The Vigilant Fox has 228,502 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #13 on Substack's Health Politics Bestsellers board. 66 publications recommend them, 8 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 35.
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
- 228,502
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 147K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 66
- +8 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 35
- Bestsellers rank
- #13
- Health Politics
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 | 228,502 | +79 | 147K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 228,423 | 147K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Politics Bestsellers | #13 | #13 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Politics Bestsellers | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
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Recommendations
66 publications recommend The Vigilant Fox; 8 started in the last 30 days. The Vigilant Fox recommends 35, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-08 | 2 |
| 2022-10 | 2 |
| 2023-03 | 2 |
| 2023-08 | 2 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 9 |
| 2026-05 | 8 |
| 2026-06 | 11 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 9 |
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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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