Howard Chai has 2,244 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 10 publications recommend them, and they recommend 3.
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
- 2,244
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 2.1K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 10
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 3
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 2,244 | +1 | 2.1K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2,243 | 2.1K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
10 publications recommend Howard Chai. Howard Chai recommends 3. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Amanda's Substackstarted Apr 13, 2026
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- I Am a Pyrophytestarted Dec 13, 2025
- Koneko Researchstarted Nov 27, 2025
- The Garden Hermit Labstarted Nov 8, 2025
Recommends
Pablo Torre67k followers · started Aug 15, 2026
Henry Abbott31k followers · started Aug 15, 2026- Hunterbrook Mediastarted Aug 18, 2026
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.
Recommended by the same publications
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- 2 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other News writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (44 writers in that group), but not Howard Chai.
- recommends 2 of themThe Lefferts Gardens Ledger
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