Sean D. Naylor has 15,334 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #77 on Substack's World Politics Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.
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
- 15,334
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 12K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 54
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- #77
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 15,334 | +6 | 12K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 15,328 | 12K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | #77 | #77 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Politics Bestsellers | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 0 |
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Recommendations
54 publications recommend Sean D. Naylor; 1 started in the last 30 days. Sean D. Naylor recommends 4, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 3 |
| 2024-01 | 2 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 3 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 2 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Jeff Stein84k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
Sasha Ingber35k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
Seth Hettena17k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
Jack Poulson14k followers · started Sep 2025
Matthew Cole3.2k followers · started Jan 2023- Kent B. Weaverstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Closing Ratestarted Oct 3, 2026
- Kinetic Memetic Warfarestarted Aug 31, 2026
- Stevestarted Aug 12, 2026
- WW3 Watchtowerstarted Aug 11, 2026
- Adam Alistarted Jul 8, 2026
- Up in Fivestarted Jul 6, 2026
- Agile Daggerstarted Jul 5, 2026
- National Security Impacts Your Securitystarted May 19, 2026
- Captain Tim world news about politics and the ongoing wars started May 9, 2026
- Ben's Substackstarted Apr 8, 2026
- Bcheetham's Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- DAVEstarted Apr 7, 2026
- Paul's Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- ChadForeman's Substackstarted Feb 6, 2026
- J Loucksstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Substack von Mariusstarted Jan 12, 2026
- Robert's Substackstarted Jan 12, 2026
- Joan Rudderhamstarted Jan 6, 2026
All 54
- DionnaCross's Substackstarted Dec 4, 2025
- TheSuperfluousDiarystarted Nov 14, 2025
- Michael's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Bob's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Brandon's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Wavey’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Susan’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Dylan’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Spycraft 101started May 2025
- The Old and Boldstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Ed’s Substackstarted May 2025
- The 80%started Mar 2025
- JT Patten’s Wyrds of Wizdumbstarted Jan 2025
- Spendexstarted Dec 2024
- Keoni’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Forrest's Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Kenneth Lottstarted Oct 2024
- Milt’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Bill’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- JR’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Jim’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Michael’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Jerry’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Carl’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
- Edmund’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Steven Hildreth, Jr.started Jan 2024
- Scott’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Simone’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
- Joseph’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
- Drew’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
Recommends
- Jeff Stein84k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
- Sasha Ingber35k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- Seth Hettena17k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- The Old and Boldstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
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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- 6 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
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