar 6, 2026 · mutual
  • The Southern Tradestarted Mar 4, 2026 · mutual
  • phase:shiftstarted Feb 4, 2026 · mutual

Recommends

  • Paul Krugman877k followers · started Feb 4, 2026
  • Timothy Snyder650k followers · started Mar 4, 2026
  • Bill Bishop569k followers · started Mar 4, 2026
  • Adam Tooze256k followers · started Feb 4, 2026
  • Isaac Orr25k followers · started Feb 4, 2026
  • The Southern Tradestarted Mar 7, 2026 · mutual
  • Geopolitical Guystarted Mar 5, 2026 · mutual
  • Jacobin Italiastarted Feb 4, 2026
  • Leslie Palti-Guzmanstarted Feb 4, 2026
  • John’s Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
  • uqbaria | francesco strazzaristarted Feb 4, 2026
  • The China-MENA Newsletterstarted Feb 4, 2026
  • Energy Fluxstarted Feb 4, 2026
  • phase:shiftstarted Feb 4, 2026 · mutual
  • Aura’s Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026

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 International writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (83 writers in that group), but not Francesco Sassi.

  • The Intellectual Investor
    recommends 25 of them
  • Captain Tim world news about politics and the ongoing wars
    recommends 7 of them
  • Colin’s Substack
    recommends 4 of them
  • Claire Berlinski@claireberlinski
    recommends 3 of them
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  • We're Moving to Europe
    recommends 3 of them
  • Michael Spencer@aisupremacy
    recommends 2 of them
  • Kaiser Y Kuo@kaiserykuo
    recommends 2 of them
  • Elizabeth Silleck La Rue, Esq.@elizabethsillecklarueesq
    recommends 2 of them
  • Kaila Krayewski@kailakrayewski
    recommends 2 of them

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