Emma Darwin
@emmadarwin · This Itch of Writing with Emma Darwin · Substack profile · Fiction
Emma Darwin has 9,405 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #18 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.
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
- 9,405
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 6.2K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 54
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 50
- Bestsellers rank
- #18
- Fiction
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 | 9,405 | 6.2K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | ▲1 |
| Fiction Rising | 63 | new |
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Recommendations
54 publications recommend Emma Darwin; 3 started in the last 30 days. Emma Darwin recommends 50, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-04 | 4 |
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
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- JC's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
- Margeaux Vitóriastarted May 21, 2026
- A Great Welcome for Ourselvesstarted May 9, 2026
- Jenny Alexander: This Free-Range Writing Life started May 3, 2026
- A Writer's Logbookstarted Apr 30, 2026
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- Hemmie Martinstarted Apr 11, 2026
All 54
- for the love of writingstarted Apr 10, 2026
- Roger Brownestarted Apr 8, 2026
- The Self-Publishing Journeystarted Mar 20, 2026
- Nikhil's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
- The 400-Year-Old Librarystarted Jan 27, 2026
- Heidi's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- Trishangni's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
- Patricia's Substackstarted Jan 7, 2026
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- Beauty in the Forest: A Trauma Recovery Journalstarted Mar 2025
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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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