Matt Taibbi has 584,363 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #13 on Substack's U.S. Politics Bestsellers board. 92 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 22.
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
- 584,363
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 438K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Tens of thousands
- bestseller badge 10,000+
- Recommended by
- 92
- +7 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 22
- Bestsellers rank
- #13
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 584,363 | +63 | 438K+ | Tens of thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 584,300 | 438K+ | Tens of thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Politics Bestsellers | #13 | #13 | 4 of 4 |
| Podcasts Bestsellers | #65 | #56 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Politics Bestsellers | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Podcasts Bestsellers | 58 | 56 | 56 | 65 | ▼7 |
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Recommendations
92 publications recommend Matt Taibbi; 7 started in the last 30 days. Matt Taibbi recommends 22, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 5 |
| 2022-05 | 3 |
| 2022-06 | 1 |
| 2022-07 | 1 |
| 2022-08 | 2 |
| 2022-10 | 3 |
| 2022-12 | 3 |
| 2023-01 | 2 |
| 2023-02 | 2 |
| 2023-04 | 3 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 11 |
| 2026-07 | 15 |
| 2026-08 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 7 |
| 2026-10 | 9 |
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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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