Heather Havrilesky has 190,231 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #11 on Substack's Philosophy Bestsellers board. 58 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 20.
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
- 190,231
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 138K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 58
- +6 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 20
- Bestsellers rank
- #11
- Philosophy
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 | 190,231 | 138K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Bestsellers | #11 | #11 | 4 of 4 |
| Philosophy Rising | #16 | #16 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Bestsellers | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Philosophy Rising | 16 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
58 publications recommend Heather Havrilesky; 5 started in the last 30 days. Heather Havrilesky recommends 20, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 2 |
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2022-06 | 1 |
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 16 |
| 2026-08 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 16 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
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- Sarah's Substackstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Rough Khatastarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Mansha's Substackstarted Oct 7, 2026
- Why God?started Oct 2, 2026
- Letters to a Young (new) Analyststarted Sep 30, 2026
- Sana vaseekstarted Sep 29, 2026
- dard-et-discostarted Sep 28, 2026
- Kalpanastarted Sep 27, 2026
- Thinking on the waystarted Sep 26, 2026
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- A Bit Of Mestarted Sep 22, 2026
- The Weekly Noodlestarted Sep 20, 2026
- SUSHMITAAstarted Sep 20, 2026
All 58
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- El Substack de Josestarted Sep 1, 2026
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- girl in her 30sstarted Aug 20, 2026
- Some stuff that stickstarted Aug 16, 2026
- Amir's Substackstarted Aug 15, 2026
- Stillstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Vows in Ashesstarted Aug 7, 2026
- SF's Substackstarted Aug 5, 2026
- Marty's Substackstarted Aug 2, 2026
- M's Substackstarted Aug 1, 2026
- LLM Meditationsstarted Jul 25, 2026
- Edeh's Substackstarted Jul 18, 2026
- Why?started Jul 17, 2026
- Rachel's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Parichay's Substackstarted Jul 14, 2026
- The Liberatorstarted Jul 14, 2026
- Questions of Genuine Curiositystarted Jul 13, 2026
- Love at the Instarsstarted Jul 10, 2026
- The Seasonal Herbalist's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- El Substack de Wonkistarted Jul 9, 2026
- I Have No Idea What I'm Doing (And That's the Point)started Jul 7, 2026
- diane's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Gatherings of Mossy Woodsstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Doug's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Shelley's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Camila's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Kristen's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Il Substack di mrstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Keiko's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
Recommends
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- Ava42k followers · started Oct 2022 · mutual
- The Real Sarah Miller26k followers · started Apr 2022 · 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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