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Phillips P. OBrien has 229,771 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #1 on Substack's International Bestsellers board. 76 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 24.

Followers read · Boards read

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
229,771
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
126K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
76
+7 in 30 days
Recommends
24
Bestsellers rank
#1
International

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.

225k228k230k233k235k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 229,771
225k228k230k233k235k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 229,771
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 Phillips P. OBrien on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 2026229,771126K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
International Bestsellers#1#14 of 4
Podcasts Bestsellers#92#921 of 4
International Rising#1#12 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.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
International Bestsellers11110
Podcasts Bestsellers92new
International Rising31▲2

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Recommendations

76 publications recommend Phillips P. OBrien; 7 started in the last 30 days. Phillips P. OBrien recommends 24, and 11 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

Nov 22MayNovMayNovMayNovMayNov
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 Jun 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2022-111
2022-121
2023-022
2023-031
2023-091
2023-111
2023-121
2024-061
2024-071
2024-081
2024-101
2024-111
2024-121
2025-021
2025-031
2025-061
2025-081
2025-111
2025-121
2026-021
2026-051
2026-0613
2026-0713
2026-087
2026-0911
2026-1010

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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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