The Babylon Bee has 503,413 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #12 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 44 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.
Last read Oct 31, 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
- 503,413
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 477K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +44 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- #12
- Humor
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 503,413 | 477K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | ▲1 |
| Humor Rising | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Recommendations
50 publications recommend The Babylon Bee; 41 started in the last 30 days. The Babylon Bee recommends 2. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 45 |
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- Glen's Substackstarted Oct 21, 2026new
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- Brady's Substackstarted Oct 20, 2026new
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- The BroStackstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- David's Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Barbara's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
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- wynnkin's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Carl's Substackstarted Oct 17, 2026new
All 50
- Sandy's Substackstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Mike's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Marlene's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Paul's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Dana's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Jack's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- The FunGals's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Karl's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Lana's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Wallace's Substackstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- John Doughstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Joseph's Substackstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- klmreads2@gmail.com's Substackstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- Shawn W Gilloglystarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Gregory's Substackstarted Oct 9, 2026new
- P's Substackstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Kerwin's Substackstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Larry's Substackstarted Oct 7, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Oct 7, 2026
- Tracie's Substackstarted Oct 7, 2026
- ScriptureFlightstarted Oct 1, 2026
- RLBaileystarted Sep 30, 2026
- The Harris Reportstarted Sep 29, 2026
- Wannabe's Substackstarted Sep 25, 2026
- Ed's Substackstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Matt's Substackstarted Sep 18, 2026
Recommends
- Not The Bee's Substackstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Seth Dillonstarted Oct 8, 2026new
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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