Katie Couric has 273,178 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #14 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 59 publications recommend them, 9 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 14.
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
- 273,178
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 171K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 59
- +9 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 14
- Bestsellers rank
- #14
- News
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 | 273,178 | +366 | 171K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 272,812 | 171K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| News Rising | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | ▼15 |
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Recommendations
59 publications recommend Katie Couric; 9 started in the last 30 days. Katie Couric recommends 14, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 4 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 30 |
| 2026-08 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 9 |
Recommended by
Aaron Parnas362k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
The Preamble337k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Steve Schmidt332k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Jeremy Faust, MD149k followers · started Aug 11, 2026 · mutual
Van Jones101k followers · started May 2025
Kathleen Schmidt61k followers · started Jan 13, 2026
Lauren Streicher MD50k followers · started Oct 27, 2026new
Paul T Shattuck, MSW, PhD19k followers · started Jan 26, 2026
The Conversation U.S.15k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual- Bill Fisherstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- SusanGoochAuthorstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Lainie's Substackstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Maribelstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- kim's Substackstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Gail's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Artist 24started Oct 22, 2026new
- Kelly's Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Hobo Davestarted Sep 29, 2026
- Jo's Substackstarted Sep 28, 2026
- DaleScheiwestarted Sep 26, 2026
- Dena's Substackstarted Sep 25, 2026
- Susan's Substackstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Gail's Substackstarted Sep 14, 2026
- RONNIE's Substackstarted Aug 25, 2026
All 59
- Lynn's Substackstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Meredith's Substackstarted Aug 20, 2026
- Colleen's Substackstarted Aug 19, 2026
- Sharon's Substackstarted Aug 16, 2026
- tell it your waystarted Aug 1, 2026
- Pamela's Substackstarted Jul 30, 2026
- Jeremy's Substackstarted Jul 19, 2026
- Carolyn's Substackstarted Jul 14, 2026
- Neil's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- Angie's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Andrew's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Gerry's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Gail's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Kelly's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- KHP's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Emily's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Katie's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Diana's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Blair's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Susan's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Kerri's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Lois's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Julie's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Rose's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Rose's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Alice's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Kelly's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Gail's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Erica's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Gale's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Julie's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Katie's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Julie's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Annie's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Betsy's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
Recommends
- Aaron Parnas362k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
- The Preamble337k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
- Steve Schmidt332k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Jessica Valenti283k followers · started May 6, 2026- Jeremy Faust, MD149k followers · started Aug 19, 2026 · mutual
Liz Oyer138k followers · started Jul 6, 2026- The Conversation U.S.15k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
- Ronan's Substackstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Making Science Make Sensestarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Judge J. Michael Luttigstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Is This Working?!started Jul 29, 2026
- Dan Harrisstarted May 2025
- Grantedstarted May 2025
- Next!started May 2025
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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