Kirby Sommers has 10,819 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #20 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days.
Last read Oct 31, 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
- 10,819
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 9.6K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #20
- History
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 10,819 | 9.6K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| History Rising | 27 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
50 publications recommend Kirby Sommers; 3 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-02 | 2 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 7 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 7 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
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- Something Else Entirelystarted Aug 25, 2026
- Lee's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
- Sybilstarted May 16, 2026
- Susanstarted Apr 15, 2026
- Don't drink the Kool-Aidstarted Mar 27, 2026
- Nikki's Substackstarted Mar 13, 2026
- Anne Woodsstarted Mar 12, 2026
- The Adventures of Coffee Girlstarted Feb 27, 2026
- Sick of Everythingstarted Feb 22, 2026
- Will Johnstarted Feb 22, 2026
- Birdwomanstarted Feb 13, 2026
- SMSAA's Substackstarted Feb 13, 2026
- Karenstarted Feb 12, 2026
- De Wakkere Vlamstarted Feb 11, 2026
- Rebecca's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Quixotic Jouststarted Dec 28, 2025
- Salim Lonestarted Nov 19, 2025
- RevolutionaryNJ.Substack.comstarted Nov 18, 2025
- Yoriannestarted Nov 17, 2025
All 50
- Maria’s Substackstarted Nov 16, 2025
- Larry's Substackstarted Nov 13, 2025
- ChAo5's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Substack von Petrastarted Nov 2025
- Maura’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Clare Brigliostarted Sep 2025
- Claire’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Graeme Glendinningstarted Aug 2025
- Leave it 2 beaverstarted Aug 2025
- Ines’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- CColumbusstarted Jul 2025
- Jon’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Debrastarted Jul 2025
- Jon Kellystarted Jun 2025
- Michael Albertsstarted Feb 2025
- Melissa K’s Substack Delightsstarted Jan 2025
- The Auditor’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- anne’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Jacqueline’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- kathleen’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- David’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Donna’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- nalini’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
- Diana’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Angie’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
- Danny’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
Recommends
Kirby Sommers doesn't recommend anyone.
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 History writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (58 writers in that group), but not Kirby Sommers.
- recommends 6 of themGilgamesh69XXX96
- recommends 5 of them
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Cool Stories About History@coolstoriesabouthistory - recommends 4 of themThe Intellectual Investor
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- recommends 4 of themIstorie și Cultură
- recommends 4 of themThe Ordo Letters
- recommends 3 of them
Ancient Origins UNLEASHED@ancientoriginsunleashed - recommends 3 of them
The Ways of a Gentleman@waysofagentleman - recommends 3 of them
Annette Laing@annettelaing
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