Bobby Smiley has 1,638 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #44 on Substack's Humor Rising board. 15 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 7.
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
- 1,638
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 946
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 15
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #44, Humor
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 | 1,638 | 946 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Rising | #44 | #44 | 2 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Rising | 89 | 44 | ▲45 |
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Recommendations
15 publications recommend Bobby Smiley; 2 started in the last 30 days. Bobby Smiley recommends 7, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Tom Vaughan6.4k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
Brian Schneider2.4k followers · started Oct 29, 2026new- A Common Joe in ARstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- bruce’s Substackstarted Sep 10, 2026
- Jeff Nolan's Substackstarted Sep 4, 2026
- The Weekend Reader’s Substackstarted Jun 1, 2026 · mutual
- Brandon Tostistarted May 20, 2026
- Elizabeth's Substackstarted Apr 1, 2026
- Max Andersonstarted Dec 19, 2025
- capturing motherhoodstarted Dec 8, 2025 · mutual
- Adelaide Rix: Dipping a Writing Toe Instarted Nov 20, 2025
- Just One More Chapterstarted Nov 19, 2025 · mutual
- Frequency Wave Theorystarted Nov 8, 2025
- Gregstarted Oct 2025
- The 1937 Flood Journalstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
Recommends
Griffin Gooch16k followers · started Nov 2025- Tom Vaughan6.4k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
- The Weekend Reader’s Substackstarted Apr 13, 2026 · mutual
- Just One More Chapterstarted Nov 2025 · mutual
- The 1937 Flood Journalstarted Nov 2025 · mutual
- capturing motherhoodstarted Nov 2025 · mutual
- The Writer's Callingstarted May 2025
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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Bobby Smiley. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 2 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Humor writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (56 writers in that group), but not Bobby Smiley.
- recommends 22 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 2 of them
Amelia Wilson@ameliawilson - recommends 2 of them
John DeVore@johndevore - recommends 2 of them
Shira Hoffman@shirahoffman - recommends 2 of themMade From What's Not Real
- recommends 2 of themThe Aggregated Works of Stephen G. Barr
- recommends 2 of themColin’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themFudgin' Politics
- recommends 2 of themThe Harvest Network’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themAlthea’s Substack
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