Timothy B. Lee has 445,112 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #28 on Substack's Technology Bestsellers board. 61 publications recommend them, 44 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 14.
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
- 445,112
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 368K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 61
- +44 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 14
- Bestsellers rank
- #28
- Technology
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 | 445,112 | +2,267 | 368K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 442,845 | 366K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Bestsellers | #28 | #28 | 4 of 4 |
| Technology Rising | #17 | #17 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Bestsellers | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Technology Rising | 17 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
61 publications recommend Timothy B. Lee; 42 started in the last 30 days. Timothy B. Lee recommends 14, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 48 |
Recommended by
Noah Smith691k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
Nate Silver457k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
Azeem Azhar234k followers · started Dec 9, 2025
Derek Thompson182k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
Nathan Lambert130k followers · started Jun 13, 2026 · mutual
Robert Wright87k followers · started Jul 2024
The Argument65k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
Jasmine Sun65k followers · started Sep 4, 2026
scott cunningham35k followers · started Mar 16, 2026
Feyi Fawehinmi8.5k followers · started Oct 2025
Jen Topping8.4k followers · started Mar 20, 2026- Shivaansh Sharmastarted Oct 31, 2026new
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- Worth Building Notesstarted Oct 31, 2026new
- Shivam's Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
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- Gabriel Josué Arruda De Souzastarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Milo's No-Clickbait AI Newsstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- mizpa?started Oct 30, 2026new
- prathimaaivistarted Oct 29, 2026new
- R. Insitestarted Oct 28, 2026new
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- Castawazestarted Oct 28, 2026new
All 61
- Abhisek's Substackstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Guru Nanak Dev Universitystarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Steve's Substackstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Mohamed elsagestarted Oct 25, 2026new
- BHARATH GCstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- A Boffin's Weekstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- Purple's Substackstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Faith's Substackstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Boffins Over Brewsstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- NeuralDriftstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- mohamedstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Hana Sachikostarted Oct 22, 2026new
- sahil guptastarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Prima del previstostarted Oct 19, 2026new
- no em dashstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Robert's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Model & Moneystarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Machina Mundistarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Wilton's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Grace O'Shea-Destrostarted Oct 15, 2026new
- AI News Pagestarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Muhammad Jari Abbas Jafristarted Oct 13, 2026new
- cole wardstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- PuriMagicstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- jzl 的 Substackstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- Isaac Muthuistarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Harry Wilsonstarted Oct 9, 2026new
- The Robot Economystarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Build Patternstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Seth Bertramstarted Oct 7, 2026
- Trishajohnsontherapystarted Oct 7, 2026
- systemagicalstarted Oct 4, 2026
- Aaryastarted Oct 4, 2026
- sashashapkastarted Oct 1, 2026
- Troubleshooter Extraordinaire :)started Oct 1, 2026
- Hyvstarted Sep 30, 2026
- Robert's Substackstarted Sep 29, 2026
Recommends
- Noah Smith691k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
- Nate Silver457k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
Matthew Yglesias365k followers · started Apr 2023- Derek Thompson182k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
- Nathan Lambert130k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
- The Argument65k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- Understanding Robotsstarted Oct 1, 2026
- It Can Think!started Aug 23, 2026
- Hyperdimensionalstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Transformerstarted Mar 2, 2026
- Asterisk Magazine started Jan 24, 2026
- AI as Normal Technologystarted Aug 2025
- AI: A Guide for Thinking Humansstarted Oct 2024
- Apricitas Economicsstarted Mar 2023
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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