Simon Haisell
@footnotesandtangents · Footnotes and Tangents · Substack profile · Literature
Simon Haisell has 56,063 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #4 on Substack's Literature Bestsellers board. 60 publications recommend them, 4 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
- 56,063
- 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
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 60
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- #4
- Literature
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 | 56,063 | 46K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | #4 | #4 | 4 of 4 |
| Literature Rising | #49 | #1 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Literature Rising | 8 | 1 | 1 | 49 | ▼41 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
60 publications recommend Simon Haisell; 4 started in the last 30 days. Simon Haisell recommends 6, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 14 |
| 2026-02 | 10 |
| 2026-03 | 7 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
Recommended by
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All 60
- Ilah's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- Prapti's Substackstarted Jun 11, 2026
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- Sonderstarted May 7, 2026
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- Pensive Athenastarted Apr 3, 2026
- Aimee Lawrencestarted Mar 24, 2026
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- Screening the Seventiesstarted Mar 23, 2026
- quietworldstarted Mar 22, 2026
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- Daniel's Substackstarted Mar 4, 2026
- The SiltScreenstarted Feb 28, 2026
- The DeltaScreenstarted Feb 28, 2026
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- Ellen's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
- Wordsmithstarted Feb 11, 2026
- The Currently Reading Podcaststarted Feb 10, 2026
- Learn with Col started Feb 9, 2026
- STrategyMstarted Feb 2, 2026
- manitou's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
- Overwhelming Diaries (I Know it sounds cool na)started Jan 31, 2026
- Kalyan's Substackstarted Jan 30, 2026
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- El Substack de Yuristarted Jan 28, 2026
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Recommends
- Henry Eliot20k followers · started Sep 29, 2026 · mutual
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- The Thread of Her Talestarted Oct 2023
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 Literature writers with 50,000 or more followers (44 writers in that group), but not Simon Haisell.
- recommends 7 of them
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