Grace Blakeley has 67,559 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #80 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 61 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 26.
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
- 67,559
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 45K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 61
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 26
- Bestsellers rank
- #80
- 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 | 67,559 | +13 | 45K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 67,546 | 45K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | #80 | #79 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | 79 | 79 | 79 | 80 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
61 publications recommend Grace Blakeley; 5 started in the last 30 days. Grace Blakeley recommends 26, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 7 |
| 2026-06 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 9 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Naomi Klein229k followers · started Jul 7, 2026 · mutual
Diabolical Lies98k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Brian Merchant63k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙50k followers · started Oct 2024
Ann Pettifor19k followers · started Mar 30, 2026 · mutual
Venetia La Manna15k followers · started Jan 7, 2026 · mutual
Michael Mezz14k followers · started Oct 2025
Ellie Anderson7.3k followers · started Dec 23, 2025
Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG3.1k followers · started Mar 2025
Kermit O127 followers · started Sep 21, 2026- Mansoor Nuruddinstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Kellene's Substackstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Nina's Substackstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Johnstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Harry’s Take!started Oct 20, 2026new
- marramstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Nikki Nooteboomstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Szury Murystarted Sep 16, 2026
- Skip Bowmanstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Scotland Explainedstarted Sep 14, 2026
- Farooq Hamidstarted Sep 14, 2026
- James Galletastarted Sep 8, 2026
- Louise's Substackstarted Sep 2, 2026
- Adam Springfeldtstarted Aug 29, 2026
All 61
- Lorn's Substackstarted Aug 24, 2026
- Maria Chapmanstarted Aug 14, 2026
- Kyoto and Beyondstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Leave Techstarted Aug 7, 2026
- bruno's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Life Against Capitalstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Erik Svenssons Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- tagreed's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Post-Mythologies's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Steve's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- judgearmada's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- The Moral Economystarted Jun 19, 2026
- Magda's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Paul Careystarted Jun 16, 2026
- El Substack de Pedrostarted Jun 16, 2026
- The Asymmetrical Erastarted Jun 13, 2026
- paul's Substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Chris Sloanstarted May 19, 2026
- Elizabeth's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- David Hughesstarted May 15, 2026
- V's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- Unnamed publicationstarted May 8, 2026
- Gerd Hofielenstarted May 7, 2026
- ROOMstarted May 7, 2026
- Via Ferratastarted Apr 22, 2026
- Krupal's Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- Lucian's Substackstarted Mar 30, 2026
- T.'s Substackstarted Mar 7, 2026
- B.Serin's Substackstarted Mar 1, 2026
- Compassionate Troublemakingstarted Feb 15, 2026
- Robert Ashmanstarted Feb 13, 2026
- Class Chipstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Ulrich's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
- Carolyn's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
- Financial Compass Coachingstarted Jan 22, 2026
- Nigar's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- For the Love of an Old Manstarted Jan 15, 2026
Recommends
- Naomi Klein229k followers · started Oct 30, 2026 · mutualnew
- Diabolical Lies98k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
Peter Geoghegan76k followers · started Feb 16, 2026- Brian Merchant63k followers · started Oct 30, 2026 · mutualnew
Vincent Bevins23k followers · started Apr 25, 2026- Ann Pettifor19k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
- Venetia La Manna15k followers · started Oct 30, 2026 · mutualnew
Mohammed R. Mhawish11k followers · started Apr 2025- David Shapiro’s Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- American Inequalitystarted Mar 24, 2026
- Labor Politicsstarted Nov 12, 2025
- The Solidarity Wedgestarted Nov 2025
- New Party, Old Problemsstarted Nov 2025
- Food Fight Filesstarted Sep 2025
- Evelyn Quartzstarted Sep 2025
- THE FIXstarted Jul 2025
- Loveconomicsstarted Jun 2025
- JoeWrotestarted Jun 2025
- Luke Savagestarted Jun 2025
- The Home Frontstarted Jun 2025
- Mikaela Loachstarted Jun 2025
- Altered States of Monetary Consciousnessstarted Apr 2025
- A Fight Worth Havingstarted Apr 2025
- critic of political economy started Apr 2025
All 26
- the good fightstarted Jan 2025
- New Meansstarted Nov 2024
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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- 5 shared
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