The Next Move has 65,079 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 64 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.
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
- 65,079
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 64K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 64
- +7 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 65,079 | +14 | 64K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 65,065 | 64K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
64 publications recommend The Next Move; 7 started in the last 30 days. The Next Move recommends 11, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-04 | 5 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 6 |
| 2026-01 | 8 |
| 2026-02 | 8 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 7 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
Recommended by
The Contrarian612k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Rick Wilson600k followers · started May 2025
Alexander Vindman515k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Steve Schmidt332k followers · started May 2025
Tim Mak290k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Yascha Mounk261k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Charlie Sykes201k followers · started Jan 10, 2026
Persuasion133k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
NewsGuard133k followers · started Jan 27, 2026
Daniel Pinchbeck45k followers · started Oct 2025
DER SPIEGEL34k followers · started Aug 11, 2026
Ben Cohen33k followers · started Jun 4, 2026 · mutual
Michelle Kuo9.7k followers · started Feb 18, 2026
Frida Ghitis4.1k followers · started Oct 2025- Le Substack de Joestarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Mohamed elsagestarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Luis Garzonstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Mats:s Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Simon Ostrovsky's Substackstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Private Intelligence Letter - Mstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Izabela's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Leandro Lessastarted Sep 21, 2026
- How to Slay a Dragonstarted Sep 20, 2026
- Roman Sheremetastarted Sep 13, 2026
All 64
- The Davely Newsstarted Sep 13, 2026
- TheEnlightenedWriterstarted Jul 28, 2026
- The Pure Capital Machine (V → ∞)started Jul 21, 2026
- Elaine's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Richard's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Robert's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Bolis's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Sandra's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Anna's Substackstarted Jun 8, 2026
- Public Square Mediastarted May 26, 2026
- vick's Substackstarted May 24, 2026
- Mike's Substackstarted May 17, 2026
- john's Substackstarted May 17, 2026
- NIKOZ'S Substackstarted May 15, 2026
- Krupal's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Choosing ourselvesstarted May 3, 2026
- Kevin P. Leestarted Apr 19, 2026
- Leela's Substackstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Vincent's Substackstarted Mar 4, 2026
- El Substack de Claudiastarted Feb 22, 2026
- Yuliya's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
- Lucia's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
- Trying to Understand...started Feb 11, 2026
- Grossman Young & Hammondstarted Feb 2, 2026
- Pedro Castro Amaré started Feb 2, 2026
- Greg Vartoukianstarted Feb 1, 2026
- Krista's Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
- Arlene's Substackstarted Jan 23, 2026
- Democracy in Datastarted Jan 22, 2026
- Democracy Before It Breaksstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Steve's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
- Jane's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- Mia's Substackstarted Dec 29, 2025
- Nina Milanistarted Dec 27, 2025
- Ahmad's Substackstarted Dec 18, 2025
- Joe's Substackstarted Dec 11, 2025
- Tom's Substackstarted Dec 10, 2025
- Calvin's Substackstarted Dec 8, 2025
- Randy's Substackstarted Nov 10, 2025
- Kevin's Substackstarted Oct 2025
Recommends
- The Contrarian612k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
- Alexander Vindman515k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
- Tim Mak290k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
- Yascha Mounk261k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
- Persuasion133k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Michael Oren35k followers · started Apr 2025- Ben Cohen33k followers · started Jun 4, 2026 · mutual
- The UnPopuliststarted May 2025
- Notes from Ritchie Torresstarted Apr 2025
- Dispatchesstarted Apr 2025
- Olivia of Troyestarted Apr 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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