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Justin Wolfers has 135,088 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #45 on Substack's Business Bestsellers board. 60 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 39.

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
135,088
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
103K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
60
+4 in 30 days
Recommends
39
Bestsellers rank
#45
Business

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.

132k134k136k138k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 135,088
132k134k136k138k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 135,088
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 Justin Wolfers on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026135,088−24103K+Thousands
Oct 31, 2026135,112103K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Business Bestsellers#45#444 of 4
Business Rising#10#104 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
Business Bestsellers44444445▼1
Business Rising14373710▲4

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

60 publications recommend Justin Wolfers; 4 started in the last 30 days. Justin Wolfers recommends 39, and 10 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

22May 266Jun8Jul9Aug7Sep8OctNov
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 May 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
2026-0522
2026-066
2026-078
2026-089
2026-097
2026-108

Recommended by

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  • Liz's Substackstarted Aug 23, 2026
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  • What’s Todaystarted Jul 31, 2026
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  • Megan Hstarted Jul 14, 2026
  • Mary's Substackstarted Jul 12, 2026
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  • Janis Mooradianstarted May 6, 2026

Recommends

All 39
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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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Business writers with 50,000 or more followers (42 writers in that group), but not Justin Wolfers.

  • moussa
    recommends 12 of them
  • Tom Orbach@marketingideas
    recommends 6 of them
  • Aakash Gupta@aakashgupta
    recommends 5 of them
  • Ben Lang@benlang
    recommends 4 of them
  • Alex Xu@bytebytego
    recommends 4 of them
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    recommends 4 of them
  • IN GOOD CO@goodthinking
    recommends 4 of them
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    recommends 4 of them
  • KAIROS
    recommends 4 of them
  • Le Substack de Opm
    recommends 4 of them

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