Ben Gretch has 13,873 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #9 on Substack's Sports Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.
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
- 13,873
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 13K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #9
- Sports
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 | 13,873 | +1 | 13K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 13,872 | 13K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Bestsellers | #9 | #9 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Bestsellers | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
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Recommendations
52 publications recommend Ben Gretch; 4 started in the last 30 days. Ben Gretch recommends 11, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 5 |
| 2023-09 | 7 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 2 |
| 2024-01 | 3 |
| 2024-03 | 2 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
Kevin Cole14k followers · started Oct 9, 2026 · mutualnew
Jakob Sanderson8.7k followers · started Feb 2023 · mutual
Sam Hoppen2k followers · started Aug 5, 2026 · mutual- Music Nerd Football Blogstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Ravens in 5started Oct 15, 2026new
- trill burrstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Remember The Tight Endsstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Fourth Down Analyticsstarted Aug 6, 2026
- Derek's Substackstarted Aug 2, 2026
- Fanspeak Degensstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Basic Bourbonstarted May 2, 2026
- Gary Marmonstarted Mar 29, 2026
- The OTB started Jan 11, 2026
- Johnathon's Substackstarted Jan 1, 2026
- Josh's Substackstarted Dec 13, 2025
- worldwidenews24.us's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- One More Shot by Kyle Van Noystarted Oct 2025
- Allan’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Taylor’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- JB’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Mark Thomas Watsonstarted Aug 2025
- Chris’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- JJ’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Slowe Moneystarted Nov 2024
All 52
- Doing My Own Researchstarted Nov 2024
- Michael’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- October Slumpstarted Oct 2024
- Gavin’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Fantasygrinderstarted Sep 2024
- Don’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- Alfredo’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Kg’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Adam’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Salvatore’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Tyler’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Mike’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Engineerprice’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
- Intellect Sports Journalstarted Nov 2023
- Cody’s Substackstarted Oct 2023
- Break the Mold Fantasy Footballstarted Sep 2023
- Sean’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
- Corbin’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
- David’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
- Thomas’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
- adasd’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
- BusinessErika’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
- Blake’s Substackstarted Aug 2023
- Butch’s Substackstarted Aug 2023
- Erik’s Substackstarted Aug 2023
- Macheddy’s Substackstarted Aug 2023
- Cover 0started Aug 2023
- Robert’s Substackstarted Jul 2023
Recommends
- Kevin Cole14k followers · started Dec 2022 · mutual
- Jakob Sanderson8.7k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
- Sam Hoppen2k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
- statbutler.comstarted Dec 6, 2025
- Stealing Linesstarted Dec 6, 2025
- Fantasy Cares Newsletterstarted Aug 2024
- Air Mailstarted Sep 2023
- Reducing Uncertaintystarted May 2023
- Lucky Maverickstarted Dec 2022
- The 2Hats1Mike Newsletterstarted Dec 2022
- Risk of Ruin Premium Newsletterstarted Dec 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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Publications that recommend at least two other Sports writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (41 writers in that group), but not Ben Gretch.
- recommends 7 of themCody Alexander@matchquarters
- recommends 6 of them
Marc Stein@thesteinline - recommends 6 of themBaltimore Sports Stories with Jim Johnson
- recommends 5 of them
Nick Kehoe@footballfilmroom - recommends 5 of themSeth Keysor@mnchiefsfan
- recommends 5 of them
Bob Sturm@sturmstack - recommends 5 of them
Matthew Coller@purpleinsider - recommends 5 of themKrupal's Substack
- recommends 4 of them
Swiss Ramble@swissramble - recommends 4 of themBrandon Thorn@trenchwarfare
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