Matthew B. Crawford has 30,732 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #30 on Substack's Philosophy Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 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
- 30,732
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 19K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 56
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- #30
- Philosophy
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 | 30,732 | 19K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Bestsellers | #30 | #30 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Bestsellers | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | ▲1 |
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Recommendations
56 publications recommend Matthew B. Crawford. Matthew B. Crawford recommends 6. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
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- gigibelser@www.gigibelser.com's Substackstarted Aug 4, 2026
- Liam's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Critical Devotionstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Story Ecologiesstarted Jun 23, 2026
- Isaac's Digital Projectionstarted Jun 17, 2026
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- Denis’s Substackstarted May 14, 2026
- Weavers of Storystarted May 5, 2026
- Science: Outside The Systemstarted Apr 20, 2026
All 56
- An Overthinkers Thoughtsstarted Mar 15, 2026
- Nkateko's Substackstarted Mar 7, 2026
- The Homebuildersstarted Mar 2, 2026
- Mountain Mystic started Feb 8, 2026
- Feel Okay Costarted Jan 30, 2026
- Ivan's Substackstarted Jan 24, 2026
- Thomas's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- Long's Substackstarted Jan 4, 2026
- BEWalker's Substackstarted Dec 26, 2025
- tax's Substackstarted Dec 20, 2025
- El Substack de Josestarted Dec 18, 2025
- El Substack de Beltránstarted Dec 7, 2025
- Based in Bohemiastarted Nov 29, 2025
- Cory's Substackstarted Nov 20, 2025
- excrashout's Substackstarted Nov 18, 2025
- Inspiratio's Substackstarted Nov 15, 2025
- Grace's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Why and Why Notstarted Oct 2025
- Modern's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Pushpin And Poetrystarted Oct 2025
- bonesandpetalsstarted Sep 2025
- Three’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- viktor’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Contemplative Nook | Peter Helmstarted Aug 2025
- U-Dont-Exist.comstarted Aug 2025
- O Substack de Maquinaçõesstarted Aug 2025
- Sharoon’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Darryl’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- WestbrookLongFormstarted Jul 2025
- Robert’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Richard’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Joseph’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
Recommends
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- The Upheavalstarted Dec 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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