Simon Owens has 42,097 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 61 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 42,097
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 19K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 61
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 42,097 | +5 | 19K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 42,092 | 19K+ |
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
61 publications recommend Simon Owens; 3 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 2 |
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2022-12 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
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All 61
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- CICstarted Mar 11, 2026
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- Fourth Estate Convulsionsstarted Feb 14, 2026
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- Sounds Complete Radiostarted Nov 14, 2025
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Recommends
Simon Owens doesn't recommend anyone.
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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- 4 shared
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