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@ilyastrebulaev · Stanford GSB Professor on Startups & Investors · Substack profile · Business

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Ilya Strebulaev has 12,516 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #39 on Substack's Business Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.

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
12,516
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
11K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
51
+7 in 30 days
Recommends
2
Bestsellers rank
#39
Business

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.

12,20012,40012,60012,800 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 12,516
12,20012,40012,60012,800 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 12,516
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 Ilya Strebulaev on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202612,516+1211K+
Oct 31, 202612,50411K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Business Bestsellers#39#394 of 4
Business Rising#36#362 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
Business Bestsellers393939390
Business Rising3936▲3

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

51 publications recommend Ilya Strebulaev; 7 started in the last 30 days. Ilya Strebulaev recommends 2, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Ilya Strebulaev Ilya Strebulaev recommends Venture Capital Jobs35k followers · mutualDavid H. Crean, Ph.D.785 followersNaren's Daily Space Briefnot trackedDaily Dopaminenot trackedKquest Venturesnot trackedAbsolutely Fablessnot tracked Divy's Dispatchnot trackedJoshua Bermannot trackedSYSTUS EZEOGU ZOG'Snot tracked Venture Capital Jobs35k followers · mutualThe VC Cornernot tracked Ilya Strebulaev 13k followers
Recommend them They recommend Venture Capital…35k followers · mutualDavid H. Crean,…785 followersNaren's Daily S…not trackedDaily Dopaminenot trackedKquest Venturesnot trackedAbsolutely Fabl…not tracked Venture Capital…35k followers · mutualThe VC Cornernot tracked Ilya Strebula… 13k 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

15Mar 264Apr9May4Jun5Jul1Aug5Sep8OctNov
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 Mar 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2026-0315
2026-044
2026-059
2026-064
2026-075
2026-081
2026-095
2026-108

Recommended by

  • Venture Capital Jobs35k followers · started Sep 21, 2026 · mutual
  • David H. Crean, Ph.D.785 followers · started Mar 5, 2026
  • Naren's Daily Space Briefstarted Oct 21, 2026new
  • Daily Dopaminestarted Oct 20, 2026new
  • Kquest Venturesstarted Oct 16, 2026new
  • Absolutely Fablessstarted Oct 15, 2026new
  • Divy's Dispatchstarted Oct 11, 2026new
  • Joshua Bermanstarted Oct 9, 2026new
  • SYSTUS EZEOGU ZOG'Sstarted Oct 8, 2026new
  • Dr Amber Ghaddarstarted Oct 6, 2026
  • MyVCjourney (Fiona Chen)'s Substackstarted Sep 28, 2026
  • TechSurge Briefingstarted Sep 22, 2026
  • Naman's Substackstarted Sep 11, 2026
  • The Ampersand Mindsetstarted Sep 1, 2026
  • First Close by Itzel Moncadastarted Aug 2, 2026
  • Do LLMs Dream of Electric Sheep?started Jul 31, 2026
  • Tom's Business Briefstarted Jul 31, 2026
  • Sum dhostarted Jul 27, 2026
  • Pranavh's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
  • Arvind's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
  • rosiestarted Jun 11, 2026
  • The SiliconJelly Lettersstarted Jun 10, 2026
  • Joseph's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
  • Shubham's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
All 51
  • Leonardo's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
  • urantsetseg's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
  • Endurance Capitalstarted May 24, 2026
  • Tucker Sholtesstarted May 20, 2026
  • El Substack de RAMON10started May 20, 2026
  • Orion's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
  • Uthie's Substackstarted May 14, 2026
  • Mirna Marovicstarted May 12, 2026
  • Kopal's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
  • Michael's Substackstarted Apr 25, 2026
  • Jonghyuk Leestarted Apr 13, 2026
  • fgstarted Apr 11, 2026
  • Parveen’s Substackstarted Apr 10, 2026
  • Emanuele’s Substackstarted Mar 29, 2026
  • THE EXIT MULTIPLEstarted Mar 28, 2026
  • Narratives Uncensoredstarted Mar 24, 2026
  • IC's Substackstarted Mar 17, 2026
  • Digestible Insightsstarted Mar 13, 2026
  • Kaustubh Baskaranstarted Mar 6, 2026
  • Abdukarim Qarshiyevstarted Mar 5, 2026
  • Sarvar's Substackstarted Mar 4, 2026
  • Happiness: Resilience and Purposestarted Mar 4, 2026
  • Founder Finance Labstarted Mar 4, 2026
  • Gerard's Substackstarted Mar 4, 2026
  • Phase Linesstarted Mar 3, 2026
  • Elias Tefarikis - The Venture Edgestarted Mar 3, 2026
  • Michael's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026

Recommends

  • Venture Capital Jobs35k followers · started Sep 16, 2026 · mutual
  • The VC Cornerstarted Oct 26, 2026new

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 Business writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (72 writers in that group), but not Ilya Strebulaev.

  • Chris Tottman@christottman
    recommends 8 of them
  • The VC Corner
    recommends 5 of them
  • khaled’s Substack
    recommends 5 of them
  • Michael Spencer@aisupremacy
    recommends 4 of them
  • Liam Austin@liamaustin
    recommends 4 of them
  • 22nd Century Frontier™
    recommends 4 of them
  • Scenarica
    recommends 4 of them
  • Mohamed elsage
    recommends 4 of them
  • Marc Rubinstein@netinterest
    recommends 3 of them
  • Guillermo Flor@guillermoflor
    recommends 3 of them

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