Nick Cohen has 50,631 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #43 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 59 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 16.
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
- 50,631
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 21K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 59
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 16
- Bestsellers rank
- #43
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 50,631 | +16 | 21K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 50,615 | 21K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | #43 | #42 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | 42 | 42 | 42 | 43 | ▼1 |
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Recommendations
59 publications recommend Nick Cohen; 3 started in the last 30 days. Nick Cohen recommends 16, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 2 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
Anne Applebaum354k followers · started Apr 2024 · mutual
Yascha Mounk261k followers · started Jul 2024 · mutual
Phillips P. OBrien230k followers · started Jan 2023 · mutual
Ben Cohen33k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual
Terry Glavin22k followers · started Dec 2023
Howard Jacobson17k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
Jake Wallis Simons9.4k followers · started Jul 2024
Nicolas Tenzer7k followers · started Jul 2023
Jo-Ann Mort: A Precise Chaos560 followers · started Mar 16, 2026- Trust Issuesstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Hellish 2050 - save Western civilisationstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- Or The Bull Kills You: Life and Death in Valenciastarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Pongo Brownstarted Sep 30, 2026
- Legal musings (and other ephemera)started Sep 22, 2026
- La Direction du ventstarted Sep 17, 2026
- Martin's Substackstarted Sep 16, 2026
- The Mirror of Secretsstarted Aug 16, 2026
- pase y lea de @imasarenasstarted Jul 28, 2026
- Marian's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Based in Bohemiastarted Jul 7, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- The Long Replystarted May 29, 2026
- Route Twostarted May 2, 2026
- African Capital Markets Newsstarted Apr 29, 2026
All 59
- CatChexstarted Apr 25, 2026
- For a Rainy Daystarted Apr 17, 2026
- John Coelhostarted Apr 15, 2026
- The XR Filesstarted Mar 3, 2026
- Jonscoastingstarted Feb 27, 2026
- Keith's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
- POH's Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
- N.'s Substackstarted Jan 11, 2026
- Jacqueline's Substackstarted Jan 3, 2026
- Barking at the Moonstarted Jan 3, 2026
- Tommi's Substackstarted Dec 31, 2025
- Lawrence's Substackstarted Dec 23, 2025
- Richard's Substackstarted Dec 20, 2025
- Pardon my Englishstarted Nov 28, 2025
- D.Durbin's Substackstarted Nov 11, 2025
- Peter Obornestarted Oct 2025
- Patrick's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Captain Tim world news about politics and the ongoing wars started Oct 2025
- Richard’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- NLwartracker’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Justin’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- The Daily Fake by Konstantin Akinshastarted Sep 2025
- Chris Dillowstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Palateas’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Matthew Georgestarted Jul 2025
- mohsin’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- OntLaerstarted Jun 2025
- Joe Halloranstarted Jun 2025
- Stefan’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Le Substack de fatihastarted May 2025
- Sem’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- A View from Francestarted Mar 2025
- Le Substack de carlottastarted Mar 2025
- Ukraine: The Under Reported Warstarted Feb 2025
- Sam Corrallstarted Feb 2025
Recommends
- Anne Applebaum354k followers · started Apr 2024 · mutual
- Yascha Mounk261k followers · started Jul 2024 · mutual
- Phillips P. OBrien230k followers · started Dec 2022 · mutual
Claire Berlinski102k followers · started Dec 4, 2025- Ben Cohen33k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual
- Howard Jacobson17k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
- Fighting Talk with Martin Bispstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Citizen of Everywherestarted Apr 23, 2026
- War and Peacestarted Nov 10, 2025
- Chris Dillowstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Nevin's Funny Old Thingsstarted Jun 2025
- Michael Andersenstarted Mar 2025
- THE ARTS STACK by Rosie Millardstarted Sep 2024
- America Explainedstarted Sep 2024
- Not all doomstarted Oct 2023
- The Debatable Landstarted Jan 2023
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 Nick Cohen.
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Jack Hopkins@thejackhopkins - recommends 6 of them
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