Andrew Heaton
@mightyheaton · The Political Orphanage · Substack profile · U.S. Politics
Andrew Heaton has 5,848 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 37 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 8.
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
- 5,848
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 4.9K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 37
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 5,848 | 4.9K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
37 publications recommend Andrew Heaton; 1 started in the last 30 days. Andrew Heaton recommends 8, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 12 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 4 |
| 2025-10 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
Jeff Maurer121k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
Justin Robert Young13k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
Cathy Reisenwitz11k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual- John Harmonstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Fritz Fallenstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Radical Performancestarted Sep 16, 2026
- The Gallstarted Aug 24, 2026
- Melissa Lorinstarted Aug 6, 2026
- Homemade Hayekstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Diary of a Senior Geekstarted Jul 11, 2026
- CW's Substackstarted May 15, 2026
- Future Framesstarted Mar 24, 2026
- David Kanonstarted Mar 5, 2026
- Ritual Value: Community in the Age of Contentstarted Feb 19, 2026
- No One Asked, But…started Dec 26, 2025
- The Daily Prisonerstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- From Cross to Crownstarted Oct 2025
- Healthcare and Then Somestarted Oct 2025
- Homestead on the Hillstarted Oct 2025
- Pluribus's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Simranjeet's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Geeky Stoicsstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Rhetoric and Questionsstarted Sep 2025
- Southside PNWstarted Sep 2025
All 37
- Home In Progress' Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Behind The Unofficial Convention Archvivesstarted Aug 2025
- Jeremy’s Newsletterstarted Jul 2025
- MikeInWV’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Infinite Scrollstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Alex Dantstarted Jul 2025
- Magnitude Mattersstarted Jul 2025
- Andy Beach's Engines of Changestarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Unattended Baggage Podcaststarted Jul 2025
- Jeston Lewisstarted Jul 2025
- David Prestonstarted Jul 2025
- Alan’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- The Rural Urban Dividestarted Jul 2025
Recommends
Dave Barry127k followers · started Feb 2025- Jeff Maurer121k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- Justin Robert Young13k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
- Cathy Reisenwitz11k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- The Daily Prisonerstarted Mar 9, 2026 · mutual
- Geeky Stoicsstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Andy Beach's Engines of Changestarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Infinite Scrollstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
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 Andrew Heaton. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 5 shared
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Blocked and Reported@blockedandreported
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other U.S. Politics writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (15 writers in that group), but not Andrew Heaton.
- recommends 2 of them
Nightmare Vision@nightmarevision - recommends 2 of themColin’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themPriyanshu’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themTia M. Kolbaba
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