Yashar Ali has 83,801 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #46 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, and they recommend 13.
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
- 83,801
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 62K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 51
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 13
- Bestsellers rank
- #46
- News
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 | 83,801 | +6 | 62K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 83,795 | 62K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | #46 | #46 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Bestsellers | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 0 |
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Recommendations
51 publications recommend Yashar Ali. Yashar Ali recommends 13, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 8 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 8 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
Recommended by
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- Reflections In This Rearviewstarted Aug 18, 2026
- Carole's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Len's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Andrew's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Thinking the Unthinkablestarted Jun 24, 2026
- Lucas's Substackstarted Jun 2, 2026
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- Jonathon's Substackstarted May 23, 2026
- Ty's Substackstarted May 8, 2026
- Huda's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- HeHeHoHa's Substackstarted May 2, 2026
- Kellen's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- Michelle's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Gabi's Substackstarted Apr 26, 2026
- Ronnie's Substackstarted Apr 16, 2026
- Siniša - Синишаstarted Mar 28, 2026
- Bob's Substackstarted Mar 27, 2026
- Karen's Substackstarted Mar 21, 2026
All 51
- Karen's Substackstarted Mar 21, 2026
- Above the Scroll started Mar 18, 2026
- Jessica's Substackstarted Mar 12, 2026
- Marleen's Substackstarted Mar 12, 2026
- El Substack de Dianastarted Mar 2, 2026
- VerLen's Substackstarted Feb 26, 2026
- BetheyRose's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
- Guihem's Substackstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Steve's Substackstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Between Usstarted Jan 8, 2026
- Richard Hennickstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Oscar's Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
- Patrizia's Substackstarted Dec 31, 2025
- Stephanie's Substackstarted Dec 29, 2025
- Nina Milanistarted Dec 27, 2025
- William's Substackstarted Dec 24, 2025
- Keep Becoming - BKLAstarted Dec 24, 2025
- David's Substackstarted Dec 23, 2025
- Clint P Hendersonstarted Dec 23, 2025
- Christian's Substackstarted Dec 1, 2025
- Cree's Substackstarted Nov 27, 2025
- Caelan's Substackstarted Nov 26, 2025
- Jared's Substackstarted Nov 12, 2025
- ~M~'s Substackstarted Nov 8, 2025
- Rachel's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- John's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Ebrahim's Substackstarted Oct 2025
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- Calm Downstarted Dec 2023
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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