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The Grayzone has 89,586 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #40 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 1.

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
89,586
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
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Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
54
+6 in 30 days
Recommends
1
Bestsellers rank
#40
World 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.

87k88k89k90k91k92k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 89,586
87k88k89k90k91k92k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 89,586
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 Grayzone on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202689,586+19Thousands
Oct 31, 202689,567Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
World Politics Bestsellers#40#394 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
World Politics Bestsellers39393940▼1

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

54 publications recommend The Grayzone; 6 started in the last 30 days. The Grayzone recommends 1. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend The Grayzone The Grayzone recommends Aaron Maté133k followersCJ Hopkins60k followersGlobal GeoPolitics55k followersSam Husseini23k followersMOAYADS PALESTINE JOURNAL120 followersKobaTheDread's Substacknot trackedGOTHAMOFTHEDESERT - G.O.Dnot trackedLuuk786not trackedFernandesnot tracked End of Empirenot tracked The Grayzone 90k followers
Recommend them They recommend Aaron Maté133k followersCJ Hopkins60k followersGlobal GeoPolit…55k followersSam Husseini23k followersMOAYADS PALESTI…120 followersKobaTheDread's …not tracked End of Empirenot tracked The Grayzone 90k followers
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

Sep 23MarSepMarSepMarSep
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 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
2023-091
2025-021
2025-031
2025-111
2026-046
2026-057
2026-069
2026-077
2026-085
2026-098
2026-108

Recommended by

  • Aaron Maté133k followers · started Feb 2025
  • CJ Hopkins60k followers · started Sep 2023
  • Global GeoPolitics55k followers · started Nov 18, 2025
  • Sam Husseini23k followers · started Mar 2025
  • MOAYADS PALESTINE JOURNAL120 followers · started Oct 29, 2026new
  • KobaTheDread's Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
  • GOTHAMOFTHEDESERT - G.O.Dstarted Oct 29, 2026new
  • Luuk786started Oct 27, 2026new
  • Fernandesstarted Oct 23, 2026new
  • Zone21 radio moddergatstarted Oct 19, 2026new
  • magdalena nocturna 🔻🇵🇸started Oct 6, 2026
  • El Substack de Raúlstarted Oct 1, 2026
  • Joe Kayestarted Sep 30, 2026
  • PROJECTPENSstarted Sep 30, 2026
  • Mary's Substackstarted Sep 28, 2026
  • Antonia Shousestarted Sep 19, 2026
  • Khalil Kalifastarted Sep 16, 2026
  • Barrie Vstarted Sep 16, 2026
  • Mike Rappstarted Sep 14, 2026
  • Stephen's Substackstarted Sep 9, 2026
  • Geopolitical Insightstarted Aug 17, 2026
  • Nobody Is Alonestarted Aug 14, 2026
  • Karin Groenstarted Aug 5, 2026
  • Contrechamp iranienstarted Aug 2, 2026
All 54
  • PD Paynestarted Aug 1, 2026
  • Health Yourself Wellstarted Jul 29, 2026
  • Michael (Mick) Ricestarted Jul 29, 2026
  • Stacey's Substackstarted Jul 28, 2026
  • Ivonne Chocarrostarted Jul 24, 2026
  • Babak Massoumi's Substackstarted Jul 17, 2026
  • Leo's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
  • Intishar's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
  • Consensus Hallucinationsstarted Jun 27, 2026
  • Dr. Dietmar Hagerstarted Jun 27, 2026
  • Ivan's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
  • KWstarted Jun 23, 2026
  • Ozark Grandpastarted Jun 23, 2026
  • Tracey's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
  • Mew Betastarted Jun 16, 2026
  • El Substack de Marcostarted Jun 3, 2026
  • Mark's Substackstarted Jun 1, 2026
  • Dennis's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
  • ELI's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
  • Indostack's Substack in Englishstarted May 18, 2026
  • Robbie's Substackstarted May 13, 2026
  • Waseem's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
  • Patricia's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
  • Serhan's Substackstarted May 3, 2026
  • Between Tidesstarted Apr 26, 2026
  • Olly's Substackstarted Apr 24, 2026
  • Substack von Torston e. Orelstarted Apr 23, 2026
  • Dani's Substackstarted Apr 22, 2026
  • frank's Substackstarted Apr 17, 2026
  • Joanne's Substackstarted Apr 12, 2026

Recommends

  • End of Empirestarted Dec 25, 2025

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 World Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (54 writers in that group), but not The Grayzone.

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