Nathan Rabin has 5,047 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #41 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, and they recommend 15.
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
- 5,047
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 3K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 15
- Bestsellers rank
- #41
- Humor
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 | 5,047 | 3K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | #41 | #41 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 0 |
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Recommendations
50 publications recommend Nathan Rabin. Nathan Rabin recommends 15, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 2 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 2 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 6 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
Recommended by
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All 50
- Alessia’s cultural blogstarted Apr 2025
- @TheTweetOfGodstarted Apr 2025
- NewWeirdBeststarted Apr 2025
- Mattstarted Apr 2025
- Eric’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Notes from the Futurestarted Mar 2025
- your town is next. Mediastarted Mar 2025
- Eli’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Pop Culture Buffetstarted Jan 2025
- AP Strangestarted Oct 2024
- Alex’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Cinematic Squeakstarted Sep 2024
- Johnny’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Trent’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- These Thoughts are My Ownstarted Jul 2024
- Prof.’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Amber’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
- Scheer Nonsensestarted Feb 2024 · mutual
- The Empty Theaterstarted Jan 2024
- Dougald Lamont’s Substackstarted Oct 2023
- Sabrina’s Substackstarted Oct 2023
- Matthew Cole Levinestarted Aug 2023
- DR’s Substackstarted Jul 2023
- Funemployed!started Jul 2023
- Doctor Rantstarted May 2023
- Random Top Fortystarted Apr 2023
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- That Thing They Didstarted Nov 2022
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 Humor writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (36 writers in that group), but not Nathan Rabin.
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