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Charlie Sykes has 200,627 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #37 on Substack's U.S. Politics Bestsellers board. 74 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.

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
200,627
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
87K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
74
+5 in 30 days
Recommends
50
Bestsellers rank
#37
U.S. Politics

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.

195k198k200k203k205k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 200,627
195k198k200k203k205k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 200,627
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 Charlie Sykes on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026200,627+6887K+Thousands
Oct 31, 2026200,55987K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#37#374 of 4
Podcasts Bestsellers#73#734 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
U.S. Politics Bestsellers373737370
Podcasts Bestsellers77777773▲4

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

74 publications recommend Charlie Sykes; 5 started in the last 30 days. Charlie Sykes recommends 50, and 9 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

May 24AugNovFebMayAugNovFebMayAugNov
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
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2024-111
2024-122
2025-031
2025-042
2025-051
2025-062
2025-073
2025-081
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2026-016
2026-025
2026-033
2026-048
2026-057
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2026-108

Recommended by

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  • Wigderson Library & Pubstarted Apr 2025
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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 Charlie Sykes.

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