Shaun Usher has 114,304 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #32 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 60 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 6.
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
- 114,304
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 60
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- #32
- 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 | 114,304 |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| History Rising | 16 | 16 | 68 | ▼52 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
60 publications recommend Shaun Usher; 5 started in the last 30 days. Shaun Usher recommends 6, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 8 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 8 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 9 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
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Lucy Sweet12k followers · started Jan 2023
Lev Parikian9.1k followers · started Apr 2023
Cool Stories About History7.5k followers · started Oct 28, 2026new
Matt Foltz-Gray926 followers · started Oct 2023
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- The Disconcertstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Ritik's Substackstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- Robbi McMillenstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Gia's Letterbox started Aug 22, 2026
- scorpioszn4lyfestarted Aug 17, 2026
- The Hutcherystarted Aug 13, 2026
- LettersofMarkstarted Aug 2, 2026
- Chris's Substackstarted Jul 24, 2026
- Charlie's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- depart's Substackstarted Jul 19, 2026
- Gail's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
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All 60
- outterspacestarted Jul 6, 2026
- jherry saysstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Tejeshwi's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
- rimhajal's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Hauwa's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Shikhant's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Rosemary's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- Mark's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Sam Wanstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Substack de kiestarted Jun 3, 2026
- Matt's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Robyn's Substackstarted Jun 1, 2026
- Christina's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
- Sis's Substackstarted May 25, 2026
- Ziz's Substackstarted May 24, 2026
- Angie's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- Ruby's Substackstarted May 3, 2026
- Angel's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- pooja's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Love's Substackstarted Apr 25, 2026
- phenomenology's Substackstarted Apr 20, 2026
- Joseph's Substackstarted Apr 17, 2026
- Yasky's Substackstarted Apr 14, 2026
- Today I Learntstarted Apr 11, 2026
- Vikram's Substackstarted Apr 3, 2026
- Janie's Substackstarted Apr 2, 2026
- Jennie's Substackstarted Mar 29, 2026
- Katerina's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
- Alexandros's Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
- Yazan's Substackstarted Feb 6, 2026
- Substack von Abhinavstarted Feb 5, 2026
- Odilxon's Substackstarted Feb 5, 2026
- Ljiljana's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
Diane G.started Feb 3, 2026- Louise's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
- Abhijeet's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
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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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