Aella has 159,143 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #3 on Substack's Education Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 12.
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
- 159,143
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 146K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 12
- Bestsellers rank
- #3
- Education
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 | 159,143 | 146K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Bestsellers | #3 | #3 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Bestsellers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
56 publications recommend Aella; 4 started in the last 30 days. Aella recommends 12, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 13 |
| 2026-06 | 16 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
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Ozy Brennan10k followers · started Oct 2022
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- El Substack de Joanstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Rhyddwr Booksstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Danastarted Oct 15, 2026new
- El Substack de Monosstarted Oct 4, 2026
- Sex Existsstarted Sep 28, 2026
- Undesexing Manstarted Sep 23, 2026
- The Feminist Code Book Clubstarted Aug 15, 2026
- Mycelial Reality.started Aug 10, 2026
- Your Guide To Romantasy Novelsstarted Aug 5, 2026
- padadook's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- The Quiet Influencestarted Jul 13, 2026
- Non-Stationarystarted Jul 6, 2026
- tumble dry lowstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Scott's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Eric's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Mind Bright Like a Diamondstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Danylo's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
All 56
- 2earth.biz's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Nora's Substackstarted Jun 23, 2026
- Aetas Deaestarted Jun 18, 2026
- Dratini's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
- D's Substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Substack de Gabriel e Larissastarted Jun 10, 2026
- Long Wharfstarted Jun 7, 2026
- kabir's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- yip's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- The_Adebisiistarted Jun 4, 2026
- Dreki's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Frank's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- The Heretical Readerstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Substack von paulirosastarted May 31, 2026
- Modupe's Substackstarted May 29, 2026
- Candi's Substackstarted May 24, 2026
- Substack von Torstenstarted May 24, 2026
- tinbahs's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
- Pink's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- In's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
- Conrad's Substackstarted May 10, 2026
- Changokin's Substackstarted May 8, 2026
- Philly's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- Rohan's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Mav's's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
- The Modern Apocryphastarted May 2, 2026
- The Lockheed Liberalstarted Apr 27, 2026
- The Rampive Signalstarted Apr 26, 2026
- A Man Walking Alonestarted Apr 25, 2026
- S4DBO¥'s Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
- Higher Ed Insightsstarted Apr 13, 2026
- K is for Kinkstarted Apr 12, 2026
Recommends
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- Void Harmonicsstarted Dec 2024
- Asterisk Magazine started Apr 2024
- Philosophy bearstarted Mar 2024
- Small Potatoesstarted Mar 2024
- Hormezestarted Jan 2024
- Zoe’s Newsletterstarted Jan 2024
- Sasha's 'Newsletter'started Jan 2024
- Sara’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
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 Aella. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 6 shared
Scott AlexanderAstral Codex Ten
300k followers - 4 shared
Matthew YglesiasSlow Boring
365k followers - 3 shared
Nate SilverSilver Bulletin
457k followers - 3 shared
Freddie deBoer@freddiedeboer
168k followers - 3 shared
Katherine Deedefault.blog
58k followers - 2 shared
The Free Press@thefreepress
2.6M followers - 2 shared
Noah SmithNoahpinion
691k followers - 2 shared
Jessica Reed KrausHouse Inhabit
466k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Education writers with 50,000 or more followers (24 writers in that group), but not Aella.
- recommends 3 of themThe Founder's Desk
- recommends 3 of themMohamed elsage
- recommends 2 of them
Claudia Faith@claudiafaith - recommends 2 of them
Eva Keiffenheim MSc@evakeiffenheim - recommends 2 of them
𝐴𝐼 𝑀𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑠𝑠 🦩@aimeetsgirlboss - recommends 2 of themEli's Substack
- recommends 2 of themRobyn Robles
- recommends 2 of themUnnamed
- recommends 2 of themMikeZampi's Substack
- recommends 2 of themThe Case for Us
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