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The Dependent Variable has 2,114 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 9 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 1.

Followers 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
2,114
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
1.9K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
none shown
Recommended by
9
+1 in 30 days
Recommends
1
Bestsellers rank
not on a board

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.

2,0502,0752,1002,1252,1502,175 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 2,114
2,0502,0752,1002,1252,1502,175 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 2,114
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 The Dependent Variable on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 20262,1141.9K+

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

9 publications recommend The Dependent Variable; 1 started in the last 30 days. The Dependent Variable recommends 1, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend The Dependent Variable The Dependent Variable recommends The Thoughtful Intensivistnot tracked · mutualRakesh’s Substacknot trackedIl Substack di Fabionot trackedEl Substack de Vilmanot trackedAnestesia Cardiovascular sin …not trackedVijay's Substacknot trackedPrasun's Substacknot trackedEl Substack de Paulanot trackedSreekar Sahanot tracked The Thoughtful Intensivistnot tracked · mutual The Dependent Variable 2.1k followers
Recommend them They recommend The Thoughtful …not tracked · mutualRakesh’s Substa…not trackedIl Substack di …not trackedEl Substack de …not trackedAnestesia Cardi…not trackedVijay's Substacknot tracked The Thoughtful …not tracked · mutual The Dependent… 2.1k 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

4Jun 263JulAugSep2OctNov
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.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2026-064
2026-073
2026-102

Recommended by

  • The Thoughtful Intensiviststarted Oct 27, 2026 · mutualnew
  • Rakesh’s Substackstarted Oct 4, 2026
  • Il Substack di Fabiostarted Jul 11, 2026
  • El Substack de Vilmastarted Jul 2, 2026
  • Anestesia Cardiovascular sin Dogmastarted Jul 1, 2026
  • Vijay's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
  • Prasun's Substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
  • El Substack de Paulastarted Jun 9, 2026
  • Sreekar Sahastarted Jun 9, 2026

Recommends

  • The Thoughtful Intensiviststarted Oct 27, 2026 · mutualnew

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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