David Armstrong has 7,468 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 52 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.
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
- 7,468
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 4.7K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 50
- 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 | 7,468 | +3 | 4.7K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 7,465 | 4.7K+ |
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
52 publications recommend David Armstrong; 3 started in the last 30 days. David Armstrong recommends 50, and 10 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 3 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 4 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
David Bentley Hart32k followers · started May 2023
John Nelson13k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Amos Wollen9.9k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual- Joshua Truaxstarted Oct 29, 2026new
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- Knute Brewerstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Dreams of Horn and Ivorystarted Sep 24, 2026
- Mike Myersstarted Sep 14, 2026
- The Julian Calendarstarted Sep 5, 2026 · mutual
- Creature Currentsstarted Sep 5, 2026
- After God's Own Heartstarted Aug 24, 2026
- Theophilosstarted Aug 5, 2026
- Bailey's Bookshelfstarted Jul 14, 2026
- William Rogersstarted Apr 11, 2026
- Letters to My Friendsstarted Feb 21, 2026
- Unanswered Questionstarted Jan 4, 2026
- The Importance of Livingstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Deconstructing Clericstarted Dec 8, 2025
- Ethan's Substackstarted Dec 3, 2025
- al-Gudāriyyastarted Nov 17, 2025
- In This Place Substackstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- Keri Fordstarted Sep 2025
- Dr. Mark's History's Happeningsstarted Sep 2025
- Kenneth’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
All 52
- Cooper’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- My Letters to the Popestarted Sep 2025
- Naivion Makai Stephensstarted Aug 2025
- Intersectionsstarted Aug 2025
- Aidan’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Michael Collierstarted Aug 2025
- Faith Against Defencestarted May 2025
- A Quaker Perspectivestarted May 2025
- A Wild Logosstarted Apr 2025 · mutual
- Teagen’s Musingsstarted Mar 2025
- Frozennothingstarted Mar 2025
- Fluid Languagestarted Mar 2025
- Mind Your Metaphysicsstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- KETLERstarted Feb 2025
- The Horn Gatestarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Naucratic Expeditionsstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Thomas Lynn Hanchettstarted Jan 2025
- Ben’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Tarka Journalstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Rural Rides Againstarted Nov 2024
- Scott’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Voluptastarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- Michael’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Ultraviolet Catastrophestarted Jul 2024
- Richard’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Right Side of the "V"started Feb 2024
- The In Betweenstarted Jan 2024
- Paul’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
Recommends
Colin Gorrie102k followers · started Oct 2024
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Odds and Enns26k followers · started Aug 2023
Peter Frankopan18k followers · started Nov 2024- John Nelson13k followers · started Jul 2024 · mutual
- Amos Wollen9.9k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
- The Julian Calendarstarted Sep 16, 2026 · mutual
- Let's Talk Religionstarted Mar 5, 2026
- Vesuvius Challengestarted Jan 25, 2026
- Intertextual Biblestarted Jan 12, 2026
- Latin Book Clubstarted Nov 12, 2025
- In This Place Substackstarted Nov 2025 · mutual
- Jewish Review of Booksstarted Nov 2025
- Discovering Early Christianitystarted Aug 2025
- Horace & friendsstarted Aug 2025
- A Just Logosstarted Aug 2025
- A Wild Logosstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Ancient Jew Reviewstarted Jul 2025
- Malcolm Guitestarted Jun 2025
- Soul Boom Dispatchstarted Jun 2025
- Princeton University Pressstarted May 2025
- The Cunning Farmerstarted May 2025
- Life Sentencesstarted May 2025
- Zubair’s Bookshelfstarted May 2025
All 50
- A Golden String with Mark Vernonstarted Apr 2025
- Liturgical Asia 儀礼的亞洲started Apr 2025
- Anne Phillips started Mar 2025
- Jefferson's Bookshelfstarted Mar 2025
- The Horn Gatestarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Naucratic Expeditionsstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Judaism Unboundstarted Feb 2025
- Sun Tonguestarted Feb 2025
- The Paradise King started Jan 2025
- Mind Your Metaphysicsstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Voluptastarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- Admonistarted Oct 2024
- Auraist. The best writers on Substack.started Aug 2024
- Tarka Journalstarted Jul 2024 · mutual
- Andrew’s Versionstarted Jun 2024
- in media mabul started Jun 2024
- Living with Lady Philosophystarted Jun 2024
- From a Garret started Apr 2024
- Japan and the Worldstarted Jan 2024
- The Open Arkstarted Nov 2023
- On Ancient Pathsstarted Nov 2023
- Words in Fleshstarted Oct 2023
- Lupus Alatus started Sep 2023
- Muse from the Orbstarted Sep 2023
- Copious Flowersstarted Sep 2023
- Grant's Substackstarted Jun 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.
Recommended by the same publications
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Amos WollenGoing Awol
9.9k followers - 3 shared
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817 followers - 2 shared
John NelsonBehind the Gospels
13k followers
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