Gene Weingarten has 21,650 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #10 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 59 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 33.
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
- 21,650
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 20K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 59
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 33
- Bestsellers rank
- #10
- Humor
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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 21,650 | 20K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Humor Rising | 9 | 9 | 9 | 77 | ▼68 |
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Recommendations
59 publications recommend Gene Weingarten; 5 started in the last 30 days. Gene Weingarten recommends 33, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 6 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Ann Telnaes176k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
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Kevin KAL Kallaugher12k followers · started Nov 2025
Stephen Beals4.8k followers · started Apr 2024 · mutual
Bob Morris4.1k followers · started Mar 2025- What's Our Next Bookstarted Oct 30, 2026new
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- Rosemarie Beedystarted Oct 17, 2026new
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- Cinnamon Toast PGHstarted Sep 21, 2026
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- Craig Crawford's Trail Mixstarted Aug 20, 2026
- MICHELLE's Substackstarted Aug 20, 2026
- Todd's Substackstarted Aug 20, 2026
- MJDurbstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Mary's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Squeeze Your Storiesstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Kathleen's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Dizzy Lady started May 26, 2026
All 59
- Ross's Substackstarted May 18, 2026
- Jim's Substackstarted Apr 17, 2026
- Gary’s Substackstarted Apr 14, 2026
- Howard's Substackstarted Mar 27, 2026
- Rob's Substackstarted Mar 8, 2026
- James's Substackstarted Mar 7, 2026
- From the Cul-de-Sac to the Beachstarted Feb 22, 2026
- Tim Page Writerstarted Feb 5, 2026
- My Truth, Unfiltered started Feb 2, 2026
- BlackPapers by Bill Blackstarted Jan 30, 2026
- Tom Shroderstarted Jan 30, 2026 · mutual
- Michael's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- Tamara's Substackstarted Jan 6, 2026
- Adrião Pereira da Cunhastarted Dec 28, 2025
- jeffwadler's Substackstarted Dec 18, 2025
- David's Substackstarted Dec 14, 2025
- El Substack de Palomastarted Dec 10, 2025
- Fran's Substackstarted Dec 2, 2025
- Gloria's Substackstarted Nov 18, 2025
- Prime's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Areejstarted Oct 2025
- El Substack de Yukinastarted Oct 2025
- Reading, Obviously!started Oct 2025
- Linh_Vũ’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Le Substack de Ygnacestarted Sep 2025
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- Anne’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Stay Waterproofstarted Aug 2025
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- Lao Ren Chastarted Jul 2025
- Richard’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
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- Gregstarted Jul 2025
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- Linda’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
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- Jeff Maurer121k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual
Roy Zimmerman / Melanie Harby19k followers · started Apr 2025- Stephen Beals4.8k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
Petula Dvorak1.8k followers · started Apr 15, 2026- Michelle Kaufman: Press Box Postscriptsstarted Oct 22, 2026new
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- BY GLENN KESSLERstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Convulsionsstarted Apr 2, 2026
- Peter’s Newsletterstarted Mar 29, 2026
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- Tom Shroderstarted Jan 29, 2026 · mutual
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All 33
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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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