Meghan Daum

@meghandaum · The Unspeakeasy with Meghan Daum · Substack profile · Culture

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Meghan Daum has 39,295 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #64 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 64 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 26.

Followers read 6 days ago · Boards read 6 days ago

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: 39,295; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 17K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: Thousands; bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by: 64; +2 in 30 days
Recommends: 26
Bestsellers rank: #64; Culture

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.

One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Meghan Daum on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	39,295	+3	17K+	Thousands
Oct 31, 2026	39,292		17K+	Thousands

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Culture Bestsellers	#64	#64	4 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Culture Bestsellers	64	64	64	64	0

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

64 publications recommend Meghan Daum; 2 started in the last 30 days. Meghan Daum recommends 26, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Sep 2024 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2022-05	1
2022-08	1
2022-12	1
2023-01	1
2023-03	1
2023-08	2
2024-01	1
2024-03	1
2024-05	1
2024-06	2
2024-07	1
2024-08	1
2024-09	3
2024-10	1
2024-11	2
2024-12	3
2025-01	7
2025-02	5
2025-03	1
2025-04	4
2025-05	3
2025-06	1
2025-07	1
2025-08	2
2025-09	1
2025-10	1
2025-12	1
2026-02	3
2026-03	3
2026-04	1
2026-05	3
2026-09	2
2026-10	2

Recommended by

Andrew Sullivan354k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
Yascha Mounk261k followers · started Jul 2024 · mutual
Sarah Fay, PhD92k followers · started Oct 28, 2026new
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Sherman Alexie45k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual
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Lisa Selin Davis26k followers · started May 2022 · mutual
Benjamin Ryan13k followers · started May 2024
Stephen Roach12k followers · started May 21, 2026
That Sports Caststarted Oct 20, 2026new
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All 64

J̌amie's Substackstarted Feb 23, 2026
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steven’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
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The Barrowstarted May 2025
Know Thyself - Polly Young-Eisendrath on Substackstarted May 2025
Open Access Blogsstarted May 2025
Angela’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
Shana’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
The Floating Armoirestarted Apr 2025 · mutual
Jeffrey’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
Gender Lupastarted Mar 2025
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Cody Cimbalstarted Feb 2025
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LESLIE WITTENstarted Feb 2025
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Brenstarted Jan 2025
radio free mikestarted Jan 2025 · mutual
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Bobstarted Jan 2025
The Open Bookstarted Dec 2024
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Tell Me Why I'm Wrongstarted Nov 2024
Miguelstarted Nov 2024
This Artful Life by Erin Vangilderstarted Oct 2024
John’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
Kate’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
Mary’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
The newsletter of Heresy Pressstarted Aug 2024
Blindsightsstarted Jun 2024
Out of the Wild with Ken Ilgunasstarted Jun 2024

Recommends

Andrew Sullivan354k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
Yascha Mounk261k followers · started Jul 2024 · mutual
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Glenn Loury60k followers · started May 2024
Katherine Dee58k followers · started Jun 2025
Sherman Alexie45k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual
Melody Wright42k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Leigh Stein34k followers · started Jun 2024
Lisa Selin Davis26k followers · started May 2022 · mutual
The Floating Armoirestarted Nov 29, 2025 · mutual
Sarah Haider started Nov 20, 2025
Off Labelstarted Nov 9, 2025
Jeremy Lee Quinnstarted Sep 2025
radio free mikestarted Jan 2025 · mutual
Larissa’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
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All 26

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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.