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THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali has 293,491 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #46 on Substack's U.S. Politics Bestsellers board. 91 publications recommend them, 11 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.

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
293,491
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
117K+
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Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
91
+11 in 30 days
Recommends
50
Bestsellers rank
#46
U.S. 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.

285k290k295k300k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 293,491
285k290k295k300k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 293,491
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 LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026293,491+103117K+Thousands
Oct 31, 2026293,388117K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
U.S. Politics Bestsellers#46#464 of 4
Podcasts Bestsellers#84#844 of 4
U.S. Politics Rising#19#191 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
U.S. Politics Bestsellers47474746▲1
Podcasts Bestsellers87878784▲3
U.S. Politics Rising19new

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Recommendations

91 publications recommend THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali; 11 started in the last 30 days. THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali recommends 50, and 15 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

Jun 24SepDecMarJunSepDecMarJunSep
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 Jun 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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2026-054
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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 U.S. Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (124 writers in that group), but not THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali.

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