Oren Cass has 24,207 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 53 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
- 24,207
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 16
- 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 | 24,207 | +12 | ||
| Oct 31, 2026 | 24,195 |
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
53 publications recommend Oren Cass; 3 started in the last 30 days. Oren Cass recommends 16, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
Matt Stoller341k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
Aaron M. Renn37k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
Noel Maurer2.1k followers · started Aug 1, 2026- Jim's Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- NicolaMstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- All Kindsstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- James Galletastarted Sep 8, 2026
- Cebu streetwear • From zero - building the brand in publistarted Sep 6, 2026
- Tomstarted Aug 19, 2026
- Nadia's Substackstarted Aug 16, 2026
- Machines & Mustard Seedsstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Charlie's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Douglas's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
- Mark's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Will's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
- Gail Slaterstarted Jun 1, 2026
- Bri's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- Ricky's Substackstarted May 24, 2026
- Molla's Substackstarted May 23, 2026
- Tesfazion B Gerhelasestarted May 17, 2026
- Local Republicstarted May 4, 2026
- Substack de Martimstarted Mar 11, 2026
- ITA Substackstarted Mar 6, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Feb 14, 2026
All 53
- Jonathan's Substackstarted Feb 11, 2026
- tomas's Substackstarted Feb 10, 2026
- Hiren's Substackstarted Jan 28, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
- Substack de LUISstarted Jan 8, 2026
- Pericles Rebornstarted Jan 5, 2026
- MKstarted Dec 19, 2025
- J.'s Substackstarted Dec 19, 2025
- Linda's Substackstarted Dec 13, 2025
- Linda's Substackstarted Dec 13, 2025
- Raphael's Substackstarted Nov 25, 2025
- Eddie's Substackstarted Nov 25, 2025
- james's Substackstarted Nov 23, 2025
- Stuart's Substackstarted Nov 19, 2025
- Robert's Substackstarted Nov 16, 2025
- Tomec's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Jason's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Notes From a Full Lifestarted Oct 2025
- It's the Economy, Darling....started Sep 2025
- Ethan’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Stephen Dennisstarted Aug 2025
- RSgvastarted Aug 2025
- Intercollegiate Studies Institutestarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Joan’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- On & Off the Diamondstarted Jun 2025
- John’s Substackstarted May 2025
- National Economics Editorialstarted Apr 2025
- Present Tensestarted Apr 2025
- sam’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
Recommends
Andrew Sullivan354k followers · started Jun 2024- Matt Stoller341k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
Brian Potter126k followers · started Dec 2024
Chris Arnade92k followers · started Jun 2024- Aaron M. Renn37k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
- The Third Oikosstarted Nov 2025
- Intercollegiate Studies Institutestarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Family Mattersstarted Jul 2025
- Preserving Our Humanitystarted Dec 2024
- Wisdom of Crowdsstarted Dec 2024
- The Conservative Readerstarted Jun 2024
- Second Beststarted Jun 2024
- The Home Frontstarted Jun 2024
- Holden Courtstarted Jun 2024
- The Liberal Patriotstarted Jun 2024
- Summation by Auren Hoffmanstarted Jun 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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