Tom Sykes has 62,538 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #26 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 62 publications recommend them, 10 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 19.
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
- 62,538
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 54K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 62
- +10 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 19
- Bestsellers rank
- #26
- 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.
Show as a table
| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 62,538 | +22 | 54K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 62,516 | 54K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| News Rising | 46 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
62 publications recommend Tom Sykes; 9 started in the last 30 days. Tom Sykes recommends 19, and 10 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
Show as a table
| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 12 |
| 2026-09 | 9 |
| 2026-10 | 10 |
Recommended by
Bill Bishop569k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
The Daily Beast136k followers · started Jan 22, 2026 · mutual
Michael Wolff120k followers · started Sep 8, 2026 · mutual
Dan Wootton98k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
Plum Sykes35k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
Sally Bedell Smith31k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
Andrew Lownie19k followers · started Jan 27, 2026 · mutual
Polly Vernon18k followers · started Oct 2025
Obsessed16k followers · started Jan 26, 2026 · mutual
PunchUp7.9k followers · started Apr 6, 2026 · mutual
Lady Sinclair6.2k followers · started Sep 2025
Jacki Vause from WPCMPR912 followers · started Jun 10, 2026- Sarah's Substackstarted Oct 31, 2026new
- Jude's Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Noel's Substackstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Amy Gstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- goodmanmalamuth@gmail.com's Substackstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- John's Substackstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- LadyLuc's Substackstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- La__Lizstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Janet's Substackstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Michelle Solimenestarted Oct 7, 2026
- TiarasAndTearsukstarted Sep 24, 2026
- Ellen's Substackstarted Sep 18, 2026
All 62
- Sarah's Substackstarted Sep 17, 2026
- KTstarted Sep 11, 2026
- Grace Leestarted Sep 11, 2026
- High Society Diarystarted Sep 2, 2026
- Elizabeth's Substackstarted Sep 2, 2026
- elizabeth's Substackstarted Sep 2, 2026
- Substack van Janstarted Aug 30, 2026
- Ann Bradleystarted Aug 28, 2026
- Sister's Substackstarted Aug 28, 2026
- SarahTheBattleaxestarted Aug 28, 2026
- Robert Jobsonstarted Aug 27, 2026 · mutual
- Brenda's Substackstarted Aug 27, 2026
- Something Else Entirelystarted Aug 25, 2026
- Dickie Arbiterstarted Aug 25, 2026
- Mrs's Substackstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Chintz & Carpoolstarted Aug 7, 2026
- Sandy's Substackstarted Aug 5, 2026
- Mary Scheelstarted Aug 3, 2026
- Justin's Substackstarted Jul 18, 2026
- Fussy's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- Cathy's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Systemic Observerstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Barbara's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Barb's Substackstarted Jun 13, 2026
- Sandra's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Richard's Substackstarted Jun 2, 2026
- Robin's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
- Angelo's Substackstarted May 25, 2026
- Lindsey's Substackstarted May 13, 2026
- Jo's Substackstarted May 13, 2026
- alisabet's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
- Joanna's Substackstarted May 3, 2026
- Marcia's Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
- Anna Ststarted Apr 20, 2026
- David Phelps: Governing Majoritiesstarted Mar 30, 2026
- Corina's Substackstarted Mar 30, 2026
- Daphne's Substackstarted Mar 18, 2026
- Mary's Substackstarted Mar 18, 2026
Recommends
- Bill Bishop569k followers · started Jan 21, 2026 · mutual
- The Daily Beast136k followers · started Apr 30, 2026 · mutual
- Michael Wolff120k followers · started Jan 20, 2026 · mutual
- Dan Wootton98k followers · started Jan 21, 2026 · mutual
- Plum Sykes35k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- Sally Bedell Smith31k followers · started Jan 21, 2026 · mutual
- Andrew Lownie19k followers · started Jan 27, 2026 · mutual
- Obsessed16k followers · started Jan 7, 2026 · mutual
- PunchUp7.9k followers · started Apr 6, 2026 · mutual
The Upsetter5.7k followers · started Jun 30, 2026- Alison Boshoffstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- The Lookerstarted Sep 23, 2026
- Samara’s Substackstarted Sep 15, 2026
- Robert Jobsonstarted Aug 20, 2026 · mutual
- PRIMAL SCREAM with Joanna Colesstarted Mar 2, 2026
- The Swampstarted Feb 9, 2026
- Paula Froelich: Uncensoredstarted Jan 21, 2026
- Tír Eile - A Place Apartstarted Jan 7, 2026
- Maggie Alderson - Style Notesstarted Aug 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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Tom Sykes. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 8 shared
The Daily Beast@thedailybeast
136k followers - 8 shared
Shauna KayThe Royal Report
9.9k followers - 7 shared
Plum SykesP.S. by Plum Sykes
35k followers - 7 shared
Andrew LownieThe Lownie Report
19k followers - 6 shared
Michael WolffHOWL
120k followers - 5 shared
PunchUpPunchUp
7.9k followers - 4 shared
Dan WoottonDan Wootton Outspoken
98k followers - 4 shared
ObsessedObsessed by Kevin Fallon
16k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other News writers with 50,000 or more followers (56 writers in that group), but not Tom Sykes.
- recommends 7 of themFlorida For Jolly
- recommends 6 of themKrupal's Substack
- recommends 6 of them~Starla_x_918
- recommends 5 of them
Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen - recommends 5 of them
Michael Fanone@michaelfanone - recommends 5 of themEli's Substack
- recommends 5 of themDaleScheiwe
- recommends 4 of them
MeidasTouch Network@meidastouch - recommends 4 of them
The Contrarian@contrarian - recommends 4 of them
Miles Taylor@milestaylor
Share, badge and embed
Badge for your About page
Shows the follower count and weekly change, updates on its own and links here. Pro removes the small Stackblade mark.
<a href="https://stackblade.app/w/theroyalist"><img src="https://stackblade.app/badge/theroyalist.svg" alt="Tom Sykes on Substack: follower count" height="28"></a>
Substack posts don't take HTML. There, add the badge as an image (its address is in the snippet above) and link it to this page.
Card for a website
A small live card with followers and recommendations. Iframe, 360 by 190.
<iframe src="https://stackblade.app/embed/w/theroyalist" width="360" height="190" style="border:0" title="Tom Sykes on Stackblade" loading="lazy"></iframe>