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Rich Holmes has 63,740 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #44 on Substack's Technology Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 8.

Followers read · Boards 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
63,740
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
53K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
54
+4 in 30 days
Recommends
8
Bestsellers rank
#44
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.

62k63k64k65k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 63,740
62k63k64k65k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 63,740
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 Rich Holmes on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202663,740+3153K+
Oct 31, 202663,70953K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Technology Bestsellers#44#444 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Technology Bestsellers444444440

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

54 publications recommend Rich Holmes; 4 started in the last 30 days. Rich Holmes recommends 8, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Rich Holmes Rich Holmes recommends Aakash Gupta349k followers · mutualMoses Sternstein289k followersAzeem Azhar234k followers · mutualAlberto Romero85k followers · mutualChatGPT for All47k followersDelightful AI Productsnot trackedAditya's Substacknot trackedThe Trade & The Currentnot trackedA Little on the Nosenot tracked Aakash Gupta349k followers · mutualAzeem Azhar234k followers · mutualAlberto Romero85k followers · mutualIvan Landabaso62k followersAI for Software Engineersnot trackedProductify by Bandannot trackedUnknown Artsnot trackedThe API Economynot tracked Rich Holmes 64k 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

Nov 24FebMayAugNovFebMayAugNov
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. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Feb 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2024-112
2025-031
2026-024
2026-036
2026-046
2026-0515
2026-067
2026-072
2026-082
2026-094
2026-105

Recommended by

  • Aakash Gupta349k followers · started Oct 20, 2026 · mutualnew
  • Moses Sternstein289k followers · started Nov 2024
  • Azeem Azhar234k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
  • Alberto Romero85k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
  • ChatGPT for All47k followers · started Oct 10, 2026new
  • Delightful AI Productsstarted Oct 16, 2026new
  • Aditya's Substackstarted Oct 16, 2026new
  • The Trade & The Currentstarted Oct 3, 2026
  • A Little on the Nosestarted Sep 28, 2026
  • Danielle Wilson on Businessstarted Sep 27, 2026
  • UX for Agilestarted Sep 4, 2026
  • Le Substack de Barinstarted Sep 1, 2026
  • Hantaristarted Aug 31, 2026
  • SoriyaBoxstarted Aug 25, 2026
  • Tasha's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
  • AF's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
  • Runs on Vibesstarted Jun 28, 2026
  • Anand's Substackstarted Jun 23, 2026
  • thezeroquotientstarted Jun 20, 2026
  • Eric's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
  • Prinka Wadhwastarted Jun 13, 2026
  • Helge's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
  • Pooja's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
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All 54
  • Lida's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
  • Florin Ciontustarted May 25, 2026
  • Zidny's Substackstarted May 23, 2026
  • RIIDstarted May 21, 2026
  • Lyle's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
  • Lily's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
  • Felt But Unsaidstarted May 17, 2026
  • Tech's Substackstarted May 14, 2026
  • The Material Girlstarted May 12, 2026
  • Azim's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
  • Ash's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
  • Remy's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
  • Old Man Yells at the Cloudstarted May 7, 2026
  • Kiều's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
  • Modexia's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
  • lezli's Substackstarted Apr 27, 2026
  • Honest Commercial Property Investmentstarted Apr 24, 2026
  • Nathaniel's Substackstarted Apr 23, 2026
  • Uday's Substackstarted Apr 20, 2026
  • Jinal's Substackstarted Apr 5, 2026
  • Dave Kelseystarted Mar 27, 2026
  • Agent Dispatchesstarted Mar 16, 2026
  • mai's Substackstarted Mar 16, 2026
  • While You Were Workingstarted Mar 5, 2026
  • Swaha's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026
  • Jonathan's Substackstarted Mar 1, 2026
  • Tryst's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
  • Dylan's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
  • Eliena's Substackstarted Feb 10, 2026
  • Hashir's Substackstarted Feb 8, 2026

Recommends

  • Aakash Gupta349k followers · started Oct 27, 2026 · mutualnew
  • Azeem Azhar234k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
  • Alberto Romero85k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
  • Ivan Landabaso62k followers · started Mar 7, 2026
  • AI for Software Engineersstarted Mar 7, 2026
  • Productify by Bandanstarted Sep 2023
  • Unknown Artsstarted Jun 2023
  • The API Economystarted Apr 2023

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 Technology writers with 50,000 or more followers (70 writers in that group), but not Rich Holmes.

  • Mohamed elsage
    recommends 17 of them
  • Alex Xu@bytebytego
    recommends 11 of them
  • Tokyo AI Brief
    recommends 11 of them
  • Gregor Ojstersek@gregorojstersek
    recommends 8 of them
  • Gennaro Cuofano@thebusinessengineer
    recommends 8 of them
  • Sharon Goldman@sharongoldman
    recommends 8 of them
  • The Upstream
    recommends 8 of them
  • moussa
    recommends 8 of them
  • Luca Rossi@refactoring
    recommends 7 of them
  • Kent Beck@kentbeck
    recommends 7 of them

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