Nick Estes has 7,286 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #80 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 5.
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
- 7,286
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.2K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 51
- +6 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 5
- Bestsellers rank
- #80
- History
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 | 7,286 | 5.2K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | #80 | #80 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 81 | 81 | 82 | 80 | ▲1 |
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Recommendations
51 publications recommend Nick Estes; 5 started in the last 30 days. Nick Estes recommends 5, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 4 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 7 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
Recommended by
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- Habitual Line Stepperstarted Oct 4, 2026
- Paulino Cardosostarted Sep 30, 2026
- Anti-Imperial Scholars Collectivestarted Sep 30, 2026 · mutual
- Jeff Brownellstarted Sep 6, 2026
- AQC F and C Ltd.started Sep 4, 2026
- Laura Randlestarted Aug 19, 2026
- Red Star Tribunestarted Jul 29, 2026
- Jake mattoxstarted Jul 25, 2026
- Keith Rosenthalstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Irit Shimratstarted Jul 18, 2026
- Barbara Kelleystarted Jul 17, 2026
- Stephen Carr Hamptonstarted Jun 9, 2026
- somekid's Substackstarted Apr 23, 2026
- Laundi's Substackstarted Mar 26, 2026
- Nick’s Socialist News & Views Letterstarted Feb 10, 2026
- The Jasmine Dialoguesstarted Feb 9, 2026
- The Sacred Clown's Modern West Trilogystarted Jan 29, 2026
All 51
- Sam's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
- Tornado Davestarted Jan 16, 2026
- Convictionstarted Jan 15, 2026
- Kids for Palestinestarted Jan 14, 2026
- Interbehaviorism and the Psychology of Liberationstarted Jan 12, 2026
- Jacqueline's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
- politics in command of "planning"started Dec 12, 2025
- Eli's Substackstarted Nov 10, 2025
- MsWongstarted Nov 10, 2025
- Resistance is Fertilestarted Oct 2025
- Rashid Kysiastarted Sep 2025
- Holm Writes Historystarted Sep 2025
- Wendystarted Sep 2025
- This Machine Composts Empires started Aug 2025
- ROOM IN NATIONstarted Aug 2025
- Generous’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Resistant Communiqués Podcaststarted Jul 2025
- Isaacstarted Jul 2025
- The Debated Native started Jul 2025
- The Poetics of Memorystarted May 2025
- Native America: An Indigenous perspective on news & historystarted May 2025 · mutual
- Native Mom Readingstarted Apr 2025
- tamar’s thoughtsstarted Mar 2025
- Peter Muñoz-Cowanstarted Feb 2025
- Future / Conditionalstarted Feb 2025
- Future Tense Lettersstarted Feb 2025
- Kinship Medicinestarted Feb 2025
Recommends
- Chris La Tray17k followers · started Aug 11, 2026 · mutual
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- Native America: An Indigenous perspective on news & historystarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Buffalo's Firestarted Feb 2025
- Unsettlestarted Feb 2025
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 History writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (38 writers in that group), but not Nick Estes.
- recommends 5 of themThe Intellectual Investor
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