Phil A. Neel
@philneel · The Planetary Factory · Substack profile · Climate & Environment
Phil A. Neel has 2,551 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #74 on Substack's Climate & Environment Bestsellers board. 19 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 9.
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
- 2,551
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 2.2K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 19
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 9
- Bestsellers rank
- #74
- Climate & Environment
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 | 2,551 | +1 | 2.2K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2,550 | 2.2K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & Environment Bestsellers | #74 | #73 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & Environment Bestsellers | 73 | 73 | 73 | 74 | ▼1 |
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Recommendations
19 publications recommend Phil A. Neel; 3 started in the last 30 days. Phil A. Neel recommends 9, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
- Snackmapstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Wild Moose Journalstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- COM-POSITstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- The Dirigistestarted Oct 2, 2026
- Karşıyız Kolektifstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Come Back O Wheelstarted Sep 8, 2026
- AGONstarted Aug 22, 2026
- Shoshinstarted Jun 26, 2026
- grubernitsch’s Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Architecture from Underneathstarted May 28, 2026
- Il Substack di Jacquesstarted May 19, 2026
- InfraRadstarted Apr 16, 2026
- phasesstarted Apr 1, 2026 · mutual
- Jason's Substackstarted Mar 1, 2026
- the fractures of everyday lifestarted Feb 17, 2026
- Meltemstarted Feb 10, 2026
- Allop's Substackstarted Dec 25, 2025
- The Topology of Dialecticsstarted Dec 23, 2025
- Jeffrey’s Substackstarted Nov 2025
Recommends
Ken Opalo57k followers · started Mar 29, 2026- Hawii Saba Oromostarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Crossing the River by Feeling the Stonesstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Red Medicinestarted Apr 17, 2026
- phasesstarted Apr 1, 2026 · mutual
- African History Extrastarted Apr 1, 2026
- Pekingnologystarted Sep 2025
- NPC Observer Monthlystarted Sep 2025
- Concrete Avalanchestarted Sep 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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Climate & Environment writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (53 writers in that group), but not Phil A. Neel.
- recommends 14 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 3 of them
Michael Spencer@aisupremacy - recommends 2 of them
Chris La Tray@chrislatray1 - recommends 2 of themJuan’s Newsletter
- recommends 2 of themLanza's Stanzas
- recommends 2 of themWriters Voice with Francesca Rheannon
- recommends 2 of themCecilia at the Kitchens Garden 🪳🦔
- recommends 2 of themHoward’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themBARRY SPECTOR
- recommends 2 of themReflections from the Burning House
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