Scientific China has 133,070 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 18 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 6.
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
- 133,070
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 133K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 18
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- 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 | 133,070 | 133K+ |
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
18 publications recommend Scientific China; 1 started in the last 30 days. Scientific China recommends 6, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 4 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
Science Briefing160k followers · started Oct 2, 2026 · mutual- sciencedailystarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Inside China Innovation — Ashley Dudarenokstarted Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- How to travel in 🌍started Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- CSCA prepstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Science's Substackstarted Feb 3, 2026
- News de Mãe Primorosastarted Jan 10, 2026
- Strategy Literacystarted Dec 23, 2025
- Yonggeun's Substackstarted Dec 15, 2025
- Oliwia's Substackstarted Nov 7, 2025
- Chenlin's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Il Substack di Giuseppestarted Oct 2025
- Dionysis’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Rhythms of Relationsstarted Jun 2025
- Le Substack de Maryamestarted Jun 2025
- Devi’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Web Of Jobsstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Le Substack de Anassstarted Apr 2025
Recommends
- Science Briefing160k followers · started Nov 2025 · mutual
The Researcher Daily35k followers · started Jul 2024- Inside China Innovation — Ashley Dudarenokstarted Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- How to travel in 🌍started Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- Web Of Jobsstarted Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- The New Sinologiststarted Apr 2025
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 Scientific China. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 9 shared
The Researcher DailyThe Researcher Daily
35k followers - 2 shared
Science Briefing@sciencebriefing
160k 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 Scientific China.
- recommends 7 of them
Devin Teichrow@theedgeofepidemiology - recommends 6 of them
Steve Stewart-Williams@stevestewartwilliams - recommends 5 of them
Rob Henderson@robkhenderson - recommends 5 of them
Those Nerdy Girls@thosenerdygirls - recommends 5 of them
Awais Aftab@awaisaftab - recommends 5 of them
The Skeptical Cardiologist@theskepticalcardiologist - recommends 5 of them
Robin Blackstone, MD@robinblackstone - recommends 5 of themOrthoScenius
- recommends 5 of themEvolving Medic
- recommends 4 of them
Unbiased Science@theunbiasedscipod
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