The Conversation U.S.
@theconversationus · The Afternoon Story · Substack profile · News
The Conversation U.S. has 15,162 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #65 on Substack's News Rising board. 54 publications recommend them, and they recommend 40.
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
- 15,162
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 8.3K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 54
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 40
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #65, 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 | 15,162 | +18 | 8.3K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 15,144 | 8.3K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| News Rising | #65 | #49 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Rising | 49 | 93 | 93 | 65 | ▼16 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
54 publications recommend The Conversation U.S.. The Conversation U.S. recommends 40, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 20 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
Recommended by
Katie Couric273k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
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- The Cynic Route, by Steve Proulxstarted Jul 17, 2026
- jim's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Neil's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- Jerry's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Daniel's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Paul's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- jim's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Sandra's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- The PET Movementstarted Jun 8, 2026
- Eileen's Substackstarted Jun 2, 2026
- Cathy's Substackstarted May 29, 2026
- Valeria Seijasstarted Apr 23, 2026
- Krupal's Substackstarted Apr 1, 2026
- Ed's Substackstarted Mar 21, 2026
- Barbara's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
All 54
- Edward's Substackstarted Feb 9, 2026
- Dorian's Substackstarted Feb 1, 2026
- Pamela's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
- Charles's Substackstarted Jan 27, 2026
- Fran's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- Char's Substackstarted Jan 23, 2026
- Story Spotlightstarted Jan 21, 2026 · mutual
- Kate's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- Jane's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- sharon's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- Carla's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Patricia's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Jane's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Betty's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
- Alison's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
- Eva-lynn's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- Jim's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- Shirley's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- The Conversation Detroitstarted Jan 13, 2026 · mutual
- Paul's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- ericafargo@yahoo.com's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- Miguel's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Donna's Substackstarted Dec 11, 2025
- Hiển's Substackstarted Nov 22, 2025
- James's Substackstarted Nov 21, 2025
- Suzy's Substackstarted Nov 18, 2025
- Jack's Substackstarted Nov 15, 2025
- mike's Substackstarted Nov 14, 2025
- Julian's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- kingbub154@kgionjohn.com's Substackstarted Oct 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.
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Publications that recommend at least two other News writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (58 writers in that group), but not The Conversation U.S..
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