Alex Dawson has 4,711 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #49 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 41 publications recommend them, 2 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
- 4,711
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 2.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 41
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 12
- Bestsellers rank
- #49
- 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 | 4,711 | 2.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | #49 | #49 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | 51 | 51 | 51 | 49 | ▲2 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
41 publications recommend Alex Dawson; 2 started in the last 30 days. Alex Dawson recommends 12, and 11 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 4 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Alix Klingenberg9.3k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual- Nancy Sobanikstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Shokouhi's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Floor Creaksstarted Sep 26, 2026
- June Jasminestarted Sep 22, 2026
- Tabitha Dial | Creating Refugestarted Sep 6, 2026
- Julietta's Imaginariumstarted Sep 4, 2026
- Wild Musestarted Sep 3, 2026
- Arcana Poetrystarted Jul 22, 2026 · mutual
- Coming Home to Yourself by AnaLisa Rutsteinstarted Jul 19, 2026
- 10 poetry notebooksstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Śivani Howe Poetrystarted May 19, 2026 · mutual
- What Remainsstarted May 5, 2026
- big grief, little poemsstarted Apr 16, 2026
- Perfectly Messily MEstarted Apr 10, 2026
- Hannelore Adler Gailwainstarted Apr 5, 2026
- Old Improvidencestarted Apr 3, 2026
- Darakhthstarted Apr 2, 2026
- The Mending Heapstarted Mar 25, 2026
- Steve Martinstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Nessstarted Feb 6, 2026
- PHIL LIT Journalstarted Jan 30, 2026 · mutual
- Writing through the Apocalypse started Jan 26, 2026
- The World We Arestarted Dec 22, 2025
All 41
- Ella B. Wintersstarted Nov 27, 2025 · mutual
- House on Penny Lanestarted Oct 2025
- Caroline Mellorstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- Spilled Thoughts with Chelsea Chattsstarted Sep 2025
- Part-Time Poets started Aug 2025
- Literary Gypsy - In This Slow Undoingstarted Aug 2025
- maddie runestarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Bird City Newsstarted Jul 2025
- Jodi Proctorstarted Jun 2025
- Love Letters to Birdsstarted May 2025 · mutual
- On Breath and Belongingstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Poetry, Art, and Unseen Thingsstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Writer by the Riverstarted May 2025
- Odes to the Ordinarystarted Apr 2025
- From the Outsidestarted Apr 2025
- North Breakwater Words and Imagesstarted Feb 2025
- A Poet's Notebook - poetry, essays, readingsstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
Recommends
- Alix Klingenberg9.3k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
- Ella B. Wintersstarted Jul 22, 2026 · mutual
- Arcana Poetrystarted Jul 22, 2026 · mutual
- Śivani Howe Poetrystarted May 21, 2026 · mutual
- PHIL LIT Journalstarted Jan 30, 2026 · mutual
- maddie runestarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Love Letters to Birdsstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Caroline Mellorstarted May 2025 · mutual
- On Breath and Belongingstarted May 2025 · mutual
- A Poet's Notebook - poetry, essays, readingsstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Poetry, Art, and Unseen Thingsstarted May 2025 · mutual
- The Guelph Poetstarted Mar 2025
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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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 Alex Dawson.
- recommends 8 of themArden Tomas
- recommends 7 of them
Alex Robertson@alex220 - recommends 7 of themThe Intellectual Investor
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- 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
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