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@rafisalazar · Better Outcomes: The Business of Humanizing Healthcare · Substack profile · Health Politics

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Rafi Salazar has 19,537 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 9 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 5.

Followers read

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
19,537
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
19K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
none shown
Recommended by
9
+1 in 30 days
Recommends
5
Bestsellers rank
not on a board

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.

19,00019,20019,40019,60019,80020,000 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 19,537
19,00019,20019,40019,60019,80020,000 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 19,537
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 Rafi Salazar on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202619,537−619K+
Oct 31, 202619,54319K+

Leaderboard positions

Not on a category leaderboard right now

Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.

Recommendations

9 publications recommend Rafi Salazar; 1 started in the last 30 days. Rafi Salazar recommends 5, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Rafi Salazar Rafi Salazar recommends Patient Experience by Designnot trackedFinding Common Purposenot trackedTechy Surgeonnot tracked · mutualEssays from E.L. Pearl'snot trackedYoussef's Substacknot trackedEmily's Substacknot trackedDenise Brodeynot tracked · mutualBenjamin's Substacknot trackedProActive Healthnot tracked · mutual Denise Brodeynot tracked · mutualTechy Surgeonnot tracked · mutualHealthcare Andy by Andy Mychk…not trackedProActive Healthnot tracked · mutualThe Country Disciplenot tracked Rafi Salazar 20k followers
Recommend them They recommend Patient Experie…not trackedFinding Common …not trackedTechy Surgeonnot tracked · mutualEssays from E.L…not trackedYoussef's Subst…not trackedEmily's Substacknot tracked Denise Brodeynot tracked · mutualTechy Surgeonnot tracked · mutualHealthcare Andy…not trackedProActive Healthnot tracked · mutualThe Country Dis…not tracked Rafi Salazar 20k followers
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

1Nov 25DecJan 26FebMarApr2May2Jun3JulAugSep1OctNov
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.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2025-111
2026-052
2026-062
2026-073
2026-101

Recommended by

  • Patient Experience by Designstarted Oct 19, 2026new
  • Finding Common Purposestarted Jul 31, 2026
  • Techy Surgeonstarted Jul 20, 2026 · mutual
  • Essays from E.L. Pearl'sstarted Jul 8, 2026
  • Youssef's Substackstarted Jun 23, 2026
  • Emily's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
  • Denise Brodeystarted May 22, 2026 · mutual
  • Benjamin's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
  • ProActive Healthstarted Nov 25, 2025 · mutual

Recommends

  • Denise Brodeystarted Jul 20, 2026 · mutual
  • Techy Surgeonstarted Jul 20, 2026 · mutual
  • Healthcare Andy by Andy Mychkovskystarted Nov 25, 2025
  • ProActive Healthstarted Nov 20, 2025 · mutual
  • The Country Disciplestarted Oct 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 Health Politics writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (46 writers in that group), but not Rafi Salazar.

  • Sonia Elijah@soniaelijah
    recommends 5 of them
  • Shona’s Substack
    recommends 5 of them
  • Another Betrayed Liberal
    recommends 5 of them
  • Sasha Latypova@sashalatypova
    recommends 4 of them
  • Senta Depuydt@sentadepuydt
    recommends 4 of them
  • Alicia’s Newsletter
    recommends 4 of them
  • Dear Church Leaders (and everyone else)
    recommends 4 of them
  • Denis Kristan
    recommends 4 of them
  • Lowell Hubbs
    recommends 4 of them
  • Hans U. P. Tolzin
    recommends 4 of them

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