Gabriella Karefa-Johnson
@gabriellakarefajohnson · Brain Matter · Substack profile · Fashion & Beauty
Gabriella Karefa-Johnson has 24,715 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #70 on Substack's Fashion & Beauty Bestsellers board. 58 publications recommend them, 14 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 8.
Last read Nov 1, 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
- 24,715
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 58
- +14 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- #70
- Fashion & Beauty
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 24,715 | +35 | ||
| Oct 31, 2026 | 24,680 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fashion & Beauty Bestsellers | #70 | #68 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fashion & Beauty Bestsellers | 68 | 68 | 68 | 70 | ▼2 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
58 publications recommend Gabriella Karefa-Johnson; 13 started in the last 30 days. Gabriella Karefa-Johnson recommends 8, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 9 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 14 |
Recommended by
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Emilia Petrarca76k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
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Katie Sturino21k followers · started Jul 27, 2026
Glenn Mae9.5k followers · started Jun 29, 2026
Care of Chan5.2k followers · started Apr 2, 2026- Materials Evidencestarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Tournure: A Stylish Turn of Eventsstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Gwen Writes Thingsstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Maame's Substackstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Aathirai's Notes started Oct 26, 2026new
- notes from anastarted Oct 24, 2026new
- the CLB. started Oct 19, 2026new
- mieJa makesstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Beauty On Onestarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Material Librarystarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Decantedstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Passed Out Magazinestarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Natasha Fontainestarted Oct 11, 2026new
- Sally's Substackstarted Oct 7, 2026
- Sport Modastarted Sep 26, 2026
- Between Chapters by Taylor-Dior Rumblestarted Sep 16, 2026
All 58
- Victoria's Substackstarted Sep 3, 2026
- Personalsstarted Aug 5, 2026
- Tire(d) Tracksstarted Jul 29, 2026
- Rhamsei's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Nicole's Substackstarted Jul 12, 2026
- Unfiltered Framesstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Seasonal Economiesstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Zofia's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Lady's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
- Cherrie Noir Artstarted Jun 11, 2026
- Martina's Substackstarted Jun 11, 2026
- Front of Mind by Jack Ryanstarted May 30, 2026
- Dinda's Substackstarted May 25, 2026
- Bobbydox's Substackstarted May 18, 2026
- Alistair's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
- Alia Dahl's Intrusive Thoughtsstarted May 12, 2026
- Climax Booksstarted May 5, 2026
- Don't Pick my Brainstarted May 5, 2026
- Lurking With Intentstarted May 5, 2026
- Modern's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
- Karyn's Substackstarted Apr 23, 2026
- The Call Sheetstarted Apr 13, 2026
- Letters from Priyastarted Apr 8, 2026
- Janice's Substackstarted Mar 30, 2026
- i have bad tastestarted Mar 30, 2026
- Obel's Substackstarted Mar 26, 2026
- Danistarted Mar 2, 2026
- So I was thinking...started Feb 11, 2026
- Marcel's Substackstarted Feb 6, 2026
- Badwenba's Substackstarted Feb 3, 2026
- Laya's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
- ABSOLUTELY FABRICSstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Fine Linesstarted Jan 2, 2026
- Talks Most Says Leaststarted Dec 25, 2025
Recommends
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- Carefree Black Girlstarted Feb 10, 2026
- AND ANOTHER THINGstarted Jun 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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Fashion & Beauty writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (88 writers in that group), but not Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.
- recommends 18 of themhytj’s Substack
- recommends 11 of them
Jess Graves@thelovelist - recommends 10 of themMother Says
- recommends 9 of them
Grace Atwood@graceatwood - recommends 7 of them
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Hey Mrs. Solomon on Style@heymrssolomon - recommends 7 of them
Kelly Klein@kellyklein007 - recommends 7 of them
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- recommends 6 of them
Jacey Duprie@jacey
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