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Mick Ryan has 69,811 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #70 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 68 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.

Followers read · Boards read

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
69,811
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
43K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
68
+3 in 30 days
Recommends
50
Bestsellers rank
#70
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.

68k69k70k71k72k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 69,811
68k69k70k71k72k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 69,811
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 Mick Ryan on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202669,811+1443K+Thousands
Oct 31, 202669,79743K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
World Politics Bestsellers#70#684 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.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
World Politics Bestsellers68686870▼2

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Recommendations

68 publications recommend Mick Ryan; 2 started in the last 30 days. Mick Ryan recommends 50, and 12 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

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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 Feb 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
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2023-103
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2024-091
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Recommended by

All 68
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  • Mohammad's Substackstarted Jul 19, 2026
  • Patrick's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
  • Marlin_swe's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
  • TER's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
  • Tx's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
  • Editorial Mattersstarted Jul 2, 2026
  • Hitchhiker's Guide tostarted Jun 29, 2026
  • Keith's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
  • Grisha's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
  • Ben Gibbonsstarted Jun 17, 2026
  • History Unpackedstarted Jun 14, 2026
  • Fionn's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
  • Tom's Substackstarted Jun 8, 2026
  • Edward's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
  • JW.'s Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
  • Substack Tomaszstarted Jun 4, 2026
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  • Power and precision started May 19, 2026
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  • Bill's Substackstarted May 15, 2026
  • Gosta's Substackstarted May 9, 2026
  • Michel's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
  • Jack's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
  • Michael's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
  • Ayan's Substackstarted Mar 31, 2026
  • Harry's Substackstarted Mar 29, 2026
  • Como la vida mismastarted Mar 27, 2026
  • The New Technologiststarted Mar 24, 2026
  • RAHBORD Strategystarted Mar 19, 2026
  • Tom's Substackstarted Mar 18, 2026
  • Thomas's Substackstarted Mar 14, 2026
  • Ahmed's Substackstarted Mar 14, 2026
  • Al's Substackstarted Mar 7, 2026
  • Simon's Substackstarted Feb 19, 2026

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All 50
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  • Stefan Korshak's FB postsstarted Apr 2023
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  • War Mapperstarted Apr 2023
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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.

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Publications that recommend at least two other World Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (54 writers in that group), but not Mick Ryan.

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