John Thompson has 9,318 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 29 publications recommend them, and they recommend 5.
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
- 9,318
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 8.1K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 29
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 5
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 9,318 | +13 | 8.1K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 9,305 | 8.1K+ |
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
29 publications recommend John Thompson. John Thompson recommends 5, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 6 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
Recommended by
Michael Williams51k followers · started Jun 23, 2026 · mutual
Brett McKay24k followers · started Jun 2025
Lou Tamposi2.9k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
Joshua Caldwell732 followers · started Jan 2025- Ronald's Substackstarted Sep 1, 2026
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 24, 2026
- Field Notesstarted Aug 9, 2026
- Jackson & Costarted Jul 17, 2026
- The Good Pirate’s Almanacstarted Jul 3, 2026
- RELATIONSHIP FACTSstarted May 31, 2026
- Perspectivas de Diseño por AT/Dstarted May 16, 2026
- Worldview Legacy — From The Think Institutestarted Apr 13, 2026
- Francisco's Substackstarted Apr 1, 2026
- Seriousness is Not a Virtuestarted Feb 20, 2026
- Marginal Lightstarted Feb 7, 2026
- Cameron Englestarted Jan 28, 2026
- THE PRIVATE PARKINGstarted Jan 28, 2026
- Jim's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
- Why is this interesting?started Nov 29, 2025 · mutual
- More Life Notesstarted Nov 26, 2025
- Private Writings of Menstarted Nov 12, 2025
- Relaystarted Sep 2025
- Nik Hugginsstarted May 2025
- Sean Ryan | Strange Currenciesstarted Mar 2025
All 29
- The Dreamers Vision started Jan 2025
- Paul’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- The Midnight Runstarted Jan 2025
- The Field Reviewstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- Jake's Journalstarted Dec 2024
Recommends
- Michael Williams51k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
Tony Traina15k followers · started Dec 2024- Lou Tamposi2.9k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
- Why is this interesting?started Dec 20, 2025 · mutual
- The Field Reviewstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
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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