Simplicius
@simplicius76 · Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge · Substack profile · World Politics
Simplicius has 82,489 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #11 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 57 publications recommend them, 2 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
- 82,489
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 64K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 57
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #11
- World Politics
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 | 82,489 | +20 | 64K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 82,469 | 64K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | #11 | #11 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
57 publications recommend Simplicius; 2 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 11 |
| 2026-07 | 10 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
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Torrance Stephens4.3k followers · started Nov 2023
Ismaele2.8k followers · started Jan 2024- POLITICAL's Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
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Recommends
Simplicius 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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