Melanie Phillips
@melaniephillips · Melanie Phillips · Substack profile · World Politics
Melanie Phillips has 66,745 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #31 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 60 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 14.
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
- 66,745
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 46K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 60
- +6 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 14
- Bestsellers rank
- #31
- 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 | 66,745 | +34 | 46K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 66,711 | 46K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | #31 | #31 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
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Recommendations
60 publications recommend Melanie Phillips; 6 started in the last 30 days. Melanie Phillips recommends 14, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 6 |
| 2026-04 | 8 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 8 |
Recommended by
Matt Goodwin128k followers · started Aug 2023 · mutual
Andrew Fox35k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
Joshua Rozenberg30k followers · started May 2022 · mutual
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Nachum Kaplan נחום קפלן9.8k followers · started Dec 2023
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- Paul Robbinsstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Chris's Substackstarted Oct 27, 2026new
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- Lisa's Substackstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Kenneth's Substackstarted Oct 2, 2026
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- Au-delà des discoursstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Val's Substackstarted Sep 6, 2026
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- Mary's Substackstarted Aug 26, 2026
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All 60
- El Substack de leahstarted Aug 19, 2026
- The RN Rantstarted Aug 16, 2026
- Olivierstarted Aug 16, 2026
- Florian Philip Müllerstarted Aug 14, 2026
- Amos Manassehstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Ravenomicsstarted Jul 17, 2026
- Stuart's Substackstarted Jul 16, 2026
- James's Substackstarted Jul 14, 2026
- Картография: геополитически анализи от Константин Вълковstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Annette's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Tom's Substackstarted Jul 4, 2026
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- norman's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Ira's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Michael's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Pixelady's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Geraldine's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- BobbyMosesstarted Jun 6, 2026
- Ken's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Lola's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
- Hely's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
- Oskar's Substackstarted May 14, 2026
- Elma's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- Michaela's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Berry's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
- Heather's Substackstarted Apr 15, 2026
- Terry's Substackstarted Apr 14, 2026
- Philippa's Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- sally's Substackstarted Apr 1, 2026
- Patrick's Substackstarted Mar 29, 2026
- Dov's Substackstarted Mar 24, 2026
- Reader's Substackstarted Mar 18, 2026
- Nicholas's Substackstarted Mar 15, 2026
- Clifford's Substackstarted Mar 1, 2026
- Susan's Substackstarted Feb 25, 2026
Recommends
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Michael Oren35k followers · started Mar 19, 2026- Andrew Fox35k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
- Joshua Rozenberg30k followers · started May 2022 · mutual
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- Phyllis’s Newsletterstarted Nov 2024
- The Conservative Readerstarted Sep 2023
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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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 Melanie Phillips.
- recommends 8 of themJames Galleta
- recommends 6 of them
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum - recommends 6 of them
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- recommends 5 of them
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