Food & Drink on Substack
The top 100 Food & Drink writers on Substack's Bestsellers and Rising boards, with moves between my reads, follower counts, who's gaining recommendations and who recommends them. Boards read once a day.
Board read · moves compare with the read at Oct 31 19:47 UTC
- Writers on the two boards
- 160
- Median followers, Rising
- 27,366
- Smallest on the board
- 3
- Dee Frances, #80
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 574
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Food & Drink: new recommendations
Writers in this category who picked up the most new recommenders in the last 30 days. A new recommendation puts a writer in front of another publication's readers.
Tim Laielli
173k followers · #13 Food & Drink Bestsellers
Yotam Ottolenghi
86k followers · #5 Food & Drink Bestsellers
Caroline Chambers
690k followers · #1 Food & Drink Bestsellers
David Lebovitz
333k followers · #11 Food & Drink Bestsellers
Preppedbylaurah
66k followers · #20 Food & Drink Bestsellers
Annabelle & Tom
53k followers · #10 Food & Drink Rising
Erin O'Brien
245k followers · #21 Food & Drink RisingNew recommenders per week, last 12 weeks; the orange bar is this week to date. Same scale in every panel. Dated by Substack; only recommendations still live. Outlined weeks are incomplete: Substack lists only a publication's 50 newest recommenders, so for busy writers older weeks can't be counted, and a 30-day count marked + is a floor.
Rising
Substack ranks Rising by recent growth in paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.
Climbed most since Oct 31: Ruhama Shitrit new at #1, katie new at #2, Brandon Gouveia new at #7, Antoinette's Kitchen Altar new at #9, Meredith Hayden new at #12.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | new |  Ruhama Shitrit@ruhamasfood |
82,676 | ? | |
| 2 | ▲10 |  katiethe sunday stack |
290,189 | 60 +3 | |
| 3 | ▼1 |  Nancy & Wayne@seattlehanddoc |
64,173 | 16 +11 | |
| 4 | ▲12 |  Clairebite club |
187,004 | 51 +9 | |
| 5 | ▼4 |  Tim Laiellithe bare minimum |
172,846 | 56 +33 | |
| 6 | ▲25 |  Corre LarkinCoco Larkin Cooks |
286,958 | 55 +33 | |
| 7 | new |  Brandon GouveiaNotes From The Kitchen Counter |
27,979 | ? | |
| 8 | ▲48 |  Byron Talbott@byrontalbott |
33,575 | 44 +6 | |
| 9 | new |  Antoinette's Kitchen Altar@antoinetteskitchenaltar |
146 | ? | |
| 10 | ▼4 |  Annabelle & TomThe Anti-Inflammatory Club |
53,218 | 45 +14 | |
| 11 | ▲9 |  Harrison WallaceThe Dinner Club |
47,156 | 53 +3 | |
| 12 | new |  Meredith Haydenthe group chat |
179,792 | 57 +4 | |
| 13 | ▲30 |  Meg ZimbeckParis by Mouth |
133,633 | 64 +7 | |
| 14 | ▲12 |  Ben SlaterNotes to Recipes |
19,687 | 28 +8 | |
| 15 | new |  Club Trader Joe's@clubtraderjoes |
70,760 | ? | |
| 16 | ▲2 |  Ryan NordheimerDinners & Desserts |
50,339 | 51 +5 | |
| 17 | ▲15 |  The Cozy Oven@thecozyoven |
4,935 | 2 +2 | |
| 18 | ▲11 |  Our Table's CompanySaved You A Seat |
44,021 | 50 +5 | |
| 19 | ▲4 |  Carleigh BodrugPlant Cooking Club |
242,271 | 52 +3 | |
| 20 | ▲31 |  Marie von Behrens-Felipe@marievonbehrensfelipe |
2,610 | 1 | |
| 21 | ▲12 |  Erin O'BrienWTF To Make For Dinner |
245,006 | 52 +11 | |
