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W. Kamau Bell has 334,773 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #9 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 68 publications recommend them, and they recommend 35.

Followers read · Boards read

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
334,773
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
142K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
68
none new in 30 days
Recommends
35
Bestsellers rank
#9
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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.

325k330k335k340k345k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 334,773
325k330k335k340k345k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 334,773
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow W. Kamau Bell on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 2026334,773142K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Humor Bestsellers#9#94 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Humor Bestsellers99990

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

68 publications recommend W. Kamau Bell. W. Kamau Bell recommends 35, and 12 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Feb 24MayAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMayAugNov
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Apr 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2024-023
2024-031
2024-041
2024-121
2025-022
2025-032
2025-072
2025-081
2025-091
2025-111
2026-032
2026-045
2026-0510
2026-066
2026-0719
2026-084
2026-097

Recommended by

All 68
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  • Redwood Empire Mediastarted Jul 8, 2026
  • Vee's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
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  • Pam's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
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  • Andrea's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
  • The Strangest Brewstarted Jul 1, 2026
  • Florida For Jolly started Jun 26, 2026
  • El Substack de the rotten pomegranatestarted Jun 21, 2026
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  • Jane's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
  • Substack van J.started Jun 3, 2026
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  • Lynn's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
  • Signal from noisestarted May 26, 2026
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  • Jonny's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
  • Substack van Dylanostarted Apr 20, 2026
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  • Terry's Substackstarted Apr 15, 2026
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Recommends

All 35
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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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Publications that recommend at least two other Humor writers with 50,000 or more followers (21 writers in that group), but not W. Kamau Bell.

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