State of the Day has 484,808 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #90 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 7.
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
- 484,808
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 483K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +7 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- Bestsellers rank
- #90
- 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 | 484,808 | −175 | 483K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 484,983 | 484K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | #90 | #89 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | 89 | 89 | 89 | 90 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend State of the Day; 6 started in the last 30 days. State of the Day recommends 7, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 24 |
| 2026-07 | 11 |
| 2026-08 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 8 |
Recommended by
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- The Washington Ledger started Oct 18, 2026new
- A Woman of Certain Opinionsstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Rick's Substackstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Dr.'s Substackstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Kerwin's Substackstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- David's Substackstarted Oct 7, 2026
- Samuel's Substackstarted Oct 1, 2026
- Jansje's Substackstarted Sep 3, 2026
- winstonadair@xplornet's Substackstarted Aug 26, 2026
- Shawn's Substackstarted Aug 24, 2026
- vickie's Substackstarted Aug 18, 2026
- Diane's Substackstarted Aug 5, 2026
- L. Publicationstarted Aug 4, 2026
- Roger's Substackstarted Aug 2, 2026
- Christina's Substackstarted Jul 29, 2026
- Sharon's Substackstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Demetra's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Susan's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- James's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- Michael's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
All 52
- Jackson's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Sandy's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
- E's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- James's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Fred's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Ruby's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Wanddy's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Allison's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Cynthia's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- American's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Susan's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Tami's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Consciousness science and S-Theorystarted Jun 22, 2026
- Joey's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Scott's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
- Fariba's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- Jeff's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- Patrick's Substackstarted Jun 13, 2026
- ChaoticReefer's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Jeff's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Kristi's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- ELLA's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Mark's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Ann's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Bob's Substackstarted Jun 5, 2026
- Rein's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
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- Psychobabblestarted Jan 21, 2026
- Truth on the Streetsstarted Jan 5, 2026
- The Course of Empirestarted Dec 19, 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.
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- 3 shared
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Publications that recommend at least two other News writers with 50,000 or more followers (56 writers in that group), but not State of the Day.
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- recommends 5 of them
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- recommends 5 of themDaleScheiwe
- recommends 4 of them
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The Contrarian@contrarian - recommends 4 of them
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