First Class Jerk has 29,296 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #96 on Substack's Travel Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 3.
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
- 29,296
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 28K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 3
- Bestsellers rank
- #96
- Travel
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 | 29,296 | 28K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Bestsellers | #96 | #91 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Bestsellers | 91 | 91 | 91 | 96 | ▼5 |
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Recommendations
52 publications recommend First Class Jerk; 5 started in the last 30 days. First Class Jerk recommends 3, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 4 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
Recommended by
RILEY HARPER13k followers · started Jul 2, 2026 · mutual
Ane, Luxury Travel Advisor11k followers · started Sep 2025
The Fast Track7.3k followers · started Jul 16, 2026
Jessica @ Post-Wealth Project1.8k followers · started Oct 29, 2026new- Pulseformstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Permission to Want Morestarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Timeless & Magnificent Journalstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Captain's Logstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- Building in Real Lifestarted Oct 5, 2026
- The Upgradestarted Sep 26, 2026
- Mattia Ferrostarted Sep 15, 2026
- The Leisurely Itinerarystarted Sep 7, 2026
- Restarting@30started Sep 2, 2026
- Bean Checks Outstarted Jul 31, 2026
- Hospitality Everywherestarted Jul 23, 2026
- LCE's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Brooke's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Mia's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Hannah's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Anabel's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Blue Intentionstarted Jun 22, 2026
- jaydedstarted Jun 19, 2026
- Racing Thoughtsstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Halo's Substackstarted Jun 6, 2026
All 52
- Tones Talkstarted Jun 1, 2026
- After Hours Logstarted May 22, 2026
- ctrl+curatestarted May 13, 2026
- Ally's Substackstarted May 2, 2026
- Ana's Substackstarted Feb 19, 2026
- Paloma's Substackstarted Feb 9, 2026
- Alyssa's Substackstarted Feb 3, 2026
- Faizan's Substackstarted Feb 1, 2026
- vi's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
- Sae's Substackstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Grace's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- from AM with lovestarted Jan 5, 2026
- Angelina's Substackstarted Jan 4, 2026
- Luxury Hotel Bookings Explainedstarted Jan 4, 2026
- Jess's Substackstarted Dec 21, 2025
- Fortvna's Substackstarted Dec 3, 2025
- Still's Substackstarted Nov 21, 2025
- Eleonor's Substackstarted Nov 20, 2025
- Yasmine's Substackstarted Nov 18, 2025
- Holly's Substackstarted Nov 13, 2025
- Abigail's Substackstarted Nov 10, 2025
- Rylee's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Venkat's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Beyond Wallsstarted Oct 2025
- Gracie’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Chloe’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- moonlight’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Stephanie’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
Recommends
David Coggins65k followers · started Feb 23, 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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