ThinkingWest has 33,346 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #91 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.
Last read Oct 31, 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
- 33,346
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 28K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- #91
- History
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 33,346 | 28K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | #91 | #89 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 89 | 89 | 90 | 91 | ▼2 |
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Recommendations
50 publications recommend ThinkingWest; 3 started in the last 30 days. ThinkingWest recommends 4, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 4 |
| 2025-04 | 4 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
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All 50
- The Sacred Clown's Modern West Trilogystarted Jan 29, 2026
- David Engels - Memoria Mundistarted Jan 22, 2026 · mutual
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- LEOstarted Jan 1, 2026 · mutual
- Laura's Substackstarted Dec 2, 2025
- Letters From Time (formerly The Time Traveling Historian)started Nov 21, 2025
- The Great Slowing Downstarted Nov 14, 2025
- curious descentstarted Oct 2025
- kris Sandstarted Aug 2025
- naokixstarted Aug 2025
- Orientals Perspectivestarted Aug 2025
- Judithstarted Jul 2025
- The Iron Crownstarted Jul 2025
- Aquinas Academystarted Jul 2025
- Beyond the Cosmic Veilstarted Jul 2025
- The Knowledge Archivist’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Alcuin Pressstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Talk Writestarted Jun 2025
- The Last Lacedaemonianstarted May 2025
- On the Leesstarted Apr 2025
- Jay Cunningham's Penstarted Apr 2025
- Raphael’s Lensstarted Mar 2025
- SAGITTA CÆLIstarted Mar 2025
- Historian of Science and Medicinestarted Mar 2025
- Dr.’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
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- Cool Stories About Art248k followers · started Jul 9, 2026 · mutual
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- LEOstarted Jan 17, 2026 · mutual
- Alcuin Pressstarted Apr 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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