D.J. Byrnes has 18,363 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #48 on Substack's U.S. Politics Rising board. 53 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.
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
- 18,363
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #48, U.S. Politics
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 | 18,363 | +25 | Thousands | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 18,338 | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Politics Rising | #48 | #27 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Politics Rising | 41 | 27 | 27 | 48 | ▼7 |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend D.J. Byrnes; 4 started in the last 30 days. D.J. Byrnes recommends 11, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 7 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
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All 53
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- Kill The Bodystarted May 2025 · mutual
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- Shannon’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
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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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