American Weekender

@americanweekender · American Weekender · Substack profile · Travel

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American Weekender has 7,818 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #48 on Substack's Travel Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, and they recommend 50.

Followers read 7 days ago · Boards read 2 h ago

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: 7,818; read Oct 31
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 4.9K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: 100+; bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by: 54; none new in 30 days
Recommends: 50
Bestsellers rank: #48; Travel

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.

One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow American Weekender on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	7,818		4.9K+

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Travel Bestsellers	#48	#46	4 of 4
Travel Rising	#48	#48	1 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Travel Bestsellers	46	46	46	48	▼2
Travel Rising				48	new

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

54 publications recommend American Weekender. American Weekender recommends 50, and 18 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Mar 2024 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2024-01	1
2024-02	2
2024-03	2
2024-04	2
2024-08	3
2024-10	4
2024-12	2
2025-02	2
2025-03	2
2025-04	3
2025-06	2
2025-08	3
2025-09	2
2025-10	2
2025-11	1
2026-01	2
2026-02	1
2026-03	2
2026-04	1
2026-05	3
2026-06	4
2026-08	5
2026-09	3

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Gabrielle19k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
Emily Wilson17k followers · started Aug 4, 2026
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Great Bakes started Oct 18, 2026new
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COOTER SOUPstarted May 27, 2026
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Trusted Tablesstarted May 27, 2026
The Milwaukee Mixstarted Mar 30, 2026 · mutual
The Perfect Bite Podcaststarted Jan 14, 2026 · mutual
Another Bite with Chandra Ramstarted Dec 4, 2025 · mutual
Bill Oakley's Foodiversestarted Dec 1, 2025
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The CHECK-INstarted Oct 2025

All 50

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The Lo Timesstarted Aug 2025
Escape Clubstarted Aug 2025
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Riley's Recsstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
The Smoke Sheetstarted Apr 2025
Life in The Gay Lanestarted Apr 2025 · mutual
Dig In!started Jan 2025
The Columbus Foodletterstarted Dec 2024
The Mix with Robert Simonsonstarted Dec 2024
A Small and Simple Thingstarted Dec 2024
Positive Damagestarted Dec 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.