Richard Dawkins
@richarddawkins · The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins · Substack profile · Science
Richard Dawkins has 108,102 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #73 on Substack's Science Bestsellers board. 55 publications recommend them, 5 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
- 108,102
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 50K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 55
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #73
- Science
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 | 108,102 | +48 | 50K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 108,054 | 50K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | #73 | #72 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | 72 | 72 | 72 | 73 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
55 publications recommend Richard Dawkins; 4 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
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| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
Recommended by
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- El Substack de Almastarted Jun 24, 2026
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All 55
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- Human Verified Magazinestarted Apr 20, 2026
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- shreya's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026
- The Literary Tidesstarted Feb 17, 2026
- Transición Circular | Hugo Notarostarted Feb 16, 2026
- Galena's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
- Spencer Brockleystarted Feb 10, 2026
- Edwige's wordsstarted Feb 5, 2026
- Roger Fance Nature Photographystarted Jan 31, 2026
- El Substack de Pablostarted Jan 16, 2026
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- Philosophies on Creativitystarted Dec 30, 2025
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- Delphine's Substackstarted Nov 10, 2025
- LANE ADMIRAALstarted Oct 2025
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Recommends
Richard Dawkins 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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