Ava has 42,349 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #97 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 6.
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
- 42,349
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 33K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- #97
- Culture
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 | 42,349 | +2 | 33K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 42,347 | 33K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | #97 | #97 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend Ava; 1 started in the last 30 days. Ava recommends 6, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-09 | 1 |
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 7 |
| 2026-01 | 12 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Heather Havrilesky190k followers · started Oct 2022 · mutual
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- Michael's Commentarystarted Sep 18, 2026
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- Cross Cutsstarted Sep 15, 2026
- Kelechi's Substackstarted Aug 28, 2026
- How Evergreenstarted Aug 27, 2026
- Curious Habitstarted Aug 17, 2026
- INCH WIDE. MILE DEEP. started Aug 2, 2026
- On My Mindstarted Jul 18, 2026
- Scotty's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Veronica's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- mint prosestarted Jul 2, 2026
- Tawab's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Rushali's Substackstarted Jun 5, 2026
- amna's Substackstarted May 22, 2026
- 営業スキルコーチ の Substackstarted May 12, 2026
- Robotic's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- Maya's Substackstarted Apr 24, 2026
- Honne,Letters from Tokyo。started Apr 24, 2026
- Zephah's Substackstarted Apr 23, 2026
All 52
- Il Substack di Elisabettastarted Apr 20, 2026
- Ravi's Substackstarted Apr 11, 2026
- Austin's Substackstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Nicole's Substackstarted Mar 9, 2026
- Kanma's Substackstarted Mar 2, 2026
- Gods Should Be Happystarted Mar 1, 2026
- Abhilasha's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
- Medha's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
- I have no idea what I am talking aboutstarted Feb 12, 2026
- Sam's Substackstarted Jan 30, 2026
- Feel Okay Costarted Jan 30, 2026
- Substack de Marianestarted Jan 27, 2026
- friction-maxxingstarted Jan 27, 2026
- Boaz's Substackstarted Jan 27, 2026
- never quite figure outstarted Jan 26, 2026
- ninteen9started Jan 23, 2026
- Substack de Sylviastarted Jan 19, 2026
- Longing's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
- Now Placestarted Jan 13, 2026
- Prithvee's Substackstarted Jan 6, 2026
- Christine's Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
- Juliet's Substackstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Apameastarted Dec 27, 2025
- The Messy Middlestarted Dec 27, 2025
- Anna's newsletterstarted Dec 21, 2025
- Diksha's Substackstarted Dec 10, 2025
- jnycstarted Dec 4, 2025
- Kayla's Substackstarted Dec 1, 2025
Recommends
Leandra Medine Cohen233k followers · started Oct 2022- Heather Havrilesky190k followers · started Oct 2022 · mutual
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- arbiter of distastestarted Nov 2022
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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- 2 shared
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