Goldberry Studios
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Goldberry Studios has 11,694 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #23 on Substack's Literature Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.
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
- 11,694
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 9.9K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 51
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 13
- Bestsellers rank
- #23
- Literature
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 | 11,694 | +3 | 9.9K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 11,691 | 9.9K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | #23 | #22 | 4 of 4 |
| Podcasts Bestsellers | #57 | #57 | 4 of 4 |
| Literature Rising | #5 | #5 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | ▼1 |
| Podcasts Bestsellers | 59 | 59 | 60 | 57 | ▲2 |
| Literature Rising | 5 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
51 publications recommend Goldberry Studios; 3 started in the last 30 days. Goldberry Studios recommends 13. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 3 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 7 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 4 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
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- Kerrie's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
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All 51
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- Talk Writestarted Jun 2025
- Native Mom Readingstarted Apr 2025
- Evan’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Kerri Snellstarted Apr 2025
- Irby’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
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- A City in Ruinsstarted Mar 2025
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- Kathleen Vincenzstarted Feb 2025
- Two Tails Garden & Projectsstarted Jan 2025
- My Cup Overflowsstarted Jan 2025
- Becca’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- David’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Scavenger’s Substack started Jan 2025
- R’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Agnes’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Cooper Cobbsstarted Dec 2024
- Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotchstarted Oct 2024
- Rupture/Restorestarted Oct 2024
- Crystal’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- the poetic condition started Sep 2024
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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 Goldberry Studios. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 3 shared
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2.6k followers - 3 shared
Kelsie HartleyReading Revisited
2.5k followers - 2 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Literature writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (92 writers in that group), but not Goldberry Studios.
- recommends 7 of them
Sarah Fay, PhD@sarahfay - recommends 7 of themAlthea’s Substack
- recommends 6 of them
Alexandra Auder@alexauder - recommends 5 of them
Andrea Bartz@andibartz - recommends 5 of them
Karin Gillespie@karingillespie - recommends 5 of them
Sarah Orman@sarahorman - recommends 4 of them
Maggie Smith@maggiesmithpoet - recommends 4 of them
Narratively@narratively - recommends 4 of them
Summer Brennan@summerbrennan - recommends 4 of them
Alison Krupnick@alisonkrupnick
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