Jenna O'Brien has 53,766 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #20 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 12 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 6.
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
- 53,766
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 46K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +12 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- #20
- Design
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 | 53,766 | 46K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | #20 | #18 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ▼2 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
56 publications recommend Jenna O'Brien; 11 started in the last 30 days. Jenna O'Brien recommends 6, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 7 |
| 2026-06 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 13 |
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- Magic Museumstarted Oct 15, 2026new
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- Stardust & Shadows started Oct 10, 2026new
- Nisa Demircanstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Mansha's Substackstarted Oct 7, 2026
- BINDER Magazinestarted Oct 6, 2026
- jessica's Substackstarted Sep 30, 2026
- Jane's Substackstarted Sep 22, 2026
- EATING KUDZUstarted Sep 15, 2026
- Klever Kitten's Kornerstarted Sep 9, 2026
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- Money for Mortalsstarted Sep 5, 2026
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All 56
- sincerely, clara beestarted Aug 19, 2026
- Aliseestarted Aug 10, 2026
- Dayna's Substackstarted Aug 8, 2026
- Bijzakenstarted Aug 8, 2026
- dandelion feelingsstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Ordinary Beautifulstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Gist Mestarted Jul 13, 2026
- Midlife's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- Brooke Bakerstarted Jul 4, 2026
- Petrus's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Louisa's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- gurlz world <3started Jun 29, 2026
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- The Twenty Something Timesstarted Jun 18, 2026
- A Girl with Her Flowers and Her Books~started Jun 17, 2026
- Anulekshmi's Substackstarted Jun 5, 2026
- Mason's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Lexie's Cookbookstarted Jun 2, 2026
- The Well-Dressed Heart's Substackstarted Jun 1, 2026
- the whimsy clubstarted May 13, 2026
- The Hobby Housestarted May 11, 2026
- This Thing I’m Makingstarted May 8, 2026
- DoubleClickstarted May 8, 2026
- Fayelunestarted May 4, 2026
- Alice in Gileadstarted May 1, 2026
- On the Quiet Difficulty of Being Enoughstarted Apr 30, 2026
- El Substack de Danastarted Apr 21, 2026
- The Charlotte Letterstarted Apr 20, 2026
- Arsalan's Substackstarted Apr 13, 2026
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- Cheers, Lilstarted Apr 3, 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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