Ancient History has 2,622 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #51 on Substack's History Rising board. 6 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.
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
- 2,622
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 988
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 6
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #51, 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 | 2,622 | 988 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| History Rising | #51 | #22 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Rising | 29 | 22 | 22 | 51 | ▼22 |
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Recommendations
6 publications recommend Ancient History; 2 started in the last 30 days. Ancient History recommends 2, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
Prateek Dasgupta7.4k followers · started Oct 3, 2026 · mutual- Living Classicsstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Just_a_girl's_diarystarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Fredd88started Oct 6, 2026
- Potentially Interesting Roman Historystarted Sep 8, 2026
- Het Bureau voor Vergeten Geschiedenisstarted Aug 31, 2026
Recommends
- Prateek Dasgupta7.4k followers · started Oct 27, 2026 · mutualnew
- beestarted Oct 27, 2026new
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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Ancient History. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 2 shared
M. E. RothwellCosmographia
30k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other History writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (51 writers in that group), but not Ancient History.
- recommends 8 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 4 of them
Holly A Brown@hollyabrown - recommends 2 of them
Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson@bruceivargudmundsson - recommends 2 of themEmily’s Walking Book Club
- recommends 2 of themChristopher Messina, Enlightentaining Host of Messy Times
- recommends 2 of themMasses and Edges
- recommends 2 of themPictish Puzzles and Cryptic Celts
- recommends 2 of themProjectkin
- recommends 2 of themStories Behind the Records
- recommends 2 of themWet Coast Genealogy
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