Steve Magness has 51,393 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 52 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 14.
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
- 51,393
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 47K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 14
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 51,393 | 47K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend Steve Magness; 5 started in the last 30 days. Steve Magness recommends 14, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 6 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 8 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
Recommended by
Henry Abbott31k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
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- Murfreesboro Run Collectivestarted Oct 9, 2026new
- Selfish Theostarted Oct 6, 2026
- David Douglasstarted Sep 23, 2026
- Grady's Substackstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Evolving Medicstarted Sep 15, 2026
- Arthur Johnsonstarted Sep 8, 2026
- Fit For Purposestarted Sep 7, 2026
- Neuro-AFFIRMing Schools started Sep 5, 2026
- Run with BDstarted Aug 22, 2026
- Zips's Substackstarted Aug 17, 2026
- Lessons from the Touchlinestarted Aug 17, 2026
- Wendystarted Aug 13, 2026
- Trail Wisdom Weeklystarted Aug 4, 2026
- Andreas Tsiartasstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Samrat's Substackstarted Jul 19, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Substack van Jurjenstarted Jul 4, 2026
- Grace's Substackstarted Jul 4, 2026
All 52
- Il Substack di Fdstarted Jun 11, 2026
- The Mental Gamestarted Jun 5, 2026
- Antony's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
- Beyond the Funnelstarted May 27, 2026
- MelindaSz's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- The Slightly Misaligned Guide to Human Performancestarted May 26, 2026
- Vivi's Substackstarted May 24, 2026
- That's wrong, right ?started May 21, 2026
- Sam's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
- The Long Coursestarted May 7, 2026
- Run with Purposestarted Apr 15, 2026
- Short Runsstarted Apr 11, 2026
- Fast’s Substackstarted Mar 24, 2026
- Fastbreakstarted Mar 24, 2026
- Kyle's Substackstarted Mar 21, 2026
- The Missing Setstarted Mar 16, 2026
- prabha's Substackstarted Mar 13, 2026
- Rhetorical Exercisestarted Mar 2, 2026 · mutual
- Richard cstarted Feb 22, 2026
- Riley’s Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
- Resilience Blueprint started Feb 6, 2026
- Grace's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Gian’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Substack von Dominikstarted Sep 2025
- Miriam’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Ricardo’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Mike Zurzolostarted Jul 2025
- Michal Havelstarted Jun 2025
Recommends
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David Epstein89k followers · started Feb 2025- Henry Abbott31k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
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Breezy Johnson520 followers · started Oct 3, 2026- Thinking in Betsstarted Sep 25, 2026
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- Rhetorical Exercisestarted Sep 16, 2026 · mutual
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- Luke Burgis Newsletter started May 21, 2026
- "Dropping Seeds" by Clay Skipperstarted May 2025
- the morning shakeoutstarted Feb 2025
- The Growth Equation Newsletterstarted Feb 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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Steve Magness. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 4 shared
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89k followers - 3 shared
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313k followers - 2 shared
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29k followers - 2 shared
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1.3k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Science writers with 50,000 or more followers (39 writers in that group), but not Steve Magness.
- recommends 7 of them
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The Skeptical Cardiologist@theskepticalcardiologist - recommends 5 of them
Robin Blackstone, MD@robinblackstone - recommends 5 of themOrthoScenius
- recommends 4 of them
Unbiased Science@theunbiasedscipod - recommends 4 of them
Jeremy Faust, MD@insidemedicine
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