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Judd Legum has 1,095,628 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #17 on Substack's U.S. Politics Bestsellers board. 86 publications recommend them, 18 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 9.

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
1,095,628
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
575K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Tens of thousands
bestseller badge 10,000+
Recommended by
86
+18 in 30 days
Recommends
9
Bestsellers rank
#17
U.S. 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.

1,060,0001,080,0001,100,0001,120,000 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 1,095,628
1,060,0001,080,0001,100,0001,120,000 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 1,095,628
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 Judd Legum on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 20261,095,628+123575K+Tens of thousands
Oct 31, 20261,095,505575K+Tens of thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#17#174 of 4
U.S. Politics Rising#29#84 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
U.S. Politics Bestsellers18181817▲1
U.S. Politics Rising8858529▼21

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

86 publications recommend Judd Legum; 18 started in the last 30 days. Judd Legum recommends 9, and 7 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 Jul 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2022-043
2022-051
2022-062
2022-071
2022-084
2023-033
2023-061
2023-071
2023-102
2024-012
2024-021
2024-031
2024-091
2024-101
2024-111
2025-042
2025-073
2025-082
2026-031
2026-078
2026-0810
2026-0916
2026-1019

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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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