Neil Paine has 56,828 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 60 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 54.
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
- 56,828
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 13K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 60
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 54
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 56,828 | +24 | 13K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 56,804 | 13K+ |
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
60 publications recommend Neil Paine; 2 started in the last 30 days. Neil Paine recommends 54, and 9 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 4 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
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- Burds of a Featherstarted Jun 3, 2026 · mutual
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All 60
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- Baseball Projectionstarted Mar 25, 2026 · mutual
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- The Box Score (NBA)started Mar 8, 2026
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- Sportfolio by Nikola Vukovićstarted Feb 7, 2026 · mutual
- Fancy Statsstarted Feb 6, 2026 · mutual
- Crooked Numbersstarted Dec 28, 2025
- Gar's Substackstarted Dec 16, 2025
- Eva's Substackstarted Dec 11, 2025
- The Endless Notestarted Dec 6, 2025
- Syafiq89's Substackstarted Dec 4, 2025
- Ethical Sportsstarted Nov 23, 2025
- Sneha's Substackstarted Nov 18, 2025
- apwell Analyticsstarted Nov 17, 2025 · mutual
- Aheadlinestarted Oct 2025
- college's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Beaux Arts Labstarted Oct 2025
- Sports Games Journalstarted Sep 2025
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- replayablestarted Aug 2025
- The Grammar of Gamesstarted Aug 2025
- BasketWorldstarted Jul 2025
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- The Approach Shotstarted Apr 2025
Recommends
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- Aaron Bollwinkel6.6k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
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- Madison Williamsstarted Aug 18, 2026
- Louisa Thomas - Play and Gamesstarted Jul 27, 2026
- Vince’s Substackstarted May 29, 2026
- StrokesEdgestarted Apr 13, 2026 · mutual
- The Puddingstarted Apr 3, 2026
- Joe's Substackstarted Mar 25, 2026
- Baseball Projectionstarted Mar 25, 2026 · mutual
- Joon Leestarted Mar 25, 2026
- Grinding the Mocksstarted Mar 25, 2026
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All 54
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- Nate Ryanstarted Feb 13, 2026
- Sportfolio by Nikola Vukovićstarted Feb 7, 2026 · mutual
- Fancy Statsstarted Feb 6, 2026 · mutual
- Moll Don't Liestarted Nov 15, 2025
- apwell Analyticsstarted Nov 11, 2025 · mutual
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- Basketball Pointsstarted Aug 2025
- NASCARstarted Aug 2025
- Sports Brandingstarted Jul 2025
- Shane Battierstarted Jul 2025
- Charting Hoopsstarted Jun 2025
- National Bear-Gardenstarted May 2025
- The Rights to Ricky Sanchezstarted May 2025
- The Edward Egros Substackstarted May 2025
- Darshil Writesstarted Feb 2025
- Dream B1Gstarted Feb 2025
- Box Score Brainstarted Jan 2025
- Sports! with Rodger Shermanstarted Jan 2025
- Hardwood Paroxysmstarted Dec 2024
- GabArr’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Nick's Present Valuestarted Oct 2024
- Field Notesstarted Sep 2024
- CFBDepth’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Ark Fantasystarted Aug 2024
- Assignedstarted Jun 2024
- The Replaystarted May 2024
- Writ Smallstarted Mar 2024
- robneyerstarted Feb 2024
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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