Bill Bishop has 568,849 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #6 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 89 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 55.
Followers read · Boards read
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
- 568,849
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 427K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 89
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 55
- Bestsellers rank
- #6
- News
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 | 568,849 | +169 | 427K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 568,680 | 427K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Podcasts Bestsellers | 73 | 72 | 72 | 70 | ▲3 |
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Recommendations
89 publications recommend Bill Bishop; 2 started in the last 30 days. Bill Bishop recommends 55, and 9 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 4 |
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2022-06 | 1 |
| 2022-08 | 1 |
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2022-12 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 3 |
| 2023-06 | 2 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 15 |
| 2026-06 | 18 |
| 2026-07 | 11 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
Dylan Patel379k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
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DER SPIEGEL34k followers · started Dec 4, 2025 · mutual
Mark Leon Goldberg34k followers · started Apr 2023
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All 89
Michelle Kuo9.7k followers · started Apr 2023
Poe Zhao8.5k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
David Callaway7.3k followers · started Apr 2022
Anna Fifield6.8k followers · started Apr 23, 2026 · mutual
Natto Team5.7k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
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Francesco Sassi4.7k followers · started Mar 4, 2026
Lyric Hughes Hale4.1k followers · started May 2022
Cindy Yu3.8k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
Frank Shyong3.3k followers · started Dec 31, 2025
Manya Koetse3.3k followers · started Aug 25, 2026 · mutual
Tina Kanagaratnam3.3k followers · started Feb 27, 2026
William Martin Keating2.7k followers · started Jun 4, 2026
Simon Cartledge0 followers · started Sep 15, 2026- Gaurav Selopalstarted Oct 30, 2026new
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- Il Substack di Girlstarted Jun 30, 2026
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Recommends
Michael Burry403k followers · started Dec 3, 2025- Dylan Patel379k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
- Tom Sykes63k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- DER SPIEGEL34k followers · started Dec 4, 2025 · mutual
Carson Griffith18k followers · started Oct 27, 2026new
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- Zoë Feldman5.1k followers · started Jan 29, 2026 · mutual
- Cindy Yu3.8k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
- Manya Koetse3.3k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
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All 55
- 邓聿文 / Yuwen Dengstarted Mar 16, 2026
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- Council on Foreign Relationsstarted Oct 2025
- Charles Partonstarted Oct 2025
- Prashant Raostarted Sep 2025
- Geopolitics of AGIstarted Jun 2025
- China Health Pulsestarted Jun 2025
- At The Wheel w/ Tu Le & Joe Whitestarted Jun 2025
- Niko News by Niko Partnersstarted Jun 2025
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- Robin J Brooksstarted May 2025
- Telos Newsstarted Apr 2025
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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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