Hanif Kureishi has 87,842 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #55 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 66 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 18.
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
- 87,842
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 39K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 66
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 18
- Bestsellers rank
- #55
- Culture
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 | 87,842 | +4 | 39K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 87,838 | 39K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | #55 | #55 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
66 publications recommend Hanif Kureishi; 3 started in the last 30 days. Hanif Kureishi recommends 18, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 2 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 8 |
| 2026-02 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 8 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
George Saunders449k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Suleika Jaouad378k followers · started Oct 2023 · mutual
Slavoj Žižek222k followers · started Dec 2023 · mutual
Pandora Sykes149k followers · started Jan 2023 · mutual
India Knight123k followers · started Dec 2024
Elif Shafak102k followers · started Oct 2023 · mutual
sam baker48k followers · started Mar 2024
Junot Díaz46k followers · started Jul 2024
Sherman Alexie45k followers · started Apr 2023
Plum Sykes35k followers · started Nov 19, 2025
Greil Marcus22k followers · started Jan 2025
Janna Levin21k followers · started Jan 31, 2026
Howard Jacobson17k followers · started Jul 2023
Francine McKenna15k followers · started Nov 2023
Richard Herring14k followers · started Sep 2025
Rose Lyddon14k followers · started Dec 5, 2025 · mutual- Culturissime LITTÉRATURE started Oct 29, 2026new
- Alex's Substackstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Eli Style Junglestarted Oct 10, 2026new
- The Narrative Landscapestarted Oct 2, 2026
- Cindy's Substackstarted Sep 26, 2026
- morgan's Substackstarted Sep 17, 2026
- Heidi's Substackstarted Sep 11, 2026
- CharlieX's Substackstarted Aug 31, 2026
All 66
- Susana's Substackstarted Aug 28, 2026
- Kerry's Substackstarted Aug 27, 2026
- Cherie's Substackstarted Aug 27, 2026
- Pat's Substackstarted Aug 17, 2026
- Adventures With Hannahstarted Aug 7, 2026
- Lulu's Substackstarted Aug 2, 2026
- Reading & Writing Out Of Tunestarted Aug 2, 2026
- Le Substack de Andreastarted Jul 26, 2026
- Carol's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
- El Substack de Juanstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Jody's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Jill's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Elisabete's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Zvi's Substackstarted Jun 13, 2026
- Mimi's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Curlew Readsstarted Jun 8, 2026
- Il Substack di Anne-Riittastarted May 29, 2026
- Caoimhín's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
- Depósito de Cadáveresstarted May 12, 2026
- Vida's Substackstarted May 8, 2026
- El Substack de Carmenstarted May 6, 2026
- Jitu's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
- Black's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Ellen's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
- blog&booksstarted Apr 27, 2026
- Olly's Substackstarted Apr 24, 2026
- Francesca's Substackstarted Mar 29, 2026
- Jennifer's Substackstarted Mar 25, 2026
- El Substack de Claudiastarted Mar 25, 2026
- OREMUS by Karol Mychstarted Mar 16, 2026
- B's Substackstarted Feb 24, 2026
- Kenneth's Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
- Meeegz's Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
- The Title Trackstarted Feb 5, 2026
- Jack's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Zakariya's Substackstarted Jan 21, 2026
- El Substack de Victorstarted Jan 20, 2026
- Substack de Sergiostarted Jan 17, 2026
- Monica's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- Il Substack di giorgiostarted Jan 13, 2026
- Lorraine's Substackstarted Jan 12, 2026
- Robert's Substackstarted Jan 11, 2026
Recommends
Bill Bishop569k followers · started Oct 2023- George Saunders449k followers · started Jan 2023 · mutual
Margaret Atwood404k followers · started Jan 2023- Suleika Jaouad378k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
- Slavoj Žižek222k followers · started Dec 2023 · mutual
- Pandora Sykes149k followers · started Feb 25, 2026 · mutual
- Elif Shafak102k followers · started Oct 2023 · mutual
- Rose Lyddon14k followers · started Dec 4, 2025 · mutual
- Wodcaststarted Sep 13, 2026
- Jane Finlay (Blackall)started Feb 25, 2026
- Ducktown Diariesstarted Aug 2025
- The Compassion Curestarted Jun 2025
- Changes with Annie Macmanusstarted Apr 2025
- McShrunkstarted Dec 2024
- Kier Proudlove Kureishistarted Oct 2024
- Off The Fencestarted Sep 2024
- Tom Watson's Newsletterstarted Jan 2023
- Orwell Newsstarted Jan 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.
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