Really American has 163,937 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #15 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 16 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.
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
- 163,937
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 145K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +16 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- #15
- News
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 | 163,937 | +107 | 145K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 163,830 | 145K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| News Rising | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ▼2 |
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Recommendations
56 publications recommend Really American; 16 started in the last 30 days. Really American recommends 4, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 10 |
| 2026-08 | 9 |
| 2026-09 | 12 |
| 2026-10 | 20 |
Recommended by
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- Pam's Substackstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Karen's Substackstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Edward's Substackstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Luke's Substackstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Mary's Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Cheryl LaGuardiastarted Oct 18, 2026new
- DFRstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Marion Wilhelmstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- H.E.'s Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Maureenhd79started Oct 15, 2026new
- ~Starla_x_918started Oct 13, 2026new
- An Open Horizonstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Paddy's Substackstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- Carol S Hugginsstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- Lawrence's Substackstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Nick Stryker Brozmanstarted Oct 6, 2026
- Carol's Substackstarted Oct 6, 2026
All 56
- Rebecca's Substackstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Lynne's Substackstarted Sep 29, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Sep 23, 2026
- Lynne's Substackstarted Sep 23, 2026
- Thomas Gagestarted Sep 20, 2026
- Lee's Substackstarted Sep 20, 2026
- Dental Dame substackstarted Sep 20, 2026
- James Williamsstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Nancy Higginsstarted Sep 15, 2026
- Gerry's Substackstarted Sep 14, 2026
- Carolyne's Substackstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Judy's Substackstarted Sep 7, 2026
- Wahidullah Noorzai | Field, Strategy & Geopoliticsstarted Sep 6, 2026
- Ken's Substackstarted Aug 31, 2026
- Peter's Substackstarted Aug 25, 2026
- Garr's Substackstarted Aug 25, 2026
- Jim's Substackstarted Aug 25, 2026
- Elizabeth's Substackstarted Aug 21, 2026
- Michael's Substackstarted Aug 11, 2026
- Paula's Substackstarted Aug 10, 2026
- Cheryl's Substackstarted Aug 5, 2026
- Colleen's Substackstarted Aug 5, 2026
- R's Substackstarted Jul 30, 2026
- Orphan's Substackstarted Jul 29, 2026
- Elaine's Substackstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Trish's Substackstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Carmen's Substackstarted Jul 16, 2026
- Karen's Substackstarted Jul 16, 2026
- Scott Brusteinstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Peg's Substackstarted Jul 4, 2026
- Joanne's Substackstarted Jul 4, 2026
- carrie's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
Recommends
- Raw America349k followers · started Jan 23, 2026 · mutual
- US Democratic Socialists117k followers · started Sep 29, 2026 · mutual
- AlterNet America79k followers · started Jul 21, 2026 · mutual
- Majority Democratsstarted Sep 29, 2026
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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