Merrill Goozner has 68,577 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #75 on Substack's Health Politics Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 20.
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
- 68,577
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 13K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 20
- Bestsellers rank
- #75
- Health 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 | 68,577 | +26 | 13K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 68,551 | 13K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Politics Bestsellers | #75 | #75 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Politics Bestsellers | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 0 |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend Merrill Goozner; 3 started in the last 30 days. Merrill Goozner recommends 20, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-02 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-04 | 5 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
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- Birth by the Numbers Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Geri's Substackstarted May 24, 2026
- Sally's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- Grace's Substackstarted Mar 31, 2026
- vera's Substackstarted Mar 17, 2026
- Substack von Dorotheastarted Mar 17, 2026
- Mary's Substackstarted Mar 9, 2026
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- Norm Spierstarted Mar 6, 2026
- Substack van Martenstarted Mar 1, 2026
- Philip's Substackstarted Feb 27, 2026
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- Le Substack de Dominiquestarted Feb 11, 2026
- Michael's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
- Graham's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
All 53
- Kate's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- Sri's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- PEG's Substackstarted Jan 11, 2026
- The Ken Kaufman Blogstarted Jan 11, 2026
- Evan's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
- S1gma's Substackstarted Dec 29, 2025
- Gene's Substackstarted Dec 28, 2025
- Kyle's Substackstarted Dec 16, 2025
- Jethro's Substackstarted Nov 13, 2025
- Respostas Para Perguntas Que Ninguém Fezstarted Oct 2025
- Bob’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Ask Nurses and Doctors Health Activist Notesstarted Aug 2025
- Citizen 99started Jul 2025
- Terry Carriliostarted Jun 2025
- VIJESH’s Substackstarted May 2025
- MARK’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- John’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Jeffrey Brennerstarted Apr 2025
- Uncommon Sense Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Karin’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Suzy’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Muhammad’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Winfield’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- IRVING’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Hari Prasadstarted Feb 2025
- Politikos’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- IChung’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- David’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Peter’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
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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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