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Ken Klippenstein has 272,674 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #47 on Substack's U.S. Politics Bestsellers board. 74 publications recommend them, 8 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 15.

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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
272,674
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
198K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
74
+8 in 30 days
Recommends
15
Bestsellers rank
#47
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.

265k270k275k280k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 272,674
265k270k275k280k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 272,674
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 Ken Klippenstein on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026272,674+88198K+Thousands
Oct 31, 2026272,586198K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#47#464 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 Bestsellers46464647▼1

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Recommendations

74 publications recommend Ken Klippenstein; 7 started in the last 30 days. Ken Klippenstein recommends 15, and 5 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

Nov 22MayNovMayNovMayNovMayNov
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
2022-114
2023-011
2023-051
2023-071
2024-021
2024-091
2024-101
2024-122
2025-022
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2025-071
2025-093
2025-101
2026-041
2026-057
2026-0619
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2026-083
2026-094
2026-109

Recommended by

All 74
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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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Publications that recommend at least two other U.S. Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (124 writers in that group), but not Ken Klippenstein.

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