James Butcher has 9,641 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #10 on Substack's Science Bestsellers board. 22 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 6.
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
- 9,641
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 9.4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 22
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- #10
- Science
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 | 9,641 | 0 | 9.4K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 9,641 | 9.4K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Science Rising | 15 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
22 publications recommend James Butcher; 1 started in the last 30 days. James Butcher recommends 6, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
- Notes in the Marginsstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Madhurima's Substackstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Raji's Substackstarted Aug 10, 2026
- PubTech Radar Scanstarted Jul 30, 2026 · mutual
- Gustavo's Newsletterstarted Jul 23, 2026 · mutual
- Science Foreverstarted Jul 22, 2026 · mutual
- Sara's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- The Retraction Watch Weeklystarted Jun 14, 2026 · mutual
- Katrin's Substackstarted May 13, 2026
- Middle's Substackstarted Apr 27, 2026
- Jitske's Substackstarted Apr 27, 2026
- Laura's Substackstarted Mar 31, 2026
- Tessa's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
- Ben's Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
- Harry's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- Revista Peletronstarted Jan 16, 2026
- BAENG101TECPortfoliosstarted Dec 9, 2025
- Second Bloomstarted Dec 9, 2025
- The STM Innovation Briefstarted Dec 8, 2025
- Frankie's Substackstarted Nov 12, 2025
- Faye's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Le Substack de Hervéstarted Oct 2025
Recommends
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- The Retraction Watch Weeklystarted Aug 12, 2026 · mutual
- Gustavo's Newsletterstarted Aug 12, 2026 · mutual
- PubTech Radar Scanstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- Science Foreverstarted Jun 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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Science writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (31 writers in that group), but not James Butcher.
- recommends 8 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 2 of themDangerous Living
- recommends 2 of themScott Shaeffer 🇺🇦
- recommends 2 of themYou know, Cannot Name It
- recommends 2 of themPragmatic Social Work
- recommends 2 of themprimatologica
- recommends 2 of themSOVEREIGN
- recommends 2 of themBiome Health
- recommends 2 of themMohamed elsage
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