Andrew James
@ajamesdraws · Coffee in drawings out · Substack profile · Art & Illustration
Andrew James has 7,133 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #70 on Substack's Art & Illustration Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 5.
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
- 7,133
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 5
- Bestsellers rank
- #70
- Art & Illustration
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 | 7,133 | +3 | 5.4K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 7,130 | 5.4K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | #70 | #70 | 4 of 4 |
| Art & Illustration Rising | #23 | #23 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | 73 | 73 | 73 | 70 | ▲3 |
| Art & Illustration Rising | 23 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
50 publications recommend Andrew James; 2 started in the last 30 days. Andrew James recommends 5, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-09 | 5 |
| 2024-11 | 7 |
| 2024-12 | 3 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 5 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Jessie Kanelos Weiner6k followers · started Oct 29, 2026new
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- TURBO GOTH UNIVERSEstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Nordic Simplicitystarted Jun 7, 2026
- Becca's Substackstarted Jun 2, 2026
- My Visual Musingsstarted May 27, 2026
- Get your Artist Jet Pack On started May 12, 2026
- Books are my Love Languagestarted Apr 19, 2026
- Carol's Substackstarted Feb 3, 2026
- Stacey's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- Le Substack de Myriamstarted Jan 2, 2026
- TENSE: past / present / future / alwaysstarted Nov 7, 2025
- Tasha Goddardstarted Oct 2025
- What's going on in the gardenstarted Sep 2025
- Chittistarted Sep 2025
- One scribble a daystarted Aug 2025
- Open Sketchbookstarted Aug 2025
- TURBO GOTH UNIVERSEstarted Aug 2025
- Writings from the Wildwoodstarted Aug 2025
- Regula Stuckistarted Jul 2025
- Finding Creative Ground started Jul 2025
All 50
- donrice.art · sketchy digital renderingsstarted Jul 2025
- Pradeep’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Daikonstarted May 2025
- MC Dean percolatesstarted May 2025
- Naomistarted Apr 2025
- Notes from a Creative Freelancerstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- The Occasional Dadboardstarted Mar 2025
- Watercoloursstarted Mar 2025
- Lauri Niskasaaristarted Mar 2025
- Jorah's 80% Fat-Free Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Ghost in the Code: All About AIstarted Feb 2025
- Lily’s Aislestarted Jan 2025
- Kelly's Korner of Creative Pursuits started Jan 2025
- shaun. Gstarted Dec 2024
- Studio Scariesstarted Dec 2024
- Bethany’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Modern Marginaliastarted Nov 2024
- Maddy’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Sarah’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Eat Draw Eat started Nov 2024
- EVERYTHING IS MUSIC: a meditation journalstarted Nov 2024
- None the Wiserstarted Sep 2024
- The Lunch Linestarted Sep 2024
- The Metamorphosis Mapstarted Sep 2024
- Alex Hallatt's Illustrated Epistlestarted Sep 2024
- Hand to Paperstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
Recommends
- K. Woodman-Maynard4.9k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
- kurt.universestarted Mar 22, 2026
- Notes from a Creative Freelancerstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- Odd Thoughtsstarted Mar 2024
- Hand to Paperstarted Mar 2024 · mutual
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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