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asher has 12,166 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #8 on Substack's Comics Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 6.

Followers read 7 days ago · Boards read 6 days 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: 12,166; read Oct 31
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 10K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: 100+; bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by: 52; +3 in 30 days
Recommends: 6
Bestsellers rank: #8; Comics

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 asher on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	12,166		10K+

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Comics Bestsellers	#8	#8	4 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
Comics Bestsellers	8	8	8	8	0

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

52 publications recommend asher; 3 started in the last 30 days. asher recommends 6, and 5 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 Jul 2025 (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
2025-07	9
2025-09	3
2025-10	4
2025-11	7
2025-12	6
2026-01	4
2026-02	3
2026-04	3
2026-05	1
2026-06	3
2026-07	2
2026-08	2
2026-09	2
2026-10	3

Recommended by

Sarah Fay, PhD92k followers · started Oct 28, 2026new
DESIGN THINKING! Comic91k followers · started Dec 10, 2025
Jason Chatfield79k followers · started Oct 2025 · mutual
Liana Finck75k followers · started Apr 30, 2026 · mutual
David Rickert3.3k followers · started Sep 2025
Tom Toro2k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
The Minutemanstarted Oct 22, 2026new
Robert's Substackstarted Oct 20, 2026new
RozRozRasmalaistarted Sep 15, 2026
Harriet Beveridgestarted Sep 4, 2026
Lunch Notesstarted Aug 24, 2026
NY's Only Good Restaurantsstarted Aug 20, 2026
Normalise Ecologystarted Jul 24, 2026
sciptoons's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
Mela H.started Jun 19, 2026
Bright Continentstarted Jun 18, 2026
Madness Inc.started Jun 6, 2026
What's Buzzzingstarted May 8, 2026
On My Shelfstarted Apr 27, 2026 · mutual
We Might Be Humanstarted Apr 18, 2026
⋆˚✿˖° Angels⋆˚✿˖° started Feb 24, 2026
Leslie Gandystarted Feb 21, 2026
Author Leslie DJstarted Feb 12, 2026
Known Issuestarted Jan 10, 2026

All 52

F's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
Jenny Thing Goesstarted Jan 7, 2026
The Hard Truthstarted Jan 5, 2026
Paulette's Substackstarted Dec 28, 2025
The Thinking Eyestarted Dec 17, 2025
web 3.0 slept with my wifestarted Dec 15, 2025
PLANET RALstarted Dec 13, 2025
Cartoon Carlotastarted Dec 1, 2025
M. Nathan Robinson's Substackstarted Nov 25, 2025
Ronan Canzonierostarted Nov 25, 2025
𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕓𝕠𝕟𝕖started Nov 14, 2025
BallyhannonBoogie's Substackstarted Nov 13, 2025
donrice.art · sketchy digital renderingsstarted Nov 7, 2025
Tyson's Substackstarted Nov 2025
From my In-Betweenstarted Nov 2025
SerioComicsstarted Oct 2025
stdoutstarted Oct 2025
Emily’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
REJECTEDstarted Sep 2025
All Things Reviewedstarted Sep 2025
Arya Pandeystarted Jul 2025
George Wastarted Jul 2025
Sophia’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
The Frivolity Reviewstarted Jul 2025
Artsy News from Elaine Lutherstarted Jul 2025
Adrián Villasaltestarted Jul 2025
Steinbergdrawscartoonsstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
50 Years in the Dungeonstarted Jul 2025

Recommends

Jason Chatfield79k followers · started Apr 13, 2026 · mutual
Liana Finck75k followers · started Apr 30, 2026 · mutual
Tom Toro2k followers · started Apr 13, 2026 · mutual
Jokes On Newsstarted Sep 20, 2026
On My Shelfstarted Apr 27, 2026 · mutual
Steinbergdrawscartoonsstarted Apr 13, 2026 · mutual

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.