Joshua Citarella has 41,009 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #69 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 33.
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
- 41,009
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 32K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 54
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 33
- Bestsellers rank
- #69
- Culture
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 | 41,009 | +10 | 32K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 40,999 | 32K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | #69 | #67 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | 67 | 67 | 67 | 69 | ▼2 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
54 publications recommend Joshua Citarella; 4 started in the last 30 days. Joshua Citarella recommends 33, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 11 |
| 2026-02 | 8 |
| 2026-03 | 7 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Ana Kasparian88k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
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- Chris's Substackstarted Jun 6, 2026
- Big Brain Digeststarted Jun 5, 2026
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- isapista202's Substackstarted May 18, 2026
- Christian Ferrarostarted May 16, 2026
- softwhiteunder_belly's Substackstarted May 9, 2026
- Philip's Substackstarted May 8, 2026
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All 54
- Uninformed Opinionsstarted Apr 9, 2026
- ruben's Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- The Wobblestarted Apr 3, 2026
- Holly's Substackstarted Mar 27, 2026
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- Jonathan's Substackstarted Mar 21, 2026
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- Memioticsstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Kruipruimte: Notes from the Crawling Spacestarted Mar 10, 2026
- The B-Sidestarted Mar 6, 2026
- Winter On Reachstarted Feb 17, 2026
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- Vero's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
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- Big Sodastarted Feb 12, 2026
- A Proximate Proximitystarted Feb 10, 2026
- The Unveiledstarted Feb 6, 2026
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- final's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
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- Washed Upstarted Jan 24, 2026
- didn't know I didn't knowstarted Jan 21, 2026
- slowing downstarted Jan 20, 2026
- Jaakko™started Jan 12, 2026
- Katy's Substackstarted Jan 12, 2026
- Alejandro's Substackstarted Jan 11, 2026
- adalah pokoknyastarted Jan 11, 2026
- Charlotte's Substackstarted Jan 7, 2026
- Yiha's Substackstarted Jan 1, 2026
- Token dumpstarted Dec 31, 2025
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- Katherine Dee58k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
- Sean Monahan32k followers · started Jan 2023 · mutual
- PSSSR1.8k followers · started May 28, 2026 · mutual
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All 33
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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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