Alison May has 4,605 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #43 on Substack's Home & Garden Bestsellers board. 26 publications recommend them, and they recommend 16.
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
- 4,605
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 26
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 16
- Bestsellers rank
- #43
- Home & Garden
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 | 4,605 | 4K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home & Garden Bestsellers | #43 | #43 | 4 of 4 |
| Home & Garden Rising | #25 | #25 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home & Garden Bestsellers | 45 | 45 | 45 | 43 | ▲2 |
| Home & Garden Rising | 25 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
26 publications recommend Alison May. Alison May recommends 16, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 3 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 4 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
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All 26
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- Blissful Ponderingsstarted Jun 2024 · mutual
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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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Home & Garden writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (55 writers in that group), but not Alison May.
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- recommends 2 of them
Jo Thompson@jothompson - recommends 2 of them
Claire Venus ✨@clairevenus - recommends 2 of them
My Thyme Gardens@mythymegardens - recommends 2 of them
Anne Rynearson@thegardenerscompanion
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