Chris Matthews

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Chris Matthews has 51,850 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 52 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 10.

Followers read 6 days ago

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: 51,850; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 20K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: 100+; bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by: 52; +1 in 30 days
Recommends: 10
Bestsellers rank: not on a board

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.

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 Chris Matthews on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	51,850	+13	20K+
Oct 31, 2026	51,837		20K+

Leaderboard positions

Not on a category leaderboard right now

Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.

Recommendations

52 publications recommend Chris Matthews; 1 started in the last 30 days. Chris Matthews recommends 10, 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

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 Apr 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2025-04	8
2025-05	4
2025-06	1
2025-07	3
2025-08	4
2025-09	2
2025-10	7
2025-11	4
2025-12	4
2026-01	3
2026-02	1
2026-03	1
2026-04	1
2026-05	3
2026-06	2
2026-07	2
2026-09	1
2026-10	1

Recommended by

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Joseph's Substackstarted Nov 22, 2025
Boomer's Substackstarted Nov 14, 2025
Debbie's Substackstarted Nov 12, 2025

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Hannah’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
Notice & Commentstarted Oct 2025
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Kerry’s Substackstarted May 2025
Samuelle'started May 2025
Ron N.started May 2025
MARGARET’s Substackstarted May 2025
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Larry M.started Apr 2025
Mike Gaudetstarted Apr 2025
Stacy Hartisstarted Apr 2025
JackieFstarted Apr 2025
Marjorie Belmont Burnsstarted Apr 2025
Patricia’s Substackstarted Apr 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.

Chris Matthews

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Recommendations

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