The AI Break has 136,073 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #58 on Substack's Technology Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 17.
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
- 136,073
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 99K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 17
- Bestsellers rank
- #58
- Technology
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 | 136,073 | +14 | 99K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 136,059 | 99K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Bestsellers | #58 | #58 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Bestsellers | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 0 |
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Recommendations
56 publications recommend The AI Break; 3 started in the last 30 days. The AI Break recommends 17, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 11 |
| 2026-07 | 15 |
| 2026-08 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 10 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
Recommended by
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Dr. Julie Gurner71k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
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- Dinesh's Substackstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- fcj's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- The Insider's Notebookstarted Oct 7, 2026
- The AI Operatorsstarted Oct 7, 2026
- allshemii's Substackstarted Oct 3, 2026
- Oldest Unpaid Internstarted Sep 26, 2026
- Jess's Substackstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Samaan Technologies : The Studio Journeystarted Sep 17, 2026
- The AI Operators Circlestarted Sep 11, 2026
- WebMCPstarted Sep 8, 2026
- Caio's Substackstarted Sep 7, 2026
- AI Curious Clubstarted Sep 5, 2026
- Fertile Worldstarted Sep 4, 2026
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- David's Substackstarted Aug 29, 2026
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All 56
- Pat's Substackstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Steven's Substackstarted Aug 10, 2026
- Psychology & AIstarted Aug 4, 2026
- Ofure's Substackstarted Aug 4, 2026
- Hamed's Substackstarted Aug 3, 2026
- Steve's Substackstarted Aug 2, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Jul 29, 2026
- Awwal Abdallaa Dawudstarted Jul 19, 2026
- Pablo's Substackstarted Jul 16, 2026
- Ngoc's Substackstarted Jul 16, 2026
- Mark's Substackstarted Jul 12, 2026
- Flow's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- MYSCGOPEXPOSEstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Dean's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Myth's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Basic-Good-Greatstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Kaleidoscope - The Deal Sheetstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Justin's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Dispatchstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Cloud Security AIstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Sandra's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Phaeton's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Corridor Atlas VCstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Namrata's Substackstarted Jun 23, 2026
- AI Mediated Foundation started Jun 22, 2026
- Ray's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Jill's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Founder40Plusstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Dwip's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Exponential Studiostarted Jun 14, 2026
- JAMES's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- kamaraj's Substackstarted Jun 13, 2026
Recommends
- Devansh286k followers · started Oct 2025 · mutual
- Nate187k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
- Tomas Pueyo176k followers · started Oct 2025 · mutual
javinpaul88k followers · started Nov 26, 2025- Alberto Romero85k followers · started Nov 21, 2025 · mutual
Chris Tottman82k followers · started Jul 2025- Dr. Julie Gurner71k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
- Lewis C. Lin69k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
Karo (Product with Attitude)38k followers · started Sep 2025
Daria Cupareanu22k followers · started Sep 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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