Scott Bennett
@letsmakethempay · Let's Make Them Pay · Substack profile · U.S. Politics
Scott Bennett has 8,845 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 31 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 26.
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
- 8,845
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 7.7K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 31
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 26
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 8,845 | 7.7K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
31 publications recommend Scott Bennett; 1 started in the last 30 days. Scott Bennett recommends 26, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
Nathan Rabin5k followers · started Oct 4, 2026 · mutual- River's Edgestarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Denise Riesau-Morenostarted Oct 4, 2026
- Nasiba's Substackstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Ian Troesoyerstarted Aug 26, 2026
- Waves and Positionsstarted Aug 19, 2026 · mutual
- Sortition USAstarted Aug 15, 2026 · mutual
- Fault Lines Politicsstarted Aug 11, 2026
- Sarstarted Jul 25, 2026
- Defense Anthropologystarted Jun 30, 2026
- Aurelien Bocquetstarted Jun 10, 2026
- The New Whole Earth Reference Librarystarted Apr 23, 2026
- Carmen’s Substackstarted Feb 1, 2026 · mutual
- Colin’s Substackstarted Jan 22, 2026
- Pacific Gravitystarted Oct 2025
- Gaslight Nationstarted Oct 2025
- Captain Tim world news about politics and the ongoing wars started Aug 2025
- AJ Maddenystarted May 2025
- Asha’s Substackstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Kathy Hstarted Mar 2025
- David’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Another’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- mrballoonman’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- [The] Anime Misfitstarted Jan 2025
All 31
- Saint’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- ATTRITOstarted Oct 2024
- Good Times & Thought Crimesstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- Preparing for the Coming Trump Depressionstarted May 2024 · mutual
- The Stoned Hermit’s Substackstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- Heide’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Kapil’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
Recommends
Thom Hartmann386k followers · started Mar 2024
Seymour Hersh328k followers · started Dec 2024
Chris Hedges284k followers · started Oct 2024
Jameela Jamil149k followers · started Dec 2024
Caitlin Johnstone113k followers · started Jun 2024
Normal Island News75k followers · started Dec 2024
Radley Balko67k followers · started Mar 2024
The Opinionated Ogre31k followers · started Sep 18, 2026
Brooke Barker12k followers · started Dec 2024- Nathan Rabin5k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
- Nobody's Voicestarted Oct 26, 2026new
- For Such a Time as Thisstarted Aug 18, 2026
- Sortition USAstarted Aug 6, 2026 · mutual
- Waves and Positionsstarted Jul 9, 2026 · mutual
- Ahmed Baba Newsstarted Sep 2025
- Carmen’s Substackstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Good Times & Thought Crimesstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- The Stoned Hermit’s Substackstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Asha’s Substackstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Preparing for the Coming Trump Depressionstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- Aidan Abroadstarted Dec 2024
- Michael Ian Black started Dec 2024
- Lee Fangstarted Dec 2024
- Free Societystarted Dec 2024
All 26
- HOLLYWOULDstarted Dec 2024
- How Things Workstarted Jul 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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other U.S. Politics writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (15 writers in that group), but not Scott Bennett.
- recommends 2 of them
Nightmare Vision@nightmarevision - recommends 2 of themPriyanshu’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themTia M. Kolbaba
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