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Steve Schmidt has 332,126 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #19 on Substack's Podcasts Bestsellers board. 72 publications recommend them, 16 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 30.

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
332,126
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
237K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Tens of thousands
bestseller badge 10,000+
Recommended by
72
+16 in 30 days
Recommends
30
Bestsellers rank
#19
Podcasts

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.

325k330k335k340k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 332,126
325k330k335k340k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 332,126
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 Schmidt on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026332,126+70237K+Tens of thousands
Oct 31, 2026332,056237K+Tens of thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Podcasts Bestsellers#19#194 of 4
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#20#204 of 4
U.S. Politics Rising#27#273 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
Podcasts Bestsellers191919190
U.S. Politics Bestsellers202020200
U.S. Politics Rising363627▲9

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Recommendations

72 publications recommend Steve Schmidt; 16 started in the last 30 days. Steve Schmidt recommends 30, and 12 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

Oct 22AprOctAprOctAprOctAprOct
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 Jun 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
2022-101
2023-061
2023-091
2024-032
2024-051
2024-091
2025-013
2025-032
2025-041
2025-051
2025-072
2025-111
2025-121
2026-011
2026-051
2026-0610
2026-0713
2026-085
2026-098
2026-1016

Recommended by

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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 U.S. Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (124 writers in that group), but not Steve Schmidt.

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