Alex Kelly has 2,419 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 21 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 7.
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
- 2,419
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 2.1K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 21
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 2,419 | 2.1K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
21 publications recommend Alex Kelly; 1 started in the last 30 days. Alex Kelly recommends 7, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-06 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
- helli's Substackstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- Kathy's Substackstarted Sep 20, 2026
- Carol's Substackstarted Feb 3, 2026
- Paint and Paperstarted Jan 16, 2026 · mutual
- The Windmills Of My Mindstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Catherine’s Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Substack von Günterstarted Sep 2025
- Marion’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Brian McKenna Artstarted Jun 2025
- James’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Maria’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Justin’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Wendy’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Juli’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Pat’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Le Substack de karinestarted Oct 2024
- Kiwitony’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- susan’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- AI Is For Sheepstarted Jan 2024
- Laddie’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
- Soo’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
Recommends
JP Clark15k followers · started Aug 2024- Abigail Burton Artstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Paint and Paperstarted Jul 31, 2026 · mutual
- Dear Creatorsstarted Apr 2025
- Larson Insiderstarted Oct 2024
- Cintra Wilson Feels Your Pain started Feb 2024
- MoMa Weeklystarted Jun 2023
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 Art & Illustration writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (89 writers in that group), but not Alex Kelly.
- recommends 28 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 3 of themdonrice.art · sketchy digital renderings
- recommends 3 of themThink Tank Photo on Substack
- recommends 2 of them
Helen C Stark@helencstark - recommends 2 of them
NashvilleNeedlepointer@nashvilleneedlepointer - recommends 2 of them
Estee Zales@esteezales - recommends 2 of them
Don Giannatti@dongiannatti - recommends 2 of themSubstack for Artists
- recommends 2 of themIdeas and questions
- recommends 2 of themFurther to Fly
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