Vinay Prasad MD MPH
@vinayprasadmdmph · Vinay Prasad's Observations and Thoughts · Substack profile · Science
Vinay Prasad MD MPH has 157,930 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #20 on Substack's Science Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them.
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
- 157,930
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 140K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 56
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #20
- Science
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 | 157,930 | −11 | 140K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 157,941 | 140K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Bestsellers | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Science Rising | 24 | 4 | 4 | 30 | ▼6 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
56 publications recommend Vinay Prasad MD MPH. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 8 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 7 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
Recommended by
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All 56
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- jaffi's Substackstarted May 23, 2026
- Debbie's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
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- Garth's Substackstarted May 3, 2026
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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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