Unusual Whales has 441,936 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 52 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 441,936
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 424K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 441,936 | 424K+ |
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
52 publications recommend Unusual Whales; 4 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 16 |
| 2026-07 | 24 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
Recommended by
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- Rob's Substackstarted Oct 1, 2026
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All 52
- QatDaddy's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- zuoxiaozeng's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- kgym627's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Nathan's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Aaron's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Stark's Raving Madstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Thomas's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Erick's Substackstarted Jul 4, 2026
- AlphaYeti's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Carl's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Marcus's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Devan's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Dorian's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- El Substack de Joseluisstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Vijay's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Jonathan's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- RobRstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Alchemist's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- TheButcher's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Rockwall Edgestarted Jun 24, 2026
- Naga's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Substack الخاصة بـ Wajdistarted Jun 24, 2026
- bisonfei's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Booker's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- FS-XIstarted Jun 22, 2026
- Hip by Hipstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Jonathan's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Ernesto's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
Recommends
Unusual Whales doesn't recommend anyone.
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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