Michael Thomas
@michaelthomaswrites · Distilled · Substack profile · Climate & Environment
Michael Thomas has 50,478 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #36 on Substack's Climate & Environment Bestsellers board. 57 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 7.
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
- 50,478
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 26K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 57
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- Bestsellers rank
- #36
- Climate & Environment
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 | 50,478 | +5 | 26K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 50,473 | 26K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & Environment Bestsellers | #36 | #35 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & Environment Bestsellers | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
57 publications recommend Michael Thomas; 4 started in the last 30 days. Michael Thomas recommends 7, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 5 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 7 |
| 2026-01 | 8 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 7 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
Andrew Sullivan354k followers · started Sep 2024
Adam Tooze256k followers · started Mar 2023 · mutual
Emily Atkin254k followers · started Feb 2023 · mutual
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Sam Matey-Coste39k followers · started Oct 2023
Texas Energy & Power Media21k followers · started Apr 2024 · mutual
Gabe Popkin2.2k followers · started Jan 2023- Delivery Datesstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Open Factorystarted Oct 28, 2026new
- The Fitter's Briefstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Substance Newsstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Scott Groutstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Energy, Extendedstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Le Substack de Oakleystarted Jun 12, 2026
- Bob's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Zere Infrastructure Redesignstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Jaskirat's Substackstarted May 2, 2026
- Il Substack di Maricastarted Apr 30, 2026
- El Substack de Leonardostarted Apr 21, 2026
- Malcolm's Substackstarted Apr 20, 2026
- Climate Visibility Labstarted Mar 31, 2026
- llolouiok's Substackstarted Mar 30, 2026
- Substack Damianstarted Mar 29, 2026
- Il Substack di Marisastarted Mar 27, 2026
All 57
- Dan's Substackstarted Mar 14, 2026
- Le Substack de Thibaultstarted Mar 13, 2026
- Substack van Martenstarted Mar 1, 2026
- The Circular Economistsstarted Feb 22, 2026
- Lenard's Substackstarted Feb 17, 2026
- Kirby Wynnstarted Feb 10, 2026
- Brooks's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Asher Pascal Johnsonstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Jen's Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
- Substack von alexandrastarted Jan 26, 2026
- Michael's Substackstarted Jan 22, 2026
- Inside Enterprise AIstarted Jan 20, 2026
- vdizz's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
- Phil's Substackstarted Jan 11, 2026
- Soham's Substackstarted Jan 1, 2026
- Phil's Substackstarted Dec 31, 2025
- v's Substackstarted Dec 29, 2025
- Jeff's Substackstarted Dec 28, 2025
- Kaare's Substackstarted Dec 27, 2025
- Le Substack de abrahamstarted Dec 14, 2025
- CAROLYN's Substackstarted Dec 8, 2025
- Sonal's Substackstarted Dec 7, 2025
- Pluribus's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Carlos's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Amber’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Words into Climate Actionstarted Sep 2025
- Liam Taylorstarted Aug 2025
- The Driftlinestarted Aug 2025
- stroller walks + climate talksstarted Jul 2025
- Daniel’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Peter’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Zbyte64’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Daniel’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
Recommends
- Adam Tooze256k followers · started Jan 19, 2026 · mutual
- Emily Atkin254k followers · started Jan 2023 · mutual
- Texas Energy & Power Media21k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
- Arts and Climate Change with Nicole Kelnerstarted Jun 2025
- Cleanview Newsletterstarted Jul 2024
- Climate Townstarted Sep 2023
- Override Newsletterstarted May 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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Michael Thomas. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 5 shared
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Emily AtkinHEATED
254k followers - 3 shared
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182k followers - 3 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Climate & Environment writers with 50,000 or more followers (19 writers in that group), but not Michael Thomas.
- recommends 4 of themBill McKibben@billmckibben
- recommends 4 of them
Britt Wray@unthinkable - recommends 4 of them
Jan Rosenow@janrosenow - recommends 4 of them
Leah Stokes@leahstokes - recommends 3 of themKatharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe
- recommends 3 of them
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson@ayanaeliza - recommends 3 of them
Kirsten Bradley@kirstenbradley - recommends 3 of them
Jason Anthony@jasonanthony - recommends 3 of them
Public Domain@publicdomainmedia - recommends 3 of them
Data for Climate Progress@dataforclimateprogress
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