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Heather Cox Richardson has 3,531,361 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #1 on Substack's Podcasts Bestsellers board. 196 publications recommend them, at least 51 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 18.

Followers read · Boards read

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
3,531,361
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
3M+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Hundreds of thousands
bestseller badge 10,000+
Recommended by
196
51+ in 30 days
Recommends
18
Bestsellers rank
#1
Podcasts

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.

3,450,0003,500,0003,550,0003,600,0003,650,000 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 3,531,361
3,450,0003,500,0003,550,0003,600,0003,650,000 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 3,531,361
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Heather Cox Richardson on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 20263,531,361+5043M+Hundreds of thousands
Oct 31, 20263,530,8573M+Hundreds of thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Podcasts Bestsellers#1#14 of 4
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#3#34 of 4
U.S. Politics Rising#3#32 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Podcasts Bestsellers11110
U.S. Politics Bestsellers33330
U.S. Politics Rising153▲12

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Recommendations

196 publications recommend Heather Cox Richardson; at least 51 started in the last 30 days. Heather Cox Richardson recommends 18, and 12 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

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Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Oct 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
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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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Publications that recommend at least two other U.S. Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (124 writers in that group), but not Heather Cox Richardson.

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