Peter Gray

@petergray · Play Makes Us Human · Substack profile · Science

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Peter Gray has 45,341 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #65 on Substack's Science Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 16.

Followers read 6 days ago · Boards read 2 h ago

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: 45,341; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 25K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: 100+; bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by: 56; +2 in 30 days
Recommends: 16
Bestsellers rank: #65; 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.

One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Peter Gray on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	45,341	+34	25K+
Oct 31, 2026	45,307		25K+

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Science Bestsellers	#65	#65	4 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Science Bestsellers	66	66	66	65	▲1

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

56 publications recommend Peter Gray; 2 started in the last 30 days. Peter Gray recommends 16, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Dec 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2023-04	1
2023-12	1
2024-02	1
2025-05	1
2025-07	1
2025-08	1
2025-12	4
2026-01	7
2026-02	6
2026-03	6
2026-05	5
2026-06	7
2026-07	5
2026-08	4
2026-09	4
2026-10	2

Recommended by

Dr. Aliza Pressman147k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
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Jon Fogel42k followers · started May 2025
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Adrian Neibauer4.7k followers · started Jul 2025
Emma Worrollo2.9k followers · started Feb 2024
Suzanne Axelsson1.3k followers · started Dec 2023 · mutual
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Vicky's Substackstarted Sep 15, 2026
Play Groundstarted Sep 8, 2026
Julian Morrisstarted Sep 7, 2026
Julie-Kay's Substackstarted Sep 1, 2026
Margesstarted Aug 28, 2026
Sara's Substackstarted Aug 21, 2026
Slay Riskstarted Aug 16, 2026
David E. Shellenbergerstarted Aug 9, 2026
Laura's Substackstarted Jul 26, 2026
Great with Moneystarted Jul 15, 2026
Designing for Human Animalsstarted Jul 9, 2026
Alanna’s Art of the Journalstarted Jul 2, 2026
Vickie's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
Parenting in a Tech Worldstarted Jun 25, 2026
kay's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026

All 56

Emjay's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
The Unschooled Palettestarted Jun 4, 2026
Julie's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
Haley's Substackstarted Jun 2, 2026
Drafts by Milliestarted May 29, 2026
The Seed - Vagus Pines Cooperative Networkstarted May 28, 2026
A Lived-In Lifestarted May 27, 2026
Roanne's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
The (WHOLE) CHILDstarted May 6, 2026
Fighting For The Truthstarted Mar 31, 2026
a10dstarted Mar 24, 2026
Audrey's Substackstarted Mar 17, 2026
Fran's Substackstarted Mar 16, 2026
Tahira Copland, PhDstarted Mar 12, 2026
Small Wins Clubstarted Mar 2, 2026
Ruxandra's Substackstarted Feb 27, 2026
Mini Citiesstarted Feb 26, 2026
The Relational Lensstarted Feb 18, 2026
Dana's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
Freddy's Substackstarted Feb 15, 2026
Debbie's Substackstarted Feb 8, 2026
Vicki's Substackstarted Jan 28, 2026
Lyubov's Substackstarted Jan 23, 2026
Lean Sandboxstarted Jan 20, 2026
Weekly Review of Public Scholarshipstarted Jan 19, 2026
Darcy's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
LSJ's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
El Substack de Luisstarted Jan 5, 2026
如何過一天，就如何過一生started Dec 17, 2025
The Front Porchstarted Dec 16, 2025
Between Pagesstarted Dec 6, 2025
Caitlin's Substackstarted Dec 3, 2025

Recommends

Dr. Aliza Pressman147k followers · started Sep 2024 · mutual
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Antonio’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
Free to Learn Communitystarted Jun 2023
Jade’s Newsletterstarted May 2023
Think Againstarted May 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.