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Hollie McKay has 9,465 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #63 on Substack's International Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.

Followers read · Boards read

Last read Oct 31, 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
9,465
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
9K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
50
+1 in 30 days
Recommends
13
Bestsellers rank
#63
International

Followers by day

Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. 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.

9.2k9.3k9.4k9.5k9.6k9.7k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 9,465
9.2k9.3k9.4k9.5k9.6k9.7k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 9,465
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 Hollie McKay on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 20269,4659K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
International Bestsellers#63#634 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
International Bestsellers65656663▲2

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

50 publications recommend Hollie McKay; 1 started in the last 30 days. Hollie McKay recommends 13, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Hollie McKay Hollie McKay recommends Middle East Uncovered28k followers · mutualBart Hellwignot trackedLies My Ego Told Menot trackedSubstack von AJNnot trackedThis Week On ICE Podcastnot tracked · mutualHumanizing the Headlinesnot trackedThe Clear Read by Suzannah Ga…not tracked · mutualNatalia's Substacknot trackedLaura's Substacknot tracked Middle East Uncovered28k followers · mutualThe Inconvenient Truthnot trackedThe Clear Read by Suzannah Ga…not tracked · mutualThis Week On ICE Podcastnot tracked · mutualPlenty of Starsnot trackedThe Kingdom Fight Ministry Ne…not tracked · mutualVenture Humanistnot tracked · mutualMorning Signalnot tracked · mutualThe Detour by Kelly Kimballnot tracked · mutual Hollie McKay 9.5k followers
Recommend them They recommend Middle East Unc…28k followers · mutualBart Hellwignot trackedLies My Ego Tol…not trackedSubstack von AJNnot trackedThis Week On IC…not tracked · mutualHumanizing the …not tracked Middle East Unc…28k followers · mutualThe Inconvenien…not trackedThe Clear Read …not tracked · mutualThis Week On IC…not tracked · mutualPlenty of Starsnot trackedThe Kingdom Fig…not tracked · mutual Hollie McKay 9.5k followers
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

Apr 22OctAprOctAprOctAprOctAprOct
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 Apr 2022 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2022-041
2022-071
2022-084
2022-091
2022-114
2023-021
2023-051
2023-061
2023-071
2023-081
2023-091
2023-111
2024-011
2024-023
2024-051
2024-061
2024-071
2024-081
2024-101
2024-111
2025-013
2025-021
2025-032
2025-061
2025-092
2025-113
2025-121
2026-012
2026-064
2026-071
2026-091
2026-101

Recommended by

  • Middle East Uncovered28k followers · started Jun 8, 2026 · mutual
  • Bart Hellwigstarted Oct 30, 2026new
  • Lies My Ego Told Mestarted Sep 14, 2026
  • Substack von AJNstarted Jul 13, 2026
  • This Week On ICE Podcaststarted Jun 17, 2026 · mutual
  • Humanizing the Headlinesstarted Jun 14, 2026
  • The Clear Read by Suzannah Gallandstarted Jun 10, 2026 · mutual
  • Natalia's Substackstarted Jan 30, 2026
  • Laura's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
  • Claudia's Substackstarted Dec 11, 2025
  • Wise Intelligence Frameworkstarted Nov 28, 2025
  • Jeff A Piersonstarted Nov 11, 2025
  • The America I Long Forstarted Nov 2025
  • Collateral’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
  • Dr. Julia’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
  • Sam’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
  • Venture Humaniststarted Mar 2025 · mutual
  • The Kingdom Fight Ministry Newsletterstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
  • MR. MEDIAstarted Feb 2025
  • Morning Signalstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
  • Serena’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
  • Robin Rubensteinstarted Jan 2025
  • Heather’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
  • Steve’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
All 50
  • Sonni’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
  • Renee’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
  • Geopolitical SITREPstarted Jun 2024
  • Elisabeth’s Substackstarted May 2024
  • ryansubjectivestarted Feb 2024
  • Aaron’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
  • Aaron’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
  • The Detour by Kelly Kimballstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
  • Susie’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
  • Intidarstarted Sep 2023
  • Joseph’s Substackstarted Aug 2023
  • Salar’s Substackstarted Jul 2023
  • Marta’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
  • Reflections of a Missionarystarted May 2023
  • Wendy’s Substackstarted Feb 2023
  • Day Squad Motorsstarted Nov 2022
  • Commandatorestarted Nov 2022
  • Ronald’s Newsletterstarted Nov 2022
  • Ronald’s Newsletterstarted Nov 2022
  • The Conflicted started Sep 2022
  • Goingstarted Aug 2022
  • Geraint Jonesstarted Aug 2022
  • Laura Kelly’s Newsletterstarted Aug 2022
  • Hugo’s Newsletterstarted Aug 2022
  • Mimir's Wisdom Wellstarted Jul 2022
  • The Rogue Scholarstarted Apr 2022

Recommends

  • Middle East Uncovered28k followers · started Jun 8, 2026 · mutual
  • The Inconvenient Truthstarted Aug 17, 2026
  • The Clear Read by Suzannah Gallandstarted Jun 29, 2026 · mutual
  • This Week On ICE Podcaststarted Jun 16, 2026 · mutual
  • Plenty of Starsstarted Apr 2025
  • The Kingdom Fight Ministry Newsletterstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
  • Venture Humaniststarted Mar 2025 · mutual
  • Morning Signalstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
  • The Detour by Kelly Kimballstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
  • Charlie Rose Conversationsstarted Apr 2023
  • Emily Posts Newsstarted Apr 2023
  • Have Camera, Will Travelstarted Jul 2022
  • Evan Ellis on Latin America and the Caribbeanstarted Jul 2022

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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other International writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (38 writers in that group), but not Hollie McKay.

  • The Intellectual Investor
    recommends 7 of them
  • Colin’s Substack
    recommends 6 of them
  • BenefitHumanity
    recommends 5 of them
  • Captain Tim world news about politics and the ongoing wars
    recommends 5 of them
  • Michael Spencer@aisupremacy
    recommends 3 of them
  • Scenarica
    recommends 3 of them
  • Bernard Hickey@bernardchickey
    recommends 2 of them
  • Expat Prep@expatprep
    recommends 2 of them
  • Gershon Baskin@gershonbaskin
    recommends 2 of them
  • The Hard Fork by Marvin Liao
    recommends 2 of them

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