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James O'Malley has 21,865 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #38 on Substack's World Politics Rising board. 56 publications recommend them, and they recommend 32.

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
21,865
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
9.3K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
56
none new in 30 days
Recommends
32
Bestsellers rank
none
Rising #38, World Politics

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.

21,25021,50021,75022,00022,25022,500 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 21,865
21,25021,50021,75022,00022,25022,500 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 21,865
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 James O'Malley on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202621,865+129.3K+
Oct 31, 202621,8539.3K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
World Politics Rising#38#214 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
World Politics Rising21626238▼17

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

56 publications recommend James O'Malley. James O'Malley recommends 32, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

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

Apr 22OctAprOctAprOctAprOctAprOct
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 Oct 2024 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2022-041
2024-072
2024-081
2024-091
2024-102
2024-115
2024-122
2025-014
2025-034
2025-041
2025-051
2025-062
2025-072
2025-081
2025-103
2025-112
2025-121
2026-012
2026-022
2026-033
2026-043
2026-052
2026-062
2026-072
2026-084
2026-091

Recommended by

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  • Rowland's newsletterstarted Jun 8, 2026 · mutual
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  • Álvaro Gutiérrez Dovalstarted Feb 4, 2026
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  • YIMBY Pod – formerly The Abundance Agendastarted Mar 2025 · mutual
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  • Peter Geoghegan76k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual
  • Ian Dunt40k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
  • Jonn Elledge25k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
  • Mark Pack18k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
  • James Bloodworth7k followers · started Oct 2023
  • Rowland's newsletterstarted Jun 8, 2026 · mutual
  • YIMBY Pod – formerly The Abundance Agendastarted Mar 2025 · mutual
  • Mark Worganstarted Jan 2025
  • Hayley Gullenstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
  • Liz Lutgendorffstarted Dec 2024
  • London Minutestarted May 2024
  • The Political Lawyerstarted May 2024
  • Tox Reportstarted Feb 2024
  • This Week, Those Booksstarted Feb 2024
  • Joxley Writesstarted Feb 2024
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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.

Who recommends writers like this one

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    recommends 5 of them
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    recommends 5 of them
  • WW3 Watchtower
    recommends 5 of them
  • Claire Berlinski@claireberlinski
    recommends 4 of them
  • Edouard Husson@edouardhusson
    recommends 4 of them
  • Francisco Carneiro Junior
    recommends 4 of them

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