James Lucas has 99,504 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #10 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 11 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 99,504
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 81K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +11 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #10
- History
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 | 99,504 | 81K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| History Rising | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ▼5 |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend James Lucas; 11 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 11 |
| 2026-09 | 14 |
| 2026-10 | 13 |
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- Paul's Substackstarted Oct 9, 2026new
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- Anna Ashfield inspiredstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Demestarted Oct 4, 2026
- Grab A Highlighter started Oct 4, 2026
- The Beginnerstarted Sep 26, 2026
- hhiistarted Sep 26, 2026
- The AI Debrief started Sep 26, 2026
- Sue's Substackstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Graham Joyce (NMRN)started Sep 18, 2026
- G.N. Clynesstarted Sep 17, 2026
- KAPstarted Sep 17, 2026
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All 53
- No Common Codestarted Sep 12, 2026
- PottsfieldPumpkinstarted Sep 11, 2026
- LINDA's Substackstarted Sep 10, 2026
- The Israel of Godstarted Sep 2, 2026
- Young Oaks Grow - Homeschooling High Schoolstarted Sep 2, 2026
- The Bread of Lifestarted Sep 1, 2026
- Connecting Worldsstarted Aug 31, 2026
- Interrupted Peacestarted Aug 31, 2026
- Rosie Gallen (PhD)started Aug 26, 2026
- The HIdden Countrystarted Aug 21, 2026
- Any kind of image Substackstarted Aug 20, 2026
- Getting There from Herestarted Aug 14, 2026
- The Culture Arcstarted Aug 10, 2026
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- Best Writersstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Revello's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Paulette's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Il Substack di simonestarted Jun 22, 2026
- Mary's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Keep Your Lamp Lit...Alwaysstarted Jun 11, 2026
- Substack von Petrastarted Jun 10, 2026
- Big Murmurstarted Jun 1, 2026
- El Substack de Ingestarted May 24, 2026
- Mike's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
Recommends
James Lucas doesn't recommend anyone.
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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