Dave Barry has 127,414 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #4 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 63 publications recommend them, 21 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 10.
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
- 127,414
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 103K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 63
- +21 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 10
- Bestsellers rank
- #4
- 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 | 127,414 | 103K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | #4 | #4 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
63 publications recommend Dave Barry; 21 started in the last 30 days. Dave Barry recommends 10, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 9 |
| 2026-09 | 13 |
| 2026-10 | 23 |
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Scott Ostler1.7k followers · started Sep 25, 2026
Bev Potter1.6k followers · started Jul 2025
Chuck Myguts2 followers · started Aug 2025- Claudia's Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- John's Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Marion Wilhelmstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Kirsten's Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Godspeedstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Steve's Substackstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Exiles in the Empirestarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Joan's Substackstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- I Know Why the Caged Brad Singsstarted Oct 26, 2026new
All 63
- Carol's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Michelle Kaufman: Press Box Postscriptsstarted Oct 22, 2026 · mutualnew
- Glen's Substackstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Philip's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Barbara's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Jennifer Crucestarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Regularly Scheduled Programmingstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Lofty Themesstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Idoris's Substackstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Jeff's Substackstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Author Aaron Ryanstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- ljunck@umich.edu's Substackstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Menelek Montaukstarted Oct 3, 2026
- Nancy's Substackstarted Oct 1, 2026
- The Court Jesterstarted Sep 29, 2026
- Heidi's Substackstarted Sep 28, 2026
- Norm's Substackstarted Sep 25, 2026
- Chuck's Substackstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Craig Allen Heathstarted Sep 15, 2026
- Cindy's Substackstarted Sep 11, 2026
- MB's Substackstarted Sep 10, 2026
- Steve Bradford's Substack Storiesstarted Sep 8, 2026
- The Godawful Gazette started Sep 6, 2026
- The Pretentious Paperstarted Sep 3, 2026
- En Passantstarted Sep 1, 2026
- Debora's Substackstarted Aug 29, 2026
- The Wet Leafstarted Aug 28, 2026
- Peggy's Substackstarted Aug 20, 2026
- Kevin's Substackstarted Aug 19, 2026
- Barbara's Substackstarted Aug 19, 2026
- PCB's Substackstarted Aug 13, 2026
- What do you mean there's no instruction manual?started Aug 6, 2026
- Stoic Inquirystarted Aug 3, 2026
- Lynda's Substackstarted Aug 1, 2026
- Martin's Substackstarted Jul 31, 2026
- Gloria's Substackstarted Jul 24, 2026
- C.G.'s Substackstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Karen's Substackstarted Jul 12, 2026
- Secular Humanist In Trainingstarted Jul 9, 2026
Recommends
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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.
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Publications that recommend at least two other Humor writers with 50,000 or more followers (21 writers in that group), but not Dave Barry.
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