Aj Saxsma has 3,940 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #46 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 36 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.
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
- 3,940
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 3.2K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 36
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #46
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3,940 | 3.2K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | 48 | 48 | 48 | 46 | ▲2 |
| Fiction Rising | 17 | 17 | 6 | ▲11 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
36 publications recommend Aj Saxsma; 4 started in the last 30 days. Aj Saxsma recommends 11, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
- The Vivid Penstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- ellie.started Oct 24, 2026new
- Fiction Breakstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Unfettered Treaclestarted Oct 18, 2026new
- emilyhannstarted Sep 30, 2026
- Lisa E Oakleystarted Sep 20, 2026
- Ilaf Jouristarted Sep 19, 2026
- Michi Lantzstarted Sep 18, 2026
- Rob’s Substackstarted Sep 4, 2026
- Jörgen Bierau writesstarted Aug 30, 2026
- Eve Anne Longford’s Substackstarted Aug 22, 2026
- Mandystarted Aug 18, 2026
- Annie Holmesstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Steven Aitchison Booksstarted Aug 5, 2026
- Kcamstarted Jul 28, 2026
- The Archive of American Journalismstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Miss's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Six of Wands Writesstarted Jul 4, 2026
- The Narrative Threadstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Savannah Does Stuffstarted May 29, 2026
- LeQuita C. Harrisonstarted May 18, 2026
- Tha_Next_Chapter's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- kendra sherrodstarted Apr 16, 2026
- Grace Editorialstarted Apr 3, 2026
All 36
- Lily Blackwoodstarted Apr 2, 2026
- Chikeru Maystarted Apr 1, 2026
- Liza Kardstarted Mar 16, 2026
- Claire.Stevensstarted Mar 9, 2026
- Salt & Honeystarted Feb 3, 2026
- Joash's Substackstarted Jan 28, 2026
- Chasing the Lightstarted Jan 21, 2026
- Scott Talbot Evansstarted Dec 7, 2025
- Geyasuddinali’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- John’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- Garbage Notesstarted May 2024 · mutual
- Dreaming of Citiesstarted Apr 2024
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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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Fiction writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (85 writers in that group), but not Aj Saxsma.
- recommends 8 of themArden Tomas
- recommends 7 of them
Alex Robertson@alex220 - recommends 7 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 7 of themDOOM FICTION
- recommends 6 of them
The Gay Erotic@thegayerotic - recommends 6 of them
Freckleman64@freckleman64 - recommends 6 of them
Maxwell George@cafelatteau - recommends 6 of themTil Thick & Thorough
- recommends 6 of themsavanny
- recommends 5 of them
Spicypancake@spicypancake
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