Melanie Matheu, PhD has 42,106 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #96 on Substack's Science Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 1.
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
- 42,106
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 38K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 1
- Bestsellers rank
- #96
- Science
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 | 42,106 | 38K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | #96 | #96 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | 97 | 97 | 97 | 96 | ▲1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
50 publications recommend Melanie Matheu, PhD. Melanie Matheu, PhD recommends 1. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 8 |
| 2025-02 | 5 |
| 2025-04 | 5 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 5 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
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All 50
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Recommends
- 27 UNIHTEDstarted Aug 19, 2026
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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- recommends 3 of themLe Substack de Michel
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