The Brink has 7,318 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #93 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 46 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.
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
- 7,318
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.3K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 46
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- #93
- News
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 | 7,318 | +13 | 5.3K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 7,305 | 5.3K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | 96 | 96 | 96 | 93 | ▲3 |
| News Rising | 20 | 29 | 29 | 60 | ▼40 |
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Recommendations
46 publications recommend The Brink; 3 started in the last 30 days. The Brink recommends 2, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 7 |
| 2025-10 | 5 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Andrew Fox35k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
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- Sheila’s Substackstarted Aug 26, 2026
- Solstice's Substackstarted Aug 24, 2026
- Vivienne's Substackstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Swaxley@hotmail.com's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- ellen sklarstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Geoff Rstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Iran Unfilteredstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Paul's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
- J Robinsonstarted Jun 12, 2026
- mc's Substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Louise MacLeodstarted May 14, 2026
- Graham's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
- Athol's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
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- Brian's Substackstarted Mar 6, 2026
All 46
- Nicky's Substackstarted Feb 24, 2026
- A guy from the street's Substackstarted Feb 17, 2026
- Michael's Substackstarted Feb 13, 2026
- Not From but For: The Bible and the Polisstarted Jan 30, 2026
- Rich.'s Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
- Stephanie Bennettstarted Jan 23, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- ALLAN's Substackstarted Dec 30, 2025
- GMan’s Chroniclestarted Dec 22, 2025
- David's Substackstarted Nov 20, 2025
- Michael Reinhardstarted Nov 15, 2025
- aaron jacobstarted Oct 2025
- deborah harrisstarted Oct 2025
- Sharp Endstarted Oct 2025
- Larry Weinerstarted Oct 2025
- Alan Jurekstarted Oct 2025
- Rachel Levinstarted Sep 2025
- Andrea Kadenstarted Sep 2025
- Viktor Khandourinestarted Sep 2025
- Gloria Worcelstarted Sep 2025
- Avalonstarted Sep 2025
- Johnstarted Sep 2025
Recommends
- Andrew Fox35k followers · started Jul 9, 2026 · mutual
- Jake Wallis Simons9.4k followers · started Jul 9, 2026 · mutual
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 News writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (34 writers in that group), but not The Brink.
- recommends 3 of themThe Intellectual Investor
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Dan Wootton@danwootton - recommends 2 of them
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