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After Dinner Conversation has 108,478 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #31 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 16 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.

Followers read · Boards read

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
108,478
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
92K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
56
+16 in 30 days
Recommends
50
Bestsellers rank
#31
Fiction

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.

106k108k110k112k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 108,478
106k108k110k112k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 108,478
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow After Dinner Conversation on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 2026108,47892K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Fiction Bestsellers#31#314 of 4
Fiction Rising#13#64 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Fiction Bestsellers35353531▲4
Fiction Rising6454513▼7

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

56 publications recommend After Dinner Conversation; 13 started in the last 30 days. After Dinner Conversation recommends 50, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend After Dinner Conversa… After Dinner Conversa… recommends Sari Botton223k followers · mutualErik Hoel160k followersMemoir Land39k followersThe Massachusetts Review8.3k followersSWWIM Every Day7.1k followersTodd Burleson662 followersCollage Industries not trackedDavid's Substacknot trackedAre You There God? It’s me,Pe…not tracked Big Think652k followersSari Botton223k followers · mutualPoetic Outlaws122k followersJonny Thomson93k followersThe Living Philosophy56k followersStrange Pilgrims43k followersSubeStack988 followersRomance 101: Write Your Roman…not trackedBrain in a Vatnot tracked After Dinner Conversation 108k followers
The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Sep 23MarSepMarSepMarSep
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Aug 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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MonthStarted
2023-092
2024-121
2025-011
2025-041
2025-071
2026-0813
2026-0916
2026-1021

Recommended by

  • Sari Botton223k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
  • Erik Hoel160k followers · started Jul 2025
  • Memoir Land39k followers · started Sep 2023
  • The Massachusetts Review8.3k followers · started Dec 2024
  • SWWIM Every Day7.1k followers · started Apr 2025
  • Todd Burleson662 followers · started Jan 2025
  • Collage Industries started Oct 29, 2026new
  • David's Substackstarted Oct 28, 2026new
  • Are You There God? It’s me,Perimenopausal Margaretstarted Oct 27, 2026new
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  • Michael's Substackstarted Oct 11, 2026new
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  • Gundice the Creativestarted Oct 7, 2026
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Recommends

  • Big Think652k followers · started Jul 2025
  • Sari Botton223k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
  • Poetic Outlaws122k followers · started Dec 2024
  • Jonny Thomson93k followers · started May 2025
  • The Living Philosophy56k followers · started Feb 2024
  • Strange Pilgrims43k followers · started Sep 28, 2026
  • SubeStack988 followers · started Jun 17, 2026
  • Romance 101: Write Your Romance This Year.started Oct 23, 2026new
  • Brain in a Vatstarted Sep 9, 2026
  • Shannon's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
  • Lit Mag Loungestarted Dec 25, 2025
  • The Lit Mag Labstarted Nov 10, 2025
  • Politika / filozófiastarted Oct 2025
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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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