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Sam Freedman has 127,641 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #3 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 69 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 12.

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
127,641
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
93K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Tens of thousands
bestseller badge 10,000+
Recommended by
69
+7 in 30 days
Recommends
12
Bestsellers rank
#3
World 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.

124k126k128k130k132k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 127,641
124k126k128k130k132k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 127,641
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 Sam Freedman on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026127,641+4593K+Tens of thousands
Oct 31, 2026127,59693K+Tens of thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
World Politics Bestsellers#3#34 of 4
World Politics Rising#42#421 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
World Politics Bestsellers33330
World Politics Rising42new

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Recommendations

69 publications recommend Sam Freedman; 7 started in the last 30 days. Sam Freedman recommends 12, and 4 of those recommend back. 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

Apr 22OctAprOctAprOctAprOctAprOct
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 Jun 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
2022-042
2022-061
2022-081
2022-111
2022-121
2023-021
2023-031
2023-061
2023-071
2023-101
2023-121
2024-011
2024-101
2025-021
2025-062
2026-041
2026-065
2026-0713
2026-0818
2026-097
2026-108

Recommended by

All 69
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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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Publications that recommend at least two other World Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (54 writers in that group), but not Sam Freedman.

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