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Jeff Stein has 84,158 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #3 on Substack's International Bestsellers board. 61 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.

Followers read · Boards read

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
84,158
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
29K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
61
+2 in 30 days
Recommends
50
Bestsellers rank
#3
International

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.

82k83k84k85k86k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 84,158
82k83k84k85k86k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 84,158
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Jeff Stein on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 202684,15829K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
International Bestsellers#3#34 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
International Bestsellers33330

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

61 publications recommend Jeff Stein; 2 started in the last 30 days. Jeff Stein recommends 50, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Apr 22OctAprOctAprOctAprOctAprOct
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Jan 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2022-042
2023-041
2023-051
2024-021
2024-061
2024-081
2024-121
2025-122
2026-018
2026-023
2026-036
2026-045
2026-054
2026-066
2026-075
2026-089
2026-093
2026-102

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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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Publications that recommend at least two other International writers with 50,000 or more followers (12 writers in that group), but not Jeff Stein.

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