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The Economist has 527,183 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #91 on Substack's News Rising board. 55 publications recommend them, 45 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 17.

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.

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527,183
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Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
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100+
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Recommended by
55
+45 in 30 days
Recommends
17
Bestsellers rank
none
Rising #91, 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.

510k520k530k540k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 527,183
510k520k530k540k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 527,183
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 Economist on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026527,183+973
Oct 31, 2026526,210

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
News Rising#91#724 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
News Rising88727291▼3

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

55 publications recommend The Economist; 45 started in the last 30 days. The Economist recommends 17, and 4 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

1Sep 252OctNov1DecJan 26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug1Sep50OctNov
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
2025-091
2025-102
2025-121
2026-091
2026-1050

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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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