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Ben Smith has 1,715 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #49 on Substack's Art & Illustration Rising board. 15 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days.

Followers read · Boards read

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
1,715
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
1.6K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
15
+1 in 30 days
Recommends
0
Bestsellers rank
none
Rising #49, 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.

1,6801,7001,7201,7401,760 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 1,715
1,6801,7001,7201,7401,760 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 1,715
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 Ben Smith on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 20261,71501.6K+
Oct 31, 20261,7151.6K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Art & Illustration Rising#49#492 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.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Art & Illustration Rising8049▲31

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

15 publications recommend Ben Smith; 1 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Ben Smith Ted Meisternot trackedThe Intellectual Investornot trackedKai Behrmannnot trackedJae's Substacknot trackedJayne Russellnot trackedRichard's Substacknot trackedMartino's Substacknot trackedNed's Substacknot trackedTom's Substacknot tracked Ben Smith 1.7k followers
Recommend them Ted Meisternot trackedThe Intellectua…not trackedKai Behrmannnot trackedJae's Substacknot trackedJayne Russellnot trackedRichard's Subst…not tracked Ben Smith 1.7k followers
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

3Jul 251AugSep1Oct2NovDecJan 261FebMarApr1May3JunJul2AugSep1OctNov
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.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2025-073
2025-081
2025-101
2025-112
2026-021
2026-051
2026-063
2026-082
2026-101

Recommended by

  • Ted Meisterstarted Oct 29, 2026new
  • The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 22, 2026
  • Kai Behrmannstarted Aug 10, 2026
  • Jae's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
  • Jayne Russellstarted Jun 30, 2026
  • Richard's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
  • Martino's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
  • Ned's Substackstarted Feb 20, 2026
  • Tom's Substackstarted Nov 28, 2025
  • Meg's Substackstarted Nov 26, 2025
  • Stefan's Substackstarted Oct 2025
  • Bjorn’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
  • The Installation Lapstarted Jul 2025
  • Tricky Thoughts: Encountering Photography In New York Citystarted Jul 2025
  • the Tales of Ink and Lightstarted Jul 2025

Recommends

Ben Smith doesn't recommend anyone.

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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Art & Illustration writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (89 writers in that group), but not Ben Smith.

  • donrice.art · sketchy digital renderings
    recommends 3 of them
  • Think Tank Photo on Substack
    recommends 3 of them
  • Helen C Stark@helencstark
    recommends 2 of them
  • NashvilleNeedlepointer@nashvilleneedlepointer
    recommends 2 of them
  • Estee Zales@esteezales
    recommends 2 of them
  • Don Giannatti@dongiannatti
    recommends 2 of them
  • Substack for Artists
    recommends 2 of them
  • Ideas and questions
    recommends 2 of them
  • Further to Fly
    recommends 2 of them
  • I00 Real People : Where words meet images
    recommends 2 of them

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