Sam Cooper has 48,603 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #25 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 8.
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
- 48,603
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 38K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- #25
- News
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 | 48,603 | +1 | 38K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 48,602 | 38K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | #25 | #25 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
56 publications recommend Sam Cooper; 3 started in the last 30 days. Sam Cooper recommends 8, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 9 |
| 2026-04 | 8 |
| 2026-05 | 12 |
| 2026-06 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
James Lyons-Weiler, PhD51k followers · started Dec 2023
elizabeth nickson50k followers · started Oct 2025
Brian Lilley24k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
Terry Glavin22k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
Hymie Rubenstein6.4k followers · started Mar 26, 2026
Joseph Fournier, Ph.D.1.8k followers · started Apr 2025- MarkCDNstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- devotinouswarrior's Substackstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- ws 的 Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Androw's Substackstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Dennis's Substackstarted Sep 25, 2026
- Nina's Substackstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Le Contretempsstarted Sep 11, 2026
- Robert's Substackstarted Aug 14, 2026
- The RN Rantstarted Aug 13, 2026
- Darrel's Substackstarted Aug 2, 2026
- Vee's Substackstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Char Gibb ~ Portfoliostarted Jul 14, 2026
- Paul's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Heather's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
- 2026Karen's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Abdul's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Cameron Wilsonstarted Jun 22, 2026
- AJ's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
All 56
- Iran Unfilteredstarted Jun 17, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- turnbuckle's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Cultural Tsunami 2.0started Jun 3, 2026
- marry's Substackstarted May 30, 2026
- Soul Talk With Nancystarted May 24, 2026
- Sherry's Substackstarted May 23, 2026
- The Freedom Curestarted May 21, 2026
- GD's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- John's Substackstarted May 17, 2026
- Michal's Substackstarted May 14, 2026
- Gordon's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
- NT's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- Wayne's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- Judy's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- AI@Workstarted May 1, 2026
- Michaela's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Ed's Substackstarted Apr 27, 2026
- J's Substackstarted Apr 26, 2026
- Doug's Substackstarted Apr 24, 2026
- Michael Forsythestarted Apr 15, 2026
- Graeme's Substackstarted Apr 13, 2026
- Carol's Substackstarted Apr 10, 2026
- Xiaoyuer's Substackstarted Apr 3, 2026
- Kkm's Substackstarted Mar 29, 2026
- Lila's Substackstarted Mar 29, 2026
- Mark Mandelesstarted Mar 24, 2026
- Kim Mischukstarted Mar 19, 2026
- ray's Substackstarted Mar 18, 2026
- Ric's Substackstarted Mar 15, 2026
- Arie's Substack. Or Rami's. Whateverstarted Mar 11, 2026
- CIU - Civilian Intelligence Unitstarted Mar 5, 2026
Recommends
Bill Bishop569k followers · started Jun 2023- Brian Lilley24k followers · started Feb 5, 2026 · mutual
- Terry Glavin22k followers · started Feb 5, 2026 · mutual
- Shaun Newman Podcast started Sep 9, 2026
- The Jamestown Foundationstarted Dec 2024
- WideFountainstarted Aug 2024
- Adam McNamarastarted Jul 2023
- Found in Translationstarted Jun 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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Sam Cooper. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 6 shared
Candice MalcolmJuno News
187k followers - 5 shared
Brian Lilley@brianlilley854135
24k followers - 3 shared
The Free Press@thefreepress
2.6M followers - 3 shared
Terry GlavinThe Real Story
22k followers - 2 shared
Michael ShellenbergerPublic
304k followers - 2 shared
Joshua HoffmanFuture of Jewish
86k followers - 2 shared
Jeff SteinSpyTalk
84k followers - 2 shared
The Corbett Report@corbettreport
83k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other News writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (58 writers in that group), but not Sam Cooper.
- recommends 3 of themEli's Substack
- recommends 2 of them
Seth Hettena@theiceman - recommends 2 of them
Jack Poulson@jackpoulson - recommends 2 of themAlicia’s Newsletter
- recommends 2 of themColin’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themBenefitHumanity
- recommends 2 of themDave LeLacheur
- recommends 2 of themOpen Access Blogs
- recommends 2 of themArlene’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themclaude joseph
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