Colby Day has 4,338 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #87 on Substack's Film & TV Bestsellers board. 47 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 15.
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
- 4,338
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 2.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 47
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 15
- Bestsellers rank
- #87
- Film & TV
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 | 4,338 | 2.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film & TV Bestsellers | #87 | #84 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film & TV Bestsellers | 84 | 84 | 84 | 87 | ▼3 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
47 publications recommend Colby Day; 2 started in the last 30 days. Colby Day recommends 15, and 9 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 5 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Stephen Follows23k followers · started Apr 2025
Andrea Bartz15k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
tepper13k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Alex Friedman9.2k followers · started Jul 22, 2026 · mutual
Raquelle David - Lit Manager 🎬2.9k followers · started Jun 23, 2026 · mutual- Tales of Lohrstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Script Hivestarted Oct 15, 2026new
- TULAY's Substackstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Notes from a Baby Writerstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Character Is Destiny started Sep 11, 2026
- The Attention Spankstarted Aug 14, 2026
- Imagining Practicestarted Aug 2, 2026
- On Human Thingsstarted Jul 22, 2026
- McCartney's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Why Stories Workstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Bella's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Good Muffin Productionsstarted Feb 21, 2026
- Americas Navalnystarted Feb 1, 2026
- August's Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
- FilmStack Deep Divestarted Jan 8, 2026
- The Film Founderstarted Jan 3, 2026
- Easily Distractedstarted Dec 22, 2025
- Emma's Substackstarted Nov 25, 2025
- Exterminating Anglesstarted Nov 22, 2025
All 47
- That's Aptstarted Oct 2025
- ALTERED VISIONSstarted Sep 2025
- Scheer Nonsensestarted Jul 2025
- Before You Watchstarted Jul 2025
- Jordanlondonstarted Jul 2025
- How Not to be a TV Writerstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- ottotunestarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- The Lighthousestarted Feb 2025
- CUT TO: Writing a Moviestarted Feb 2025
- The Finish It Filesstarted Feb 2025
- The Perspicacity-Driven Lifestarted Feb 2025
- Ryan Christensenstarted Feb 2025
- Just Being Frank About Filmstarted Jan 2025
- RED LIPSstarted Jan 2025
- Samie Acevedostarted Dec 2024
- Good Movesstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- Jayde’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Giulio’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- manhattan musingsstarted Oct 2024
- The Content Report, By Vince Mancinistarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- SS’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Adult Contemporarystarted Jul 2024 · mutual
- Nicolas’s Substackstarted May 2023
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- tepper13k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
- Alex Friedman9.2k followers · started Jul 22, 2026 · mutual
- Raquelle David - Lit Manager 🎬2.9k followers · started Jun 23, 2026 · mutual
- How Not to be a TV Writerstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Good Movesstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- Meghan O'Rourke's Substackstarted Oct 2024
- The Content Report, By Vince Mancinistarted Aug 2024 · mutual
- Adult Contemporarystarted Aug 2024 · mutual
- Eat Your Feelingsstarted Aug 2024
- ottotunestarted Aug 2024 · 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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