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Back of the Napkin Bios has 4,300 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #47 on Substack's Finance Bestsellers board. 13 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.

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
4,300
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
3.3K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
13
+1 in 30 days
Recommends
2
Bestsellers rank
#47
Finance

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.

4,2004,2504,3004,3504,400 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 4,300
4,2004,2504,3004,3504,400 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 4,300
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 Back of the Napkin Bios on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 20264,300+53.3K+
Oct 31, 20264,2953.3K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Finance Bestsellers#47#404 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
Finance Bestsellers41424047▼6

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

13 publications recommend Back of the Napkin Bios; 1 started in the last 30 days. Back of the Napkin Bios recommends 2, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Back of the Napkin Bi… Back of the Napkin Bi… recommends Le Shrub68k followers · mutualMohamed elsagenot trackedStill figuring it outnot trackedThe Inflection Economynot tracked · mutualLife in Conversation with Sal…not trackedJam_investnot trackedBSG's Substacknot trackedSlightly's Substacknot trackedCompounding Chroniclesnot tracked Le Shrub68k followers · mutualThe Inflection Economynot tracked · mutual Back of the Napkin Bios 4.3k followers
Recommend them They recommend Le Shrub68k followers · mutualMohamed elsagenot trackedStill figuring …not trackedThe Inflection …not tracked · mutualLife in Convers…not trackedJam_investnot tracked Le Shrub68k followers · mutualThe Inflection …not tracked · mutual Back of the N… 4.3k 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

2May 25Aug2Nov221Feb11May1Aug1Nov
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
2025-052
2025-102
2025-122
2026-012
2026-021
2026-041
2026-051
2026-061
2026-101

Recommended by

  • Le Shrub68k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
  • Mohamed elsagestarted Oct 25, 2026new
  • Still figuring it outstarted Jun 3, 2026
  • The Inflection Economystarted May 26, 2026 · mutual
  • Life in Conversation with Salmi-Salmi Se Zindagi Ki Baat started Apr 21, 2026
  • Jam_investstarted Feb 22, 2026
  • BSG's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
  • Slightly's Substackstarted Jan 4, 2026
  • Compounding Chroniclesstarted Dec 23, 2025
  • Maanas's Substackstarted Dec 7, 2025
  • Nick’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
  • Harrison_HOstarted Oct 2025
  • Fiesta del Valuestarted May 2025

Recommends

  • Le Shrub68k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
  • The Inflection Economystarted Feb 18, 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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Finance writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (56 writers in that group), but not Back of the Napkin Bios.

  • The Intellectual Investor
    recommends 9 of them
  • DIY Investor@diyinvestor1
    recommends 6 of them
  • Tiger Capital Research
    recommends 5 of them
  • Macro Mornings 💡
    recommends 4 of them
  • Michael Spencer@aisupremacy
    recommends 3 of them
  • Guardian Research@guardianresearch
    recommends 3 of them
  • Dividendomics
    recommends 3 of them
  • TacticzHazel’s Substack
    recommends 3 of them
  • The Multibagger Playbook
    recommends 3 of them
  • Scenarica
    recommends 3 of them

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