Iain Martin has 6,355 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #9 on Substack's International Bestsellers board. 33 publications recommend them, and they recommend 17.
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
- 6,355
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 33
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 17
- Bestsellers rank
- #9
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 6,355 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Bestsellers | #9 | #9 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Bestsellers | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
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Recommendations
33 publications recommend Iain Martin. Iain Martin recommends 17, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 5 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 4 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
Recommended by
Geopolitical Dispatch39k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
Peter Frankopan18k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
Sergey Radchenko3.1k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual- Great Changesstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Ritwij's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- Peter's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- The Sunday Pivotstarted Feb 25, 2026
- Edward's Substackstarted Feb 10, 2026
- Martin's Substackstarted Feb 3, 2026
- Patricia's Substackstarted Nov 20, 2025
- Virginia@virginiacecil.co.uk's Substackstarted Nov 13, 2025
- Robert's Substackstarted Nov 11, 2025
- Eric's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Peter Obornestarted Oct 2025
- Paul Owen started Oct 2025
- David’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- The Political Whiteboardstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Stories Behind The Songsstarted May 2025
- After the Centrestarted Apr 2025
- Alex’s Substack - AIstarted Apr 2025
- Ali Ansaristarted Apr 2025
- Murphy’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Le Substack de carlottastarted Mar 2025
- Graham’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
All 33
- Nick’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Fraser Nelson's notebookstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- Talleyrand’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- David’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- The Jaggy Thistlestarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- Jay’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Zamo’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Wealth of Nationsstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- Ian’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
Recommends
Anne Applebaum354k followers · started Feb 2025
Niall Ferguson130k followers · started Jan 2025- Sam Freedman128k followers · started Oct 2024
Timothy Garton Ash71k followers · started Feb 2025
Mick Ryan70k followers · started Feb 2025- Geopolitical Dispatch39k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Demography Unplugged19k followers · started Feb 2025- Peter Frankopan18k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
- Sergey Radchenko3.1k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
- Material Worldstarted Apr 2025
- Wrong Side of Historystarted Feb 2025
- Fraser Nelson's notebookstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- Jade’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- The Jaggy Thistlestarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- The Political Whiteboardstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Wealth of Nationsstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- The Ruffianstarted Oct 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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- 3 shared
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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 Iain Martin.
- recommends 7 of themThe Intellectual Investor
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- recommends 5 of themBenefitHumanity
- recommends 5 of themCaptain Tim world news about politics and the ongoing wars
- recommends 3 of them
Michael Spencer@aisupremacy - recommends 3 of themScenarica
- recommends 2 of them
Bernard Hickey@bernardchickey - recommends 2 of them
Expat Prep@expatprep - recommends 2 of them
Gershon Baskin@gershonbaskin - recommends 2 of themThe Hard Fork by Marvin Liao
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