The Briarpatch has 2,477 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #80 on Substack's Parenting Bestsellers board. 7 publications recommend them, and they recommend 7.
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
- 2,477
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 7
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- Bestsellers rank
- #80
- 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 | 2,477 | 1K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parenting Bestsellers | #80 | #79 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parenting Bestsellers | 79 | 79 | 79 | 80 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
7 publications recommend The Briarpatch. The Briarpatch recommends 7, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
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Recommends
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- Naptime Kitchenstarted Jul 2025
- Dash of Delightstarted Jul 2025
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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- 2 shared
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- recommends 3 of them
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- recommends 2 of them
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Ariane Anusbigian@arianeanusbigian - recommends 2 of them
Elin Strong@elinstrong - recommends 2 of them
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Madeline Rose Nachbar@madelinerosenachbar - recommends 2 of themsandcastles with kerri maher
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