Ioan Grillo has 17,563 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #81 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.
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
- 17,563
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 14K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- #81
- News
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 | 17,563 | +2 | 14K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 17,561 | 14K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | #81 | #80 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | 80 | 80 | 80 | 81 | ▼1 |
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Recommendations
56 publications recommend Ioan Grillo; 4 started in the last 30 days. Ioan Grillo recommends 2. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 4 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 7 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
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- El Substack de Davidstarted May 25, 2026
- JOHNNY's Substackstarted May 24, 2026
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- Me late ser humano...started May 1, 2026
- Alejandro's Substackstarted Apr 25, 2026
- Jon's Substackstarted Apr 25, 2026
- El Substack de Damiánstarted Mar 14, 2026
- WiseFitstarted Mar 13, 2026
- The End Times Chroniclesstarted Mar 10, 2026
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- Rich's Substackstarted Feb 19, 2026
- Julia's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
All 56
- Lourdes's Substackstarted Jan 22, 2026
- Luis's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Old_ACstarted Jan 18, 2026
- brussoni's Substackstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Gerardo's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- Gerardo's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Jeff's Substackstarted Dec 27, 2025
- Iberian's Substackstarted Dec 18, 2025
- Dave's Substackstarted Dec 18, 2025
- Byron's Substackstarted Dec 2, 2025
- Edna's Substackstarted Nov 27, 2025
- La Labó started Nov 18, 2025
- El Substack de Gustavostarted Nov 17, 2025
- El Substack de Alestarted Nov 15, 2025
- su's Substackstarted Nov 10, 2025
- PAVLE's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Psychedelicintegration.sestarted Sep 2025
- Sobrepienso y a veces escribostarted Sep 2025
- Doc’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Quéré Stéphanestarted Aug 2025
- Iñaki’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Brenda’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- The Fed Traderstarted Aug 2025
- Carolina’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- El Substack de Soniastarted Aug 2025
- El Substack de Carlosstarted Aug 2025
- Mohamed’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Definitely a Flight Riskstarted Jun 2025
- Aalya Unfilteredstarted Jun 2025
- Ricardo’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Ruth’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Vertebra, periodismo | Investigamos Verificamos Informamosstarted May 2025
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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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