Rising on Substack this week: Parenting

Two signals nobody else shows: the writers picking up new recommendations from other publications, and the ones climbing the leaderboards between my reads. Follower growth joins them on Nov 7, once there's a week of daily readings.

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Most new recommenders, last 30 days

Publications that started recommending each writer in the last 30 days, by Substack's own start date, with 12 weeks of context. Big writers collect recommenders fastest; pick a size to see who's rising among writers like you.

Michael B. Horn

36k followers · #40 Parenting Bestsellers
+18 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 51 in all
41 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Dr. Aliza Pressman

147k followers · #70 Parenting Bestsellers
+12 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 60 in all
27 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Emily Ley

253k followers · #1 Parenting Bestsellers
+7 in 30 days 60 in all
21 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Manuela Kouakou, MD-PhD

3.6k followers · #22 Parenting Rising
+6 in 30 days 39 in all
15 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Big Little Feelings

436k followers · #2 Parenting Bestsellers
+5 in 30 days 51 in all
18 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Elena Bridgers

28k followers · #4 Parenting Bestsellers
+5 in 30 days 55 in all
13 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Amelia Wilson

20k followers · #65 Parenting Bestsellers
+5 in 30 days 54 in all
8 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Elissa Strauss

8.5k followers · #94 Parenting Bestsellers
+5 in 30 days 53 in all
9 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Leila Marie Lawler

16k followers · #64 Parenting Bestsellers
+4 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 50 in all
5 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Cindy DiTiberio

8.3k followers · #55 Parenting Bestsellers
+4 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 55 in all
8 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

97k followers · #27 Parenting Bestsellers
+4 in 30 days 63 in all
10 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Joshua Coleman, Ph.D.

76k followers · #3 Parenting Bestsellers
+4 in 30 days 52 in all
9 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

New 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.

Climbing Bestsellers

Places gained between the first and latest read of the last 7 days.

Climbing Rising

Same, on the Rising boards, which move faster.

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