Dr Sam Illingworth has 53,654 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #30 on Substack's Education Bestsellers board. 70 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 44.
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
- 53,654
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 23K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 70
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 44
- Bestsellers rank
- #30
- Education
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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 53,654 | 23K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Bestsellers | #30 | #30 | 4 of 4 |
| Education Rising | #21 | #20 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Bestsellers | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | ▲2 |
| Education Rising | 26 | 20 | 20 | 21 | ▲5 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
70 publications recommend Dr Sam Illingworth; 5 started in the last 30 days. Dr Sam Illingworth recommends 44, and 11 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 8 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 11 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 16 |
| 2026-09 | 13 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
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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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Education writers with 50,000 or more followers (24 writers in that group), but not Dr Sam Illingworth.
- recommends 2 of themEli's Substack
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- recommends 2 of themUnnamed
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