Zach Lowe has 30,616 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #7 on Substack's Sports Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, at least 54 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 10.
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
- 30,616
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 29K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 54
- 54+ in 30 days
- Recommends
- 10
- Bestsellers rank
- #7
- Sports
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 | 30,616 | +157 | 29K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 30,459 | 29K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Bestsellers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Sports Rising | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Recommendations
54 publications recommend Zach Lowe; at least 54 started in the last 30 days. Zach Lowe recommends 10, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-10 | 54 |
Recommended by
Marc Stein73k followers · started Oct 13, 2026 · mutualnew
Royce Webb69k followers · started Oct 17, 2026 · mutualnew
Sean Fennessey43k followers · started Oct 24, 2026 · mutualnew
Spencer Martin23k followers · started Oct 13, 2026new
Tom Pelissero7.9k followers · started Oct 12, 2026 · mutualnew- LEHuntstarted Oct 31, 2026new
- John Grodenstarted Oct 30, 2026new
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- Chrisdadonstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- AJ's Substackstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Tobi Aladestarted Oct 27, 2026new
- FOOTBALL SHORT ZONEstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Brian's Substackstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Liam Stegerstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Mike Benjamin: Press Startstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Book Breaksstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Jack's Substackstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- Nathan Wainsteinstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Kyle Samuelstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- MateMartinezstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- JAB Stepstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Nick's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Read the Floorstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Jaden McDaniels State Penitentiarystarted Oct 20, 2026new
All 54
- The Residual NBAstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Mic Shockstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Matthew Schneider-Mayersonstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Kernel Of Truthstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- AI TECH FANATICstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Bryanstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Parquet Poststarted Oct 16, 2026new
- General Admissionstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Jack McCluskeystarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Justin's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- James Owens IIIstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Bleachers & Box Officestarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Helena's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- The Hardwood Notebookstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Pat F.started Oct 14, 2026new
- Cultrastarted Oct 14, 2026new
- kyle scanlanstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- The One More Substackstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Ajay Sureshstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- The Celtics Chroniclestarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Brenner Gerrystarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Mari Manoogianstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Peter Nelliusstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Now They Tell Usstarted Oct 12, 2026 · mutualnew
- College Football Weekly TV Schedulestarted Oct 12, 2026new
- The Dry Linestarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Arturo Publicationstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Pretty Solidstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Film Saladstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Chris Gehringstarted Oct 12, 2026new
Recommends
- Marc Stein73k followers · started Oct 14, 2026 · mutualnew
- Royce Webb69k followers · started Oct 30, 2026 · mutualnew
- Sean Fennessey43k followers · started Oct 14, 2026 · mutualnew
- Tom Pelissero7.9k followers · started Oct 12, 2026 · mutualnew
- Fieldhouse Files with Scott Agnessstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Hardwood Paroxysmstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Immigrant Strong by Vesna Jaksic Lowestarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Last Night, In Basketballstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- The Will Leitch Newsletterstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Now They Tell Usstarted Oct 12, 2026 · mutualnew
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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- recommends 7 of them
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