Washington Monthly
@washingtonmonthly · The Washington Monthly · Substack profile · Culture
Washington Monthly has 11,737 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 29 publications recommend them, and they recommend 21.
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
- 11,737
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 8.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 29
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 21
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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.
Show as a table
| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 11,737 | +13 | 8.8K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 11,724 | 8.8K+ |
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
29 publications recommend Washington Monthly. Washington Monthly recommends 21, and 14 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
Show as a table
| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
Recommended by
Michael Spencer314k followers · started Jan 2025
Merrill Goozner69k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Justin Robert Young13k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual
Eugene Steuerle13k followers · started Jan 19, 2026- Malcolm's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Jusya's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
- Worth Knowing with Matt Robisonstarted Apr 20, 2026 · mutual
- Chills, by Lauren Wolfestarted Apr 2, 2026 · mutual
- James's Substackstarted Mar 31, 2026
- BenefitHumanitystarted Feb 27, 2026
- OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alterstarted Feb 12, 2026 · mutual
- Barbara’s Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- Matt Lewis & the News(letter)started Jan 21, 2026 · mutual
- Eli's Substackstarted Dec 8, 2025
- Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcaststarted Nov 14, 2025
- Banishedstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- Chelcei’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Neil’s Substack - Neil's Opinionstarted Sep 2025
- Alvin’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Truth Be Toldstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Backbencherstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- The Shit Times’s Substackstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Policy Fixstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- Past & Prologuestarted Jan 2025
All 29
- Shughy’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- David’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Breaking the Newsstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Beyond the Headlines with Jim Zirinstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- Better Daysstarted Feb 2024 · mutual
Recommends
The Bulwark1.4M followers · started Dec 11, 2025- Merrill Goozner69k followers · started Aug 2023 · mutual
- Justin Robert Young13k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual
- the @smotus reportstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Matt Lewis & the News(letter)started Jan 21, 2026 · mutual
- Absurdia Nowstarted Dec 16, 2025
- jobsthatworkstarted Dec 11, 2025
- The Liberal Patriotstarted Dec 11, 2025
- Scherablestarted Sep 2025
- Worth Knowing with Matt Robisonstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Truth Be Toldstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- The Shit Times’s Substackstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Policy Fixstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Better Daysstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Beyond the Headlines with Jim Zirinstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- Banishedstarted Aug 2023 · mutual
- Chills, by Lauren Wolfestarted Aug 2023 · mutual
- Backbencherstarted Aug 2023 · mutual
- Weekend Reading started Aug 2023
- Breaking the Newsstarted Aug 2023 · mutual
- OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alterstarted Aug 2023 · mutual
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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Washington Monthly. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 3 shared
Dan PerryAsk Questions Later
41k followers - 2 shared
Justin WolfersPlatypus Economics
135k followers - 2 shared
Chris CillizzaSo What
82k followers - 2 shared
Pantsuit Politics@pantsuitpolitics
67k followers - 2 shared
The Cook Political ReportThe Cook Political Report - Substack Edition
29k followers - 2 shared
Untrickled by Michelle TeheuxUntrickled
16k followers - 2 shared
Justin Robert YoungPolitics Politics Politics
13k followers - 2 shared
Evan Stern Certain Thoughts
11k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Culture writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (97 writers in that group), but not Washington Monthly.
- recommends 5 of themPriyanshu’s Substack
- recommends 3 of them
Cool Stories About Art@coolstoriesaboutart - recommends 3 of them
Farrah @Substack@farrahstorr - recommends 3 of them
Katherine Dee@defaultfriend - recommends 3 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 3 of themColin’s Substack
- recommends 3 of themPriyanshu’s Substack
- recommends 2 of them
Andrew Sullivan@sullydish - recommends 2 of them
Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid - recommends 2 of them
Yascha Mounk@yaschamounk
Share, badge and embed
Badge for your About page
Shows the follower count and weekly change, updates on its own and links here. Pro removes the small Stackblade mark.
<a href="https://stackblade.app/w/washingtonmonthly"><img src="https://stackblade.app/badge/washingtonmonthly.svg" alt="Washington Monthly on Substack: follower count" height="28"></a>
Substack posts don't take HTML. There, add the badge as an image (its address is in the snippet above) and link it to this page.
Card for a website
A small live card with followers and recommendations. Iframe, 360 by 190.
<iframe src="https://stackblade.app/embed/w/washingtonmonthly" width="360" height="190" style="border:0" title="Washington Monthly on Stackblade" loading="lazy"></iframe>