| 22 | ▲73 |  Cake by Kaity@cakebykaity |
2,935 | ? | |
| 23 | new |  faith freshPicnic Date |
108,159 | 51 +3 | |
| 24 | 0 |  Sam WaySamsEats |
49,151 | 45 +2 | |
| 25 | new |  Julie and AmyNot That Serious |
30,851 | 30 +1 | |
| 26 | ▼22 |  Caroline ChambersWhat To Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking |
690,447 | 99 +20 | |
| 27 | ▲13 |  Jen SavianoTable & Soul by Jen Saviano |
11,145 | 2 +1 | |
| 28 | ▼19 |  Preppedbylaurah@preppedbylaurah |
65,678 | 35 +15 | |
| 29 | ▼4 |  Ashley Eliyahu@ashleyeliyahu1 |
1,388 | 2 +2 | |
| 30 | new |  Bean SupporterThe Luxury of Legumes |
10,885 | 11 +3 | |
| 31 | ▲63 |  Kristen KoerberNormal Food |
1,673 | 2 | |
| 32 | ▼24 |  Raquel MartinPass the Salt. |
31,750 | 13 +2 | |
| 33 | new |  Maggie HoffmanThe Dinner Plan |
26,549 | ? | |
| 34 | ▲54 |  Violet RussellDinner’s Almost Ready |
7,110 | 12 +1 | |
| 35 | new |  Skyler BouchardThe Dining Room |
7,906 | ? | |
| 36 | ▼22 |  The Recession ChefThe 99% Cooking Club |
68,935 | 54 +5 | |
| 37 | new |  Emmy ClintonEntirely Emmy |
11,818 | ? | |
| 38 | new |  John KanellEveryday Baking |
221,856 | 51 +3 | |
| 39 | ▼18 |  Ella HenryGut Feelings |
81,776 | 59 +9 | |
| 40 | new |  Anna Goff@annaandthekitch |
6,348 | ? | |
| 41 | new |  Roti BrownFlavor Garden by Roti Brown |
16,086 | ? | |
| 42 | ▼3 |  Gary BolyerMeals-n-Minutes |
18,041 | 27 +2 | |
| 43 | new |  Tini YoungerRoux Girl |
183,519 | 51 +3 | |
| 44 | ▲20 |  Sam CooperThe Black Butter Club |
27,002 | 54 +2 | |
| 45 | new |  Cecilia ToloneParties and Pastries |
40,909 | 53 +3 | |
| 46 | ▲7 |  ThatGuyWyWy CooksThatGuyWyWy's Substack |
3,247 | 5 +1 | |
| 47 | new |  Olivia NocedaOn The Rocks |
100,469 | 59 +1 | |
| 48 | ▼37 |  Yotam OttolenghiOttolenghi |
86,138 | 67 +23 | |
| 49 | new |  Laura JacksonThe Margarita Chronicles |
37,237 | ? | |
| 50 | new |  JessSeason To Taste |
8,163 | ? | |
| 51 | ▼21 |  Robert SietsemaRobert Sietsema's New York |
21,025 | 53 +2 | |
| 52 | ▲34 |  Meryl Feinsteinpasta social club |
64,940 | 59 +2 | |
| 53 | new |  Nea Arentzen@neaarentzen |
30,516 | 56 +1 | |
| 54 | ▲45 |  Andrew ZimmernAndrew Zimmern's Spilled Milk |
95,896 | 55 +2 | |
| 55 | new |  Ben LippettHow I Cook |
154,666 | 70 +8 | |
| 56 | new |  Selah Joy@selahjoymealplan |
4,512 | ? | |
| 57 | ▼23 |  The Fat LéaThe Fat Club |
1,616 | 2 +1 | |
| 58 | ▲11 |  Alex & Rick Rosenberg-RiguttoNorthwoods Farm and Skill |
7,509 | 13 +2 | |
| 59 | ▲15 |  Emily CaprettaDon't Blink by Emily Capretta |
18 | 0 | |
| 60 | new |  Ravneet GillNo Days Off |
11,454 | ? | |
| 61 | new |  Emily WilsonThe Angel |
17,311 | ? | |
| 62 | ▼27 |  Daniel BuiDaniel's Substack |
15,848 | 12 +6 | |
| 63 | new |  Jason WilsonEVERYDAY DRINKING |
31,854 | ? | |
| 64 | ▲20 |  Emily on ToastThe toast chronicles |
28,607 | 36 +3 | |
| 65 | new |  Alicia Dorey@aliciadorey |
5,657 | ? | |
| 66 | new |  Jenny Osipova@jennyosipova |
6,619 | 14 | |
| 67 | new |  Erin ClarkeWell Actually by Erin Clarke |
320,173 | ? | |
| 68 | new |  The Little Grape@thelittlegrape |
3,225 | ? | |
| 69 | ▼20 |  heyybecky@heyybecky |
9,374 | 7 +2 | |
| 70 | new |  Gillian SimplerSimpler Eats |
3,477 | ? | |
| 71 | new |  Claudia HarringtonHarrington Hollow |
