Gayle's Guide has 5,501 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #93 on Substack's Parenting Bestsellers board. 23 publications recommend them, and they recommend 8.
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
- 5,501
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 3.9K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 23
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- #93
- 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 | 5,501 | 3.9K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parenting Bestsellers | #93 | #90 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parenting Bestsellers | 90 | 90 | 90 | 93 | ▼3 |
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Recommendations
23 publications recommend Gayle's Guide. Gayle's Guide recommends 8, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-04 | 4 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 3 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- London Minutestarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- David’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- The East Lothian Currentstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- Edinburgh’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- The Jaggy Thistlestarted Nov 2024
- Marilyn’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Karen’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Candice’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Edinburgh Sketcherstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- Research Notes from the Illustrated Labstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- Emma's newsletterstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- Edinburgh Minutestarted Apr 2024 · mutual
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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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