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The Argument has 65,143 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #42 on Substack's U.S. Politics Bestsellers board. 65 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 17.

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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.

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65,143
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Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
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Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
65
+6 in 30 days
Recommends
17
Bestsellers rank
#42
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.

63k64k65k66k67k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 65,143
63k64k65k66k67k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 65,143
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 The Argument on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202665,143+192Thousands
Oct 31, 202664,951Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#42#424 of 4
U.S. Politics Rising#11#54 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 Bestsellers424242420
U.S. Politics Rising56611▼6

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Recommendations

65 publications recommend The Argument; 6 started in the last 30 days. The Argument recommends 17, and 8 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

5Aug 251Sep1Oct2NovDec2Jan 261Feb4Mar8Apr11May9Jun5Jul3Aug6Sep7OctNov
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 Mar 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
2025-085
2025-091
2025-101
2025-112
2026-012
2026-021
2026-034
2026-048
2026-0511
2026-069
2026-075
2026-083
2026-096
2026-107

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Recommends

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 The Argument.

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