Aaron Maté has 133,391 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #48 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 18.
Last read Nov 1, 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
- 133,391
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 93K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +7 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 18
- Bestsellers rank
- #48
- World Politics
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 133,391 | +32 | 93K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 133,359 | 93K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | #48 | #48 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
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Recommendations
56 publications recommend Aaron Maté; 7 started in the last 30 days. Aaron Maté recommends 18, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-06 | 1 |
| 2022-09 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 14 |
| 2026-06 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 9 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 7 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
Recommended by
Glenn Greenwald407k followers · started Feb 22, 2026
Chris Hedges284k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
Katie Halper70k followers · started Aug 2023 · mutual
Jonathan Cook64k followers · started Feb 2023
Harmony Holiday29k followers · started Sep 2022 · mutual
Shipwreckedcrew15k followers · started Mar 2023- Karen's Substackstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- stelioskouloglou's Substackstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Wage Peace Internationalstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Allan's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Sara's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Aayushistarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Marietta's Substackstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Alan's Substackstarted Sep 30, 2026
- Jovana Pavlovićstarted Sep 29, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Sep 28, 2026
- Delavska's Substackstarted Sep 26, 2026
- Le Substack de FERHATstarted Sep 19, 2026
- Substack de Elielstarted Sep 16, 2026
- SyntesByrånstarted Sep 14, 2026
- Daniel's Substackstarted Aug 29, 2026
- michael's Substackstarted Aug 8, 2026
- Le Substack de Raystarted Aug 5, 2026
- Abenaa's Substackstarted Aug 2, 2026
All 56
- Heidruns Substackstarted Jul 30, 2026
- Austin's Substackstarted Jul 29, 2026
- Edmond's Substackstarted Jul 28, 2026
- Cathy's Substackstarted Jul 16, 2026
- Wild Horsesstarted Jul 16, 2026
- The Classical Tablestarted Jul 10, 2026
- Therese's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Science_at_work Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- MICHAEL's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- 谷宏幸 の Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Claudia Destianirastarted Jun 24, 2026
- Peace Racketstarted Jun 21, 2026
- will's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Debra's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Autonomy and Politystarted Jun 9, 2026
- Eric's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Seong's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- ILANA MERCER’S FPV Resistancestarted Jun 1, 2026
- Nuala's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
- Joseph's Substackstarted May 24, 2026
- LowellHighlander's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
- Substack de Pliniostarted May 17, 2026
- Lucid Era Group Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- That's, Like, Your Opinion, Manstarted May 14, 2026
- The Music Never Stopsstarted May 14, 2026
- soheila's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- Richard's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- A Guystarted May 10, 2026
- Alison's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- yungmulaBABY's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
- Rosa–Maria's Substackstarted May 3, 2026
- Le Substack de Saidstarted May 1, 2026
Recommends
Matt Taibbi584k followers · started Jun 2022
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Caitlin Johnstone113k followers · started Jun 2022
The Grayzone90k followers · started Feb 2025
Robert Wright87k followers · started Jun 2022- Katie Halper70k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
Jasper Diamond Nathaniel31k followers · started Dec 2024- Harmony Holiday29k followers · started Aug 2022 · mutual
Capitol Hill Citizen3.6k followers · started Sep 29, 2026- Séamus Malekafzalistarted Jul 2025
- Events in Ukrainestarted Jun 2025
- Uncaptured Mediastarted Nov 2023
- Bryce Greene's Newsletterstarted Sep 2023
- Piers Robinson's Substackstarted Aug 2023
- John’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
- Spoils of Warstarted Oct 2022
- Global Delinquentsstarted Apr 2022
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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- 7 shared
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Chris HedgesThe Chris Hedges Report
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Matt TaibbiRacket News
584k followers - 4 shared
Glenn Loury@glennloury1
60k followers - 3 shared
Seymour Hersh@seymourhersh
328k followers - 3 shared
Scott RitterReal Scott Ritter
100k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other World Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (54 writers in that group), but not Aaron Maté.
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- recommends 6 of them
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- recommends 5 of them
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