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Steve Vladeck has 172,681 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #11 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 62 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 28.

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
172,681
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
108K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
62
+4 in 30 days
Recommends
28
Bestsellers rank
#11
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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.

168k170k172k174k176k178k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 172,681
168k170k172k174k176k178k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 172,681
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 Steve Vladeck on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026172,681+33108K+Thousands
Oct 31, 2026172,648108K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
News Bestsellers#11#114 of 4
News Rising#13#131 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
News Bestsellers111111110
News Rising13new

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Recommendations

62 publications recommend Steve Vladeck; 4 started in the last 30 days. Steve Vladeck recommends 28, and 10 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

Nov 22MayNovMayNovMayNovMayNov
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 Feb 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
2022-112
2022-121
2023-011
2024-061
2025-041
2025-051
2025-061
2025-071
2026-012
2026-023
2026-036
2026-046
2026-059
2026-067
2026-075
2026-088
2026-093
2026-104

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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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