Plestia has 12,682 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #3 on Substack's International Rising board. 32 publications recommend them, 11 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 1.
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
- 12,682
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 8.5K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 32
- +11 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 1
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #3, 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 12,682 | 8.5K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Rising | #3 | #3 | 3 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Rising | 25 | 25 | 3 | ▲22 |
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Recommendations
32 publications recommend Plestia; 10 started in the last 30 days. Plestia recommends 1. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 11 |
Recommended by
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- Becoming A Butterflystarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Seasea Anwarstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- GraceMSandakstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Zeinstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Self-Styled Sirenstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- joumz's Substackstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Fairuzstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Josie Ó Súileabháin [Free Association]started Oct 13, 2026new
- Digital Collective Podcaststarted Oct 7, 2026
- p.azucar’s Substackstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Career Escapismstarted Sep 21, 2026
- NikosMacLaurinstarted Sep 14, 2026
- A3BARAKATstarted Aug 3, 2026
- Zaara@started Jul 3, 2026
- vk-writes's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- natstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Jaya's Substackstarted Jun 6, 2026
- What It Means To Belongstarted Jun 1, 2026
- Ali’s Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- webzeteticstarted May 26, 2026
- @Jhontylerstarted May 20, 2026
- Captain Tim world news about politics and the ongoing wars started May 6, 2026
All 32
- Zena el Khalilstarted May 6, 2026
- In Good Troublestarted Mar 19, 2026
- Samadhanamstarted Mar 2, 2026
- Kaystarted Jan 30, 2026
- Colin’s Substackstarted Jan 22, 2026
- A Different Worldstarted Jan 4, 2026
- rikugo1’s Substackstarted Dec 25, 2025
- Robin’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
Recommends
- moonbeamstarted Oct 18, 2026new
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
Writers who share the most recommenders with Plestia. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 3 shared
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UnPresidented@unpresidented
23k followers - 2 shared
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TheMedievalistThe Medieval Chronicle | HistoryMedieval
15k followers - 2 shared
Bees & BeyondBees & Beyond 🐝
12k followers - 2 shared
Scott BennettLet's Make Them Pay
8.8k followers - 2 shared
Parallel MikeThe PM Report
8.4k followers - 2 shared
Anna FifieldBetween Giants, by Anna Fifield
6.8k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other International writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (40 writers in that group), but not Plestia.
- recommends 4 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 2 of them
Tim Mak@timkmak - recommends 2 of them
Peter Beinart@peterbeinart - recommends 2 of them
Kaiser Y Kuo@kaiserykuo - recommends 2 of them
Andrew Methven@realtimemandarin - recommends 2 of them
Godfree Roberts@godfreeroberts - recommends 2 of them
Manya Koetse@manyakoetse - recommends 2 of them
Liam Austin@liamaustin - recommends 2 of themThe Hard Fork by Marvin Liao
- recommends 2 of themJacobo’s Substack
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