Jonathan Leaf has 5,360 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 28 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 18.
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
- 5,360
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 4.3K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 28
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 18
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 5,360 | 4.3K+ |
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
28 publications recommend Jonathan Leaf; 1 started in the last 30 days. Jonathan Leaf recommends 18, and 11 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-12 | 3 |
| 2024-01 | 2 |
| 2024-03 | 5 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
- pamela's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Kenneth Silberstarted Oct 5, 2026 · mutual
- J's Substackstarted Oct 2, 2026
- GregorboGamstarted Oct 1, 2026
- Beyond the Veil with Evanstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Will Meyerhoferstarted Feb 18, 2026
- The Edgy Optimiststarted Jan 23, 2026 · mutual
- David S. Bernsteinstarted Jan 20, 2026
- Abigail Rosenthalstarted Nov 2025 · mutual
- Old Programmer Notesstarted Jul 2025
- Uncle Orson Reviews Everythingstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- My Favorite Classical Musicstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Tonni’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Critical Opalescencestarted Oct 2024
- AMERICAN REFUGEES: THE ROGER SIMON/SHERYL LONGIN SUBSTACKstarted Aug 2024 · mutual
- lori’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- K.’s Substackstarted May 2024
- A Pilgrim’s Progressstarted Mar 2024 · mutual
- Anxious Timesstarted Mar 2024
- Life, Liberty, Propertystarted Mar 2024 · mutual
- Colin’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Herbert’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Suleman’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
All 28
- Music & Culturestarted Jan 2024 · mutual
- Spionagestarted Dec 2023 · mutual
- Ying Mastarted Dec 2023
- Christopher C. Hullstarted Dec 2023
Recommends
Steven F. Hayward5.6k followers · started Dec 3, 2025- Derek’s Substackstarted Apr 15, 2026
- Joel Kotkinstarted Jan 3, 2026
- Kenneth Silberstarted Dec 17, 2025 · mutual
- Wrong Side of Historystarted Nov 15, 2025
- Uncle Orson Reviews Everythingstarted Nov 8, 2025 · mutual
- Abigail Rosenthalstarted Nov 8, 2025 · mutual
- Abby Martinstarted Nov 8, 2025
- Jeff Gieseastarted Aug 2025
- Philosophy and Beyondstarted Sep 2024
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 2024 · mutual
- AMERICAN REFUGEES: THE ROGER SIMON/SHERYL LONGIN SUBSTACKstarted Aug 2024 · mutual
- The Edgy Optimiststarted Jul 2024 · mutual
- Life, Liberty, Propertystarted Jun 2024 · mutual
- My Favorite Classical Musicstarted May 2024 · mutual
- A Pilgrim’s Progressstarted Mar 2024 · mutual
- Spionagestarted Jan 2024 · mutual
- Music & Culturestarted Dec 2023 · 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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Philosophy writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (39 writers in that group), but not Jonathan Leaf.
- recommends 2 of them
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