25,963 | ? | |
| 72 | new |  Ronny LvovskiPrimal Gourmet |
62,001 | 51 +4 | |
| 73 | ▼63 |  Saweeeties@saweeeties |
84,164 | 53 +3 | |
| 74 | new |  Ernestas Mankovskis@mankovskis |
4,725 | ? | |
| 75 | ▼56 |  Sohla El-WayllyHot Dish with Sohla |
172,842 | 67 +2 | |
| 76 | ▼17 |  Alfie SteinerThe Veg Table |
66,584 | 51 +1 | |
| 77 | new |  Hank ShawTo The Bone |
12,764 | ? | |
| 78 | new |  Carter WereCarter’s Cooking |
14,058 | ? | |
| 79 | ▼43 |  Gabe RobergeCLUBHOUSE GABE |
15,788 | 25 +2 | |
| 80 | new |  Dee Frances@onesarcasticbaker |
3 | ? | |
| 81 | ▼2 |  Jessie Granader GilmanConsciously Considered |
1,297 | 8 +4 | |
| 82 | new |  Massimo BazzoliForgotten Italian Classics |
24,318 | ? | |
| 83 | new |  Debora Robertson 🦀Lickedspoon with Debora Robertson |
29,954 | ? | |
| 84 | new |  Sami TamimiSami Tamimi - notes from my kitchen |
19,297 | ? | |
| 85 | new |  Kailee's KitchenKailee's Kitchen Recipes |
12,919 | 7 +1 | |
| 86 | new |  Adam RobertsAmateur Gourmet |
62,274 | ? | |
| 87 | ▲9 |  Sebastian Fitarau@sebastianfitarauchef |
14,377 | 10 +4 | |
| 88 | new |  Yossy ArefiHave a Little Something |
23,582 | ? | |
| 89 | new |  Michelle Stephanie CoranMessy Table |
649 | ? | |
| 90 | new |  Becca CousinsHost in Your Home's Newsletter |
6,650 | ? | |
| 91 | new |  Lukas VolgerFamily Friend by Lukas Volger |
37,870 | ? | |
| 92 | new |  Richard MakinSchool Night Vegan |
27,366 | 43 +1 | |
| 93 | ▼80 |  Danielle WalkerMake It Good with Danielle Walker |
124,158 | 57 +3 | |
| 94 | new |  Sarah BellOur Nourishing Week |
19,656 | ? | |
| 95 | new |  Lorraine ElliottLorraine's Substack |
496 | ? | |
| 96 | new |  The Modern Nonna@themodernnonna |
107,291 | ? | |
| 97 | new |  Soohyun Lee@soohyunlees |
60,156 | 51 +1 | |
| 98 | new |  Sophie HansenWhat Should I Cook This Weekend? |
9,004 | ? | |
| 99 | ▼24 |  Kristina ChoHave You Eaten Yet? |
28,037 | 52 +1 | |
| 100 | new |  Rhys Gard@rhysgard |
2,132 | ? |
The top 20 on every read
Rank on each read of the Rising board. Darker is higher. A gap means the writer was outside the top 100 on that read.
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhama Shitrit | 1 | new | |||
| katie | 12 | 12 | 2 | ▲10 | |
| Nancy & Wayne | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ▲6 |
| Claire | 14 | 16 | 16 | 4 | ▲10 |
| Tim Laielli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ▼4 |
| Corre Larkin | 10 | 31 | 31 | 6 | ▲4 |
| Brandon Gouveia | 7 | new | |||
| Byron Talbott | 30 | 56 | 56 | 8 | ▲22 |
| Antoinette's Kitchen Altar | 9 | new | |||
| Annabelle & Tom | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | ▼5 |
| Harrison Wallace | 18 | 20 | 20 | 11 | ▲7 |
| Meredith Hayden | 12 | new | |||
| Meg Zimbeck | 16 | 43 | 43 | 13 | ▲3 |
| Ben Slater | 20 | 26 | 26 | 14 | ▲6 |
| Club Trader Joe's | 15 | new | |||
| Ryan Nordheimer | 11 | 18 | 18 | 16 | ▼5 |
| The Cozy Oven | 29 | 32 | 32 | 17 | ▲12 |
| Our Table's Company | 70 | 29 | 29 | 18 | ▲52 |
| Carleigh Bodrug | 15 | 23 | 23 | 19 | ▼4 |
| Marie von Behrens-Felipe | 47 | 51 | 51 | 20 | ▲27 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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