Kaiser Y Kuo has 42,547 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #68 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 59 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 40.
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
- 42,547
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 23K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 59
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 40
- Bestsellers rank
- #68
- World 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 42,547 | +20 | 23K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 42,527 | 23K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | #68 | #67 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | 67 | 67 | 67 | 68 | ▼1 |
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Recommendations
59 publications recommend Kaiser Y Kuo; 2 started in the last 30 days. Kaiser Y Kuo recommends 40, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-02 | 4 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 6 |
| 2025-10 | 7 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Jay Kuo331k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
Adam Tooze256k followers · started Apr 17, 2026 · mutual
Mark Leon Goldberg34k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual
Andrew Methven19k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
Tech Buzz China14k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
Thomas des Garets Geddes12k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
Poe Zhao8.5k followers · started Dec 14, 2025 · mutual
Nicholas Mulder5k followers · started Oct 2025
Cindy Yu3.8k followers · started Mar 2025
Manya Koetse3.3k followers · started Aug 25, 2026
Leon Liao2.5k followers · started May 26, 2026 · mutual- Ruotong's Substackstarted Oct 31, 2026new
- New Bearingsstarted Oct 31, 2026new
- Jep's Substackstarted Sep 11, 2026
- Jarunee's Substackstarted Jul 25, 2026
- Il Substack di marcostarted Jul 24, 2026
- Kinjun's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Don's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- Opal Rockettstarted May 15, 2026
- Davide's Substackstarted May 14, 2026
- Ulziimaa's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
- Covell's Substackstarted Apr 30, 2026
- Unpriced's Substackstarted Apr 30, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
All 59
- Marciene's Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
- Gary Wangstarted Apr 6, 2026
- S. L. Fradystarted Mar 18, 2026
- The Red Codestarted Mar 13, 2026
- Jill's Substackstarted Mar 13, 2026
- Eleanor's Substackstarted Mar 6, 2026
- Notes from CCBstarted Mar 2, 2026
- Substack de FABIOstarted Feb 7, 2026
- China Digital Retail Reportstarted Feb 6, 2026
- BridgeCross Biostarted Feb 2, 2026
- Junyan's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- Tulin CMstarted Jan 21, 2026
- Annie's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- Dale's Substackstarted Jan 10, 2026
- Substack de Mariastarted Dec 30, 2025
- The Asia They Don’t Teach Youstarted Dec 28, 2025
- RhondaLee's Substackstarted Dec 6, 2025
- Luis Tenoriostarted Dec 1, 2025
- Damien Smithstarted Nov 2025
- Michael's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- GYSTstarted Oct 2025
- Crossing the River Stonesstarted Oct 2025
- K.'s Substackstarted Oct 2025
- xvcrimsajadevx's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Chip Islandstarted Oct 2025
- Aaron’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Mueckelin’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- John’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Souradeep’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Henry’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Yunxin’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- China & the Hillstarted Aug 2025
- angela’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Damali’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Obert’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
Recommends
- Jay Kuo331k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
- Adam Tooze256k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
Peter Beinart206k followers · started Jul 24, 2026
Robert Wright87k followers · started Dec 14, 2025
Glenn Loury60k followers · started Jul 24, 2026
Derek Davison58k followers · started Jul 24, 2026- Mark Leon Goldberg34k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual
Baiguan21k followers · started Feb 2025- Andrew Methven19k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
- Tech Buzz China14k followers · started Apr 2024 · mutual
- Thomas des Garets Geddes12k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
Andrew Stokols9.4k followers · started Feb 2025- Poe Zhao8.5k followers · started Nov 19, 2025 · mutual
PC4k followers · started Apr 2024- Leon Liao2.5k followers · started May 24, 2026 · mutual
- Lizzi C Leestarted Sep 30, 2026
- Matt Sheehan's Newsletterstarted Jul 24, 2026
- The Cutting Floor Newsletterstarted Jul 24, 2026
- Small Potatoesstarted Jul 24, 2026
- The Global Jigsawstarted Sep 2025
- Geopolitechsstarted Aug 2025
- Inside Chinastarted Jul 2025
- I Just Kantstarted Jun 2025
- Civic Forumstarted Jun 2025
All 40
- Rhyming Chaosstarted Jun 2025
- ChinAI Newsletterstarted Mar 2025
- The Monitorstarted Mar 2025
- The China-MENA Newsletterstarted Mar 2025
- China Translatedstarted Feb 2025
- 7 Thingsstarted Feb 2025
- The China Weekstarted Feb 2025
- Chinese Cooking Demystified Substackstarted Jan 2025
- High Capacitystarted Sep 2024
- The Asia Cablestarted Mar 2024
- Interconnectedstarted Feb 2024
- Ginger River Reviewstarted Feb 2024
- The East is Readstarted Feb 2024
- Pekingnologystarted Feb 2024
- Wu Fei's Music Daily started Feb 2024
- Tracking People's Dailystarted Feb 2024
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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