Health Nerd has 58,716 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #76 on Substack's Science Bestsellers board. 58 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 8.
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
- 58,716
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 32K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 58
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- #76
- Science
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.
Show as a table
| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 58,716 | +2 | 32K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 58,714 | 32K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | #76 | #76 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
58 publications recommend Health Nerd; 3 started in the last 30 days. Health Nerd recommends 8, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
Show as a table
| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-06 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 4 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 6 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Erin Reed229k followers · started Apr 2024
Dr. Jen Gunter175k followers · started Sep 2024 · mutual
Jeremy Faust, MD149k followers · started Jun 2023 · mutual
Those Nerdy Girls37k followers · started Jul 2023
Dr. Angela Rasmussen21k followers · started Oct 7, 2026 · mutual
The Skeptical Cardiologist20k followers · started Sep 2023
Judith Hubbard & Kyle Bradley13k followers · started Oct 2024
David H. Crean, Ph.D.785 followers · started Oct 3, 2026- Unscriptedstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Bob Tactos Columnsstarted Oct 9, 2026new
- Writing In Wordsstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Passivismstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Fred's Substackstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Entrepreneurial Edventuresstarted Jul 14, 2026
- El Substack de Luisstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Kween's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Giovanni Colellastarted Jun 3, 2026
- Jennifer's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
- The Booster Shotstarted May 10, 2026
- uitschrijvenstarted May 2, 2026
- Eating in Americastarted Mar 17, 2026
- Swayze's Substackstarted Feb 9, 2026
- M's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
- Tajuana's Substackstarted Jan 24, 2026
All 58
- Interesting Datastarted Jan 14, 2026
- julee johnsonstarted Dec 23, 2025
- Written Observationstarted Dec 18, 2025
- James's Substackstarted Dec 16, 2025
- Elli's Substackstarted Nov 24, 2025
- Heather's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- kojiew9's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Mutant Zombie Villagerstarted Oct 2025
- Seth's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Luke's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Brianan's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Susan’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Matchday and More started Sep 2025
- Mild’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Andrew Baum’s MedTech & BioTech Blogstarted Aug 2025
- Data Science Briefstarted Aug 2025
- Ellie’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Founder in Progressstarted Jul 2025
- LEA's Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Thomas’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- John’s Travel Storiesstarted Jun 2025
- Hot off the Synapse with Dr Lila Landowskistarted Jun 2025
- Better’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Open Access Blogsstarted May 2025
- El Substack de JESUSstarted May 2025
- Sleep Refinerystarted May 2025
- Laurie’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- The Yolk is in The Middle started Mar 2025
- Data for Health started Mar 2025
- Michael’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- EVI’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Dear Creative,started Jan 2025
- Autumn’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Non Cogitostarted Jan 2025
Recommends
Katelyn Jetelina506k followers · started Aug 2023- Dr. Jen Gunter175k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
- Jeremy Faust, MD149k followers · started Jun 2023 · mutual
- Dr. Angela Rasmussen21k followers · started Oct 9, 2026 · mutualnew
- Understanding the unseenstarted Aug 2023
- Logging the Worldstarted Jul 2023
- Build Up Dietitians Newsletterstarted Jun 2023
- james.claimsstarted Jun 2023
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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Health Nerd. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 4 shared
Jeremy Faust, MDInside Medicine
149k followers - 3 shared
Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American
3.5M followers - 3 shared
Dr. Jen GunterThe Vajenda
175k followers - 3 shared
Ryan McCormick, M.D.Examined
17k followers - 3 shared
Judith Hubbard & Kyle BradleyEarthquake Insights
13k followers - 2 shared
Katelyn JetelinaYour Local Epidemiologist
506k followers - 2 shared
Unbiased Science@theunbiasedscipod
167k followers - 2 shared
Jessica Knurick, PhD, RDNDr. Jessica Knurick
108k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Science writers with 50,000 or more followers (39 writers in that group), but not Health Nerd.
- recommends 7 of them
Devin Teichrow@theedgeofepidemiology - recommends 6 of them
Steve Stewart-Williams@stevestewartwilliams - recommends 5 of them
Rob Henderson@robkhenderson - recommends 5 of them
Awais Aftab@awaisaftab - recommends 5 of them
Robin Blackstone, MD@robinblackstone - recommends 5 of themOrthoScenius
- recommends 5 of themEvolving Medic
- recommends 4 of themUnbiased Science@theunbiasedscipod
- recommends 4 of them
Dr. Emily Smith@emilysmith - recommends 4 of them
Dan Gardner@dgardner
Share, badge and embed
Badge for your About page
Shows the follower count and weekly change, updates on its own and links here. Pro removes the small Stackblade mark.
<a href="https://stackblade.app/w/gidmk"><img src="https://stackblade.app/badge/gidmk.svg" alt="Health Nerd on Substack: follower count" height="28"></a>
Substack posts don't take HTML. There, add the badge as an image (its address is in the snippet above) and link it to this page.
Card for a website
A small live card with followers and recommendations. Iframe, 360 by 190.
<iframe src="https://stackblade.app/embed/w/gidmk" width="360" height="190" style="border:0" title="Health Nerd on Stackblade" loading="lazy"></iframe>