Science Is Fun has 40,931 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 50 publications recommend them, 21 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 5.
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
- 40,931
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 39K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 50
- +21 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 5
- 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 | 40,931 | 39K+ |
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
50 publications recommend Science Is Fun; 21 started in the last 30 days. Science Is Fun recommends 5, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 13 |
| 2026-10 | 24 |
Recommended by
- Michael Johnsonstarted Oct 31, 2026new
- معمري نوالstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Harpreet Singhstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Andreystarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Ariel Lalisanstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- NeuralDriftstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- mohamedstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- John Vstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Mira Cleopatrastarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Cindy Wishonstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Terry Pfisterstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- The Ugliest Americanstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Catherinestarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Melissastarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Anushka Kumaristarted Oct 22, 2026new
- chronically thinkingstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Ewoutstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Jacob Rushfordstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Zainabstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Substrate Nexusstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Creative Minds Have More Funstarted Oct 9, 2026new
- The Periwal Letterstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Creative and Productivestarted Oct 3, 2026
- Thomas Cookstarted Oct 3, 2026
All 50
- The Humanstarted Sep 30, 2026
- emoxriestarted Sep 29, 2026
- Myla's's Substackstarted Sep 27, 2026
- Chancestarted Sep 25, 2026
- Microbe Curious | Dr Sam Wstarted Sep 24, 2026
- Lola's Substackstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Kevin's Substackstarted Sep 20, 2026
- Doc Holidaystarted Sep 18, 2026
- Philosophy Stuff started Sep 15, 2026 · mutual
- ways of seeing thingsstarted Sep 14, 2026 · mutual
- Gojestarted Sep 11, 2026
- Patterns and Proofsstarted Sep 7, 2026
- TheEngineering Publicationstarted Sep 1, 2026
- immystarted Aug 25, 2026
- Elusivestarted Aug 24, 2026
- Nhân's Substackstarted Aug 14, 2026
- James's Substackstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Tanvi's Substackstarted Aug 10, 2026
- Deep Watersstarted Aug 1, 2026
- Kiryowa Philemonstarted Jul 28, 2026
- DrZaiusstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Better Decisions, Explainedstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Reality Check Sciencestarted Jul 4, 2026
- Sagaferðirstarted Jun 29, 2026
- The Historianstarted Jun 2, 2026
Physics Genestarted May 26, 2026 · mutual
Recommends
- Philosophy Stuff started Sep 14, 2026 · mutual
- ways of seeing thingsstarted Sep 14, 2026 · mutual
- Everything Sciencestarted Sep 10, 2026
- World Politics & Historystarted Sep 9, 2026
- Physics Genestarted May 21, 2026 · 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 Is Fun. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 2 shared
Ruben HassidHow to AI
1M followers - 2 shared
Timothy B. LeeUnderstanding AI
445k followers - 2 shared
Unbiased Science@theunbiasedscipod
167k followers - 2 shared
Colin GorrieDead Language Society
102k followers - 2 shared
Joseph FolleyUnsolicited Advice
65k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Science writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (68 writers in that group), but not Science Is Fun.
- recommends 7 of themYou know, Cannot Name It
- recommends 4 of themWeekly Review of Public Scholarship
- recommends 3 of them
Colin Wright@colinwright - recommends 3 of them
Dan Williams@conspicuouscognition - recommends 3 of them
Cremieux@cremieux - recommends 3 of them
Steve Stewart-Williams@stevestewartwilliams - recommends 3 of them
Justin Hodges, PhD@hodgesj - recommends 3 of them
Devin Teichrow@theedgeofepidemiology - recommends 3 of themDenis Kristan
- recommends 3 of themLe Substack de Michel
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