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@hettymckinnon · To Vegetables, With Love · Substack profile · Food & Drink

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Hetty Lui McKinnon has 112,530 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 65 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.

Followers read

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
112,530
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
74K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
65
+2 in 30 days
Recommends
50
Bestsellers rank
not on a board

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.

110k112k114k116k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 112,530
110k112k114k116k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 112,530
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Hetty Lui McKinnon on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 2026112,530+3774K+Thousands
Oct 31, 2026112,49374K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

Not on a category leaderboard right now

Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.

Recommendations

65 publications recommend Hetty Lui McKinnon; 2 started in the last 30 days. Hetty Lui McKinnon recommends 50, and 10 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

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Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Sep 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2022-051
2022-081
2022-091
2022-101
2023-031
2023-071
2023-091
2024-031
2024-051
2024-071
2025-031
2025-051
2025-061
2025-081
2025-093
2025-103
2025-115
2025-126
2026-016
2026-022
2026-033
2026-041
2026-054
2026-068
2026-076
2026-081
2026-091
2026-102

Recommended by

  • Emily Nunn168k followers · started Mar 2023 · mutual
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  • Aran Goyoaga15k followers · started May 28, 2026 · mutual
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  • Joanne's Substackstarted Oct 25, 2026new
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  • DAWN's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
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  • DC's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
  • Ron's Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
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  • Do you like that? Should I make it again?started Jan 17, 2026
  • Andrea's Substackstarted Jan 6, 2026
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  • A Child At Heartstarted Dec 31, 2025
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  • Rebekka's Substackstarted Dec 21, 2025
  • J's Substackstarted Nov 28, 2025
  • Carol's Substackstarted Nov 15, 2025
  • Know it allstarted Nov 11, 2025
  • Emily's Substackstarted Nov 7, 2025
  • Kirsty's Substackstarted Nov 2025
  • hgffgj's Substackstarted Oct 2025
  • Lisa's Substackstarted Oct 2025
  • Sunday's Substackstarted Oct 2025
  • Sarah’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
  • El Substack de Pedrostarted Sep 2025
  • Jo’s Substackstarted Sep 2025

Recommends

All 50
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  • Gentle Foods by Christina Chaeystarted Mar 2024
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  • Little Soybeanstarted Dec 2023
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  • Modern Chinese Cookstarted May 2023
  • Two Red Bowlsstarted Apr 2023
  • Pass the Fish Saucestarted Apr 2023
  • Sook by Mina Parkstarted Feb 2023
  • The Flavor Filesstarted Nov 2022
  • Salt + Spinestarted Nov 2022
  • To All the Recipes I've Loved Beforestarted Jul 2022
  • The Farm Share Newsletterstarted Jul 2022
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