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Rick Rubin has 400,665 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #5 on Substack's Philosophy Bestsellers board. 64 publications recommend them, 44 of them new in the last 30 days.

Followers read · Boards read

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
400,665
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
263K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
64
+44 in 30 days
Recommends
0
Bestsellers rank
#5
Philosophy

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.

390k395k400k405k410k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 400,665
390k395k400k405k410k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 400,665
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 Rick Rubin on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 2026400,665263K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Philosophy Bestsellers#5#54 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
Philosophy Bestsellers55550

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

64 publications recommend Rick Rubin; 43 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.

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

1Apr 25Jul1Oct211Jan 2612Apr1Jul1251Oct
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 Oct 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
2025-041
2025-091
2025-112
2025-121
2026-011
2026-021
2026-032
2026-051
2026-081
2026-092
2026-1051

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Recommends

Rick Rubin 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.

Who recommends writers like this one

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