Hilary Gridley has 24,414 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #29 on Substack's Technology Rising board. 52 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.
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
- 24,414
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 23K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #29, Technology
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 | 24,414 | +8 | 23K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 24,406 | 23K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Rising | #29 | #5 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Rising | 5 | 54 | 54 | 29 | ▼24 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend Hilary Gridley; 5 started in the last 30 days. Hilary Gridley recommends 2. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
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- Miniloguestarted Sep 4, 2026
- The Final Updatestarted Aug 26, 2026
- plaaayground labsstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Production Gradestarted Jul 13, 2026
- Emily's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Jalues's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Full Attentionstarted Jul 2, 2026
- The Throughlinestarted Jul 1, 2026
- ONFACELESSstarted May