Science Briefing has 159,723 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 35 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 10.
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
- 159,723
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 157K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 35
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 10
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 159,723 | 157K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
35 publications recommend Science Briefing; 1 started in the last 30 days. Science Briefing recommends 10, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 8 |
Recommended by
Scientific China133k followers · started Nov 2025 · mutual
Sasha Latypova105k followers · started Jul 30, 2026 · mutual
The Researcher Daily35k followers · started Nov 2025 · mutual
Carlyn Beccia21k followers · started Oct 4, 2026- X. Ho Yen, Author’s Substackstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Le Substack de zoistarted Oct 7, 2026
- Jon Motenstarted Oct 4, 2026
- yourIVFbabystarted Oct 3, 2026
- The Codonstarted Oct 3, 2026 · mutual
- Web Of Jobsstarted Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- How to travel in 🌍started Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- My Finch Familystarted Aug 28, 2026
- Geoffrey Ozinstarted Aug 25, 2026 · mutual
- Acumen’s Substackstarted Aug 19, 2026
- chinasciencestarted Aug 6, 2026
- BITE-SCISstarted Jul 28, 2026
- King's Substackstarted Jul 23, 2026
- AI User Reviewsstarted Jul 16, 2026
- Evidence Beyond the P-Valuestarted Jul 5, 2026 · mutual
- Peter's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Rory's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Il Substack di Marcostarted Jun 25, 2026
- Voron's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Le Substack de Moezstarted Jun 21, 2026
All 35
- Anwar's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- Ayiga's Substackstarted Jun 13, 2026
- Khalid's Substackstarted May 17, 2026
- wwb's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- MD's Substackstarted May 9, 2026
- Joseph's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Fact Clinicsstarted Apr 11, 2026
- Dr's Substackstarted Mar 28, 2026
- Sadaf's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
- Rohan's Substackstarted Jan 12, 2026
- Seyed's Substackstarted Jan 11, 2026
Recommends
- Scientific China133k followers · started Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- Sasha Latypova105k followers · started Jul 30, 2026 · mutual
- The Researcher Daily35k followers · started Nov 2025 · mutual
Madhuri Manohar, PhD719 followers · started Oct 4, 2026- Conversations with Carlyn started Oct 3, 2026
- The Codonstarted Oct 3, 2026 · mutual
- Evidence Beyond the P-Valuestarted Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- Geoffrey Ozinstarted Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- How to travel in 🌍started Nov 2025 · mutual
- Web Of Jobsstarted Nov 2025 · mutual
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 Science Briefing. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 7 shared
The Researcher DailyThe Researcher Daily
35k followers - 2 shared
Scientific China@scientificchina
133k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Science writers with 50,000 or more followers (39 writers in that group), but not Science Briefing.
- recommends 7 of them
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- recommends 4 of them
Unbiased Science@theunbiasedscipod
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