Pirate Wires has 272,769 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #11 on Substack's Technology Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 272,769
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 270K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #11
- Technology
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 | 272,769 | +56 | 270K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 272,713 | 270K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Bestsellers | #11 | #11 | 4 of 4 |
| Technology Rising | #32 | #16 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Bestsellers | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Technology Rising | 16 | 86 | 86 | 32 | ▼16 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend Pirate Wires; 3 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 13 |
| 2026-06 | 15 |
| 2026-07 | 9 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
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- Bahtiar's Substackstarted Aug 13, 2026
- Jennifer's Substackstarted Aug 7, 2026
- The Feedback Loopstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Toby's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Bror's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Bill's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Eric Novinsonstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Kristine's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Nathan's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- MODOLAPstarted Jul 4, 2026
- Carey's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Artemis's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Kat's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
All 52
- Kim's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Todd's Substackstarted Jun 23, 2026
- Diane's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- Emily's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- Anusha's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Don's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
- Edward's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Gary's Substackstarted Jun 11, 2026
- Jimmy's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Ray's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Suzanne's Substackstarted Jun 8, 2026
- Dave's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
- kewttiestarted Jun 4, 2026
- Matt's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
- HERRMANN | DOMINATE THE MISSIONstarted May 29, 2026
- Miss's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
- Nate's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
- Ellis's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- Bruce's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- Susan's Substackstarted May 25, 2026
- Nikola's Substackstarted May 22, 2026
- Jackson's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- Ahmad's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
- Vanessa's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- The Wall Street Gardenerstarted May 7, 2026
- Robert's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
- Lisa's Substackstarted Apr 30, 2026
- Taxed's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
Recommends
Pirate Wires doesn't recommend anyone.
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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