Blake Nelson has 4,069 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 34 publications recommend them, and they recommend 50.
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
- 4,069
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 34
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 50
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 4,069 |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
34 publications recommend Blake Nelson. Blake Nelson recommends 50, and 12 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-08 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 2 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 2 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 3 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
Laurie Stone44k followers · started Nov 2024- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 22, 2026
- TheEnlightenedWriterstarted Jul 25, 2026
- lchristopher started Apr 23, 2026
- Immanent Dissolutionstarted Apr 16, 2026
- The Gentle Sensualist Lettersstarted Dec 25, 2025
- Wunderkammerstarted Oct 2025
- The Floating Armoirestarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Rossi Reportsstarted Jul 2025
- Contarini’s Atticstarted Apr 2025 · mutual
- Letters From Portlandstarted Apr 2025
- Words Are My Lifestarted Apr 2025
- The World of Tosh Bermanstarted Mar 2025
- TENSEstarted Jan 2025
- Maggie Alderson - Style Notesstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- The Flannelstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- The World According to Tharpstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- Prosateurstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- Jared Mazzaschistarted Nov 2024
- Salieri Redemptionstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- PAULA NELSONstarted Oct 2024
- Woman of Lettersstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- tosiello reviewstarted Sep 2024
- Sandra de Helen’s Finding Joystarted Jul 2024 · mutual
All 34
- Deconstruction: Portrait of a Quiet Masterpiecestarted May 2024
- HAINT BLUESstarted May 2024
- exclusive exclusivestarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- Karol’s Substackstarted Mar 2024 · mutual
- Elizabeth’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- i hate these peoplestarted Dec 2023
- Lola's newsletterstarted Sep 2023
- Epic Gonzostarted Aug 2023
- Lohi Journalstarted Aug 2023 · mutual
- The Free Writerstarted Aug 2022
Recommends
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- EMILY’s Substackstarted Jul 29, 2026
- MTSstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Palisades Signalstarted Jun 3, 2026
- New Ritual Pressstarted Mar 18, 2026
- Larry Fitzmauricestarted Feb 4, 2026
- Letter From Somewherestarted Jan 11, 2026
- Auguste Meyratstarted Dec 21, 2025
- Semm’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Opaque Hourglassstarted May 2025
- Derisiviststarted May 2025
- Sunday Storiesstarted May 2025
- Prosateurstarted May 2025 · mutual
- The Floating Armoirestarted May 2025 · mutual
- Arcade Publishing's Newsletterstarted May 2025
- thrashtrashstarted May 2025
- Permanent Collectionsstarted Mar 2025
- Maggie Alderson - Style Notesstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- The Metropolitan Reviewstarted Feb 2025
- Fashionably Late Takesstarted Jan 2025
All 50
- The Flannelstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- Bucky Sinisterstarted Dec 2024
- The World According to Tharpstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- Dispatches From the Fringestarted Dec 2024
- Last Year's Snowstarted Dec 2024
- clover18started Nov 2024
- Cluny Journalstarted Nov 2024
- personal canonstarted Nov 2024
- Gnocchic Codicesstarted Nov 2024
- Hits from the Universestarted Oct 2024
- Truth on the Streetsstarted Sep 2024
- Contarini’s Atticstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- Salieri Redemptionstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- Woman of Lettersstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- Midwest State of Mindstarted Jul 2024
- Pieces Of Poetrystarted Jun 2024
- DECENTRALIZED FICTIONstarted May 2024
- Something is Happeningstarted May 2024
- Sandra de Helen’s Finding Joystarted May 2024 · mutual
- The Ivy Exilestarted May 2024
- exclusive exclusivestarted May 2024 · mutual
- When the Needle Droppedstarted Mar 2024
- Karol’s Substackstarted Mar 2024 · mutual
- Cocaine Michelle started Mar 2024
- Weird at My Schoolstarted Dec 2023
- Lohi Journalstarted Aug 2023 · 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.
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