Brand Confessions

@brandconfessions · Rachael Johanson · Substack profile · Business

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Brand Confessions has 1,280 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #11 on Substack's Business Rising board. 6 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
1,280
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
1K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
6
+1 in 30 days
Recommends
2
Bestsellers rank
none
Rising #11, Business

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.

1,2401,2601,2801,3001,320 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 1,280
1,2401,2601,2801,3001,320 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 1,280
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 Brand Confessions on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 20261,280+91K+
Oct 31, 20261,2711K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Business Rising#11#114 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
Business Rising23151511▲12

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

6 publications recommend Brand Confessions; 1 started in the last 30 days. Brand Confessions recommends 2. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Brand Confessions Brand Confessions recommends Acting Normalnot trackedThe Punch Listnot trackedshokonot trackedIsles of Asianot trackedA Soft Place To Landnot trackedAshleigh - Soft Life CEOnot tracked Kristin Ellen Hockman8.4k followersChelsea Handegan1.8k followers Brand Confessions 1.3k followers
Recommend them They recommend Acting Normalnot trackedThe Punch Listnot trackedshokonot trackedIsles of Asianot trackedA Soft Place To…not trackedAshleigh - Soft…not tracked Kristin Ellen H…8.4k followersChelsea Handegan1.8k followers Brand Confess… 1.3k followers
The 6 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

2Aug 262Sep2OctNov
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
2026-082
2026-092
2026-102

Recommended by

  • Acting Normalstarted Oct 8, 2026new
  • The Punch Liststarted Oct 6, 2026
  • shokostarted Sep 24, 2026
  • Isles of Asiastarted Sep 5, 2026
  • A Soft Place To Landstarted Aug 17, 2026
  • Ashleigh - Soft Life CEOstarted Aug 6, 2026

Recommends

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 Business writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (47 writers in that group), but not Brand Confessions.

  • Michael Spencer@aisupremacy
    recommends 3 of them
  • The Intellectual Investor
    recommends 3 of them
  • moussa
    recommends 3 of them
  • Chris Tottman@christottman
    recommends 2 of them
  • Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast
    recommends 2 of them
  • The VC Corner
    recommends 2 of them
  • The Olson Report
    recommends 2 of them

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