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The Bulwark has 1,395,258 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #2 on Substack's U.S. Politics Bestsellers board. 110 publications recommend them, at least 51 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.

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
1,395,258
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
1M+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Hundreds of thousands
bestseller badge 10,000+
Recommended by
110
51+ in 30 days
Recommends
4
Bestsellers rank
#2
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.

1,360,0001,380,0001,400,0001,420,0001,440,000 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 1,395,258
1,360,0001,380,0001,400,0001,420,0001,440,000 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 1,395,258
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 Bulwark on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 20261,395,258+4621M+Hundreds of thousands
Oct 31, 20261,394,7961M+Hundreds of thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#2#24 of 4
Podcasts Bestsellers#2#24 of 4
U.S. Politics Rising#1#14 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 Bestsellers22220
Podcasts Bestsellers22220
U.S. Politics Rising2221▲1

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

110 publications recommend The Bulwark; at least 51 started in the last 30 days. The Bulwark recommends 4, and 2 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

May 22NovMayNovMayNovMayNovMayNov
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 Oct 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
2022-051
2022-061
2022-092
2022-101
2023-021
2023-051
2023-083
2023-121
2024-011
2024-041
2024-051
2024-072
2024-081
2024-091
2024-101
2024-111
2025-012
2025-021
2025-036
2025-044
2025-051
2025-061
2025-085
2025-091
2025-101
2025-121
2026-011
2026-023
2026-033
2026-053
2026-061
2026-071
2026-082
2026-092
2026-1051

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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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