The Ark has 4,597 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #27 on Substack's Literature Rising board. 48 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 4,597
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 3.5K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 48
- +6 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #27, 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 | 4,597 | 3.5K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Rising | #27 | #27 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Rising | 33 | 31 | 31 | 27 | ▲6 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
48 publications recommend The Ark; 5 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-05 | 3 |
| 2024-08 | 3 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
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Recommends
The Ark doesn't recommend anyone.
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.
Recommended by the same publications
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- 2 shared
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- recommends 2 of themCharles’s Substack
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