Nicholas Decker has 13,502 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #82 on Substack's Science Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 14.
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
- 13,502
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 9.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 51
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 14
- Bestsellers rank
- #82
- Science
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 | 13,502 | +1 | 9.8K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 13,501 | 9.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 0 |
| Science Rising | 99 | new |
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Recommendations
51 publications recommend Nicholas Decker; 1 started in the last 30 days. Nicholas Decker recommends 14, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 4 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
Cremieux68k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual- Follynomicsstarted Oct 20, 2026new
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- Dhruv's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
- The Age of Mechanical Inferencestarted Jun 16, 2026
- Toward a more perfect ...started Jun 7, 2026
- Jan Muchorowskistarted Jun 7, 2026
- Smriti's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Isaac Weistarted May 24, 2026
- Carlosstarted May 23, 2026
- Tom Shieldsstarted May 11, 2026
- aLittleBitOfEcon's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- Calibrating Posteriorsstarted Apr 5, 2026
- David Oksstarted Apr 2, 2026 · mutual
- Ingvar Schnellstarted Mar 1, 2026
- David H Leveystarted Feb 18, 2026
All 51
- Marianne Auguststarted Feb 17, 2026
- Buck Le started Feb 5, 2026
- States of Inquirystarted Feb 4, 2026
- Persuasionmaxxingstarted Jan 27, 2026
- Sam's Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
- Weekly Review of Public Scholarshipstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Theory of Valuestarted Jan 13, 2026
- adlonymous researchstarted Dec 21, 2025
- Ghosts of Electricitystarted Dec 20, 2025 · mutual
- Development Economics Etceterastarted Nov 12, 2025
- theivorysiegetowerstarted Oct 2025
- Geologic Ledgerstarted Sep 2025
- jaewon’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Non-Public Policystarted Sep 2025
- Carter’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Comrade Nitratestarted Aug 2025
- Taylor Wrightstarted Jul 2025
- Diana's Dispatchstarted May 2025
- The Pursuit of Happinessstarted May 2025 · mutual
- DiD Digeststarted Apr 2025 · mutual
- Jennifer Wilsonstarted Apr 2025
- amits blogstarted Apr 2025
- United States of Exceptionstarted Apr 2025
- The Conscience of a (Neo)Liberalstarted Mar 2025
- Nonsense on Stiltsstarted Oct 2024
- Ben’s Substackstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- Hugo Hosmanstarted Sep 2024
Recommends
- Cremieux68k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- David Oksstarted Mar 31, 2026 · mutual
- Carlos Chavezstarted Feb 10, 2026
- Ghosts of Electricitystarted Dec 20, 2025 · mutual
- Uncommon Noisestarted Nov 2025
- DiD Digeststarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- De Novostarted Mar 2025
- Global Developmentsstarted Mar 2025
- Great Divergencestarted Mar 2025
- Some Unpleasant Arithmeticstarted Mar 2025
- The Pursuit of Happinessstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- Model Thinkingstarted Mar 2025
- Great Transformationsstarted Jul 2024
- Ben’s Substackstarted Jul 2024 · 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.
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