Anna Brones
@annabrones · Creative Fuel with Anna Brones · Substack profile · Art & Illustration
Anna Brones has 36,716 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #14 on Substack's Art & Illustration Bestsellers board. 61 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 16.
Last read Nov 1, 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
- 36,716
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 22K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 61
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 16
- Bestsellers rank
- #14
- Art & Illustration
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 36,716 | −10 | 22K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 36,726 | 22K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | #14 | #12 | 4 of 4 |
| Art & Illustration Rising | #22 | #22 | 2 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | ▼2 |
| Art & Illustration Rising | 38 | 22 | ▲16 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
61 publications recommend Anna Brones; 2 started in the last 30 days. Anna Brones recommends 16, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2023-06 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 7 |
| 2025-11 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 7 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Katherine May101k followers · started May 2023 · mutual
Mike Sowden60k followers · started Jun 2023 · mutual
Elissa Altman49k followers · started Oct 18, 2026new
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Adam Ming25k followers · started Dec 2024
Chris La Tray17k followers · started Feb 2023 · mutual
Craftsmanship Magazine17k followers · started May 11, 2026
Sarah C Swett10k followers · started Mar 2023 · mutual
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- The Folkway Filesstarted Jul 9, 2026
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- Claudia's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- musings of the heart ❦started Jun 25, 2026
- Dispatches from Ever Mountainstarted Jun 21, 2026
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- Future Of Fatherhoodstarted May 12, 2026
- Sherry's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
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All 61
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- Praxia's Substackstarted Mar 11, 2026
- Jen's Substackstarted Mar 1, 2026
- Moon's Substackstarted Feb 21, 2026
- Terra Affirmastarted Feb 13, 2026
- Indivisible Cortland Countystarted Feb 7, 2026
- Mark Kielkuckistarted Feb 2, 2026
- The Soul Professionalstarted Jan 27, 2026
- Jen's Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
- Charlie's Substackstarted Jan 23, 2026
- Sandi's Substackstarted Jan 22, 2026
- Hope in the Makingstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Catharine's Substackstarted Jan 11, 2026
- Anoushka's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
- Odds's Substackstarted Dec 29, 2025
- Trudy's Substackstarted Dec 22, 2025
- Robak Książkowystarted Dec 5, 2025
- Brand Something Beautifulstarted Dec 4, 2025
- Sarah Kontopoulosstarted Dec 1, 2025
- The Slow Re-memberingstarted Nov 30, 2025
- North Star Writingstarted Nov 17, 2025
- The Stacksstarted Nov 9, 2025
- Rebecca's Substackstarted Nov 7, 2025
- Machada's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Nancy's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Cassi's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- unlikely attitude dispatchstarted Oct 2025
- The Church of Everlasting Hopestarted Oct 2025
- Returning's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Le Substack de Ahmedstarted Oct 2025
- Jasia’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Neha’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Jyoti’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Euginia’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Samuel’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
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Recommends
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Bryan Pfeiffer29k followers · started Apr 2023- Chris La Tray17k followers · started May 2023 · mutual
- Sarah C Swett10k followers · started Dec 2023 · 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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Publications that recommend at least two other Art & Illustration writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (54 writers in that group), but not Anna Brones.
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