Van Jones has 101,134 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 54 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 12.
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
- 101,134
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 55K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 54
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 12
- 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 | 101,134 | 55K+ | 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
54 publications recommend Van Jones; 1 started in the last 30 days. Van Jones recommends 12, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 9 |
| 2026-02 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
Liza Donnelly448k followers · started Oct 2024
Steve Schmidt332k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
Dr. Lucy McBride79k followers · started Jan 23, 2026
Meggan Watterson23k followers · started Apr 2025- Dory Benamistarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Lorraine Prinskystarted Oct 6, 2026
- Boaz Hepner "Chosen Links"started Oct 6, 2026
- Michael McVeystarted Oct 4, 2026
- Moira Rosestarted Sep 24, 2026
- My Wyoming Storiesstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Being Jewish with Jonah Plattstarted Sep 2, 2026
- Cleta Flynnstarted Aug 29, 2026
- Doug's Substackstarted Aug 28, 2026
- F.L.O.W.started Aug 22, 2026
- Chuck's Substackstarted Aug 18, 2026
- Melissa C.started Jul 22, 2026
- Wayne's Substackstarted Jul 18, 2026
- Kenred Dorsettstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Billie Kelpinstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Delve Deeperstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Evie's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- Paula's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Paul's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Stacey's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
All 54
- Paulo's Substackstarted May 10, 2026
- Eileen's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Raelene Dawn's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- L.C. Francis Open Society for History & Civicsstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Sherry Edwardsstarted Mar 25, 2026
- CoastalME's Substackstarted Mar 25, 2026
- Renita's Substackstarted Mar 15, 2026
- Jahi's Substackstarted Mar 9, 2026
- Harry's Substackstarted Mar 9, 2026
- My Grandmother's Demonsstarted Feb 19, 2026
- Joey's Substackstarted Feb 17, 2026
- Rose's Substackstarted Feb 13, 2026
- Penny Dickersonstarted Feb 3, 2026
- Americas Navalnystarted Feb 2, 2026
- Lucy's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Wendy's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- WhiteMountainsThunderstarted Jan 24, 2026
- Brandon's Substackstarted Jan 23, 2026
- On The Record with Michael Brodkorbstarted Jan 20, 2026
- M's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Donna's Substackstarted Jan 7, 2026
- Sandy's Substackstarted Jan 4, 2026
- Ruth's Substackstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Marla's Substackstarted Dec 22, 2025
- Wendy’s Substackstarted Dec 19, 2025
- Maureen's Substackstarted Dec 11, 2025
- Alexandria's Substackstarted Nov 28, 2025
- Bruce's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Viktor’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Greg’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
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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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- 3 shared
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Publications that recommend at least two other U.S. Politics writers with 50,000 or more followers (124 writers in that group), but not Van Jones.
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