Ru Johnson has 1,421 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 19 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 20.
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
- 1,421
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 635
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 19
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 20
- 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 | 1,421 | 635 |
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
19 publications recommend Ru Johnson; 2 started in the last 30 days. Ru Johnson recommends 20, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson20k followers · started Nov 21, 2025 · mutual- WW2 Revisitedstarted Oct 24, 2026 · mutualnew
- The Dignified Rant: Evolvedstarted Oct 11, 2026 · mutualnew
- Robert Brokenmouthstarted Sep 29, 2026
- Andelman Unleashedstarted Sep 18, 2026
- Stef’s Substackstarted Sep 18, 2026
- Joseph’s Newsletterstarted Sep 18, 2026
- Stories Behind the Records started Sep 7, 2026 · mutual
- Toxic Ink: The Weimar Republic Daily Newsstarted Sep 1, 2026
- Galactic Legacy Sillstarted Aug 31, 2026
- The Atlantic Passagestarted Aug 28, 2026
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 27, 2026
- USAAF over Polandstarted Aug 3, 2026 · mutual
- Historical Tidbitsstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Humor: The Reality Colliderstarted May 26, 2026
- Humor, Finance, UK Politics: The Blue Armchairstarted May 26, 2026
- WARtalk started Mar 20, 2026 · mutual
- The Command Poststarted Jan 21, 2026 · mutual
- World War II Oral Historystarted Dec 12, 2025 · mutual
Recommends
Adam Kinzinger795k followers · started Mar 12, 2026
Phillips P. OBrien230k followers · started Nov 21, 2025- Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson20k followers · started Nov 21, 2025 · mutual
Martin Cherrett13k followers · started Nov 21, 2025- WW2 Revisitedstarted Oct 1, 2026 · mutual
- USAAF over Polandstarted Sep 17, 2026 · mutual
- Stories Behind the Records started Aug 14, 2026 · mutual
- The Dignified Rant: Evolvedstarted Aug 14, 2026 · mutual
- Modern Warfarestarted Aug 14, 2026
- Researching Ukrainestarted Mar 20, 2026
- WARtalk started Mar 20, 2026 · mutual
- James Hollandstarted Mar 20, 2026
- Finlay Johnsonstarted Mar 13, 2026
- Chris’s Naval History Substackstarted Mar 12, 2026
- Trench Artstarted Mar 12, 2026
- World War II Oral Historystarted Mar 12, 2026 · mutual
- The Command Poststarted Jan 21, 2026 · mutual
- Eyes Only with Wes O'Donnellstarted Nov 21, 2025
- The War Roomstarted Nov 21, 2025
- Hush-Kit Aviation Newsletterstarted Nov 21, 2025
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 Ru Johnson. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 4 shared
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Publications that recommend at least two other History writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (51 writers in that group), but not Ru Johnson.
- recommends 4 of them
Holly A Brown@hollyabrown - recommends 2 of them
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- recommends 2 of themProjectkin
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