Emily Ley has 252,641 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #1 on Substack's Parenting Bestsellers board. 60 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 21.
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
- 252,641
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 247K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 60
- +7 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 21
- Bestsellers rank
- #1
- Parenting
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 | 252,641 | 247K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parenting Bestsellers | #1 | #1 | 4 of 4 |
| Design Bestsellers | #18 | #18 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parenting Bestsellers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Design Bestsellers | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | ▲2 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
60 publications recommend Emily Ley; 7 started in the last 30 days. Emily Ley recommends 21, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 19 |
| 2026-07 | 12 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 9 |
| 2026-10 | 9 |
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- The Consumer & the Algorithm's Substackstarted Oct 14, 2026new
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All 60
- April's Substackstarted Sep 7, 2026
- Austina's Substackstarted Sep 4, 2026
- One Less Thingstarted Sep 1, 2026
- Reflections of a Runnerstarted Aug 22, 2026
- YVETTE Publicationstarted Aug 16, 2026
- Alisha's Substackstarted Aug 15, 2026
- Amanda's Substackstarted Jul 27, 2026
- Audri's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Susan's Substackstarted Jul 19, 2026
- Chloe's Substackstarted Jul 17, 2026
- Julie's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Haley's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Shannon's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Kerry's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Amanda's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Betsy's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- WovenInGracestarted Jul 6, 2026
- Angela's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Avery's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Darling Departurestarted Jun 30, 2026
- Menopause, Rewrittenstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Ocean Eyesstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Danette’s Writingsstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Martha's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Tracy's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Nora's Substackstarted Jun 23, 2026
- Alysia's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
- samantha's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Neighbor's Substackstarted Jun 13, 2026
- Joanne's Substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Lauren's Substackstarted Jun 11, 2026
- Krista's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Gigi's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Samantha's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Mikaela's Substackstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Jada's Substackstarted Jun 8, 2026
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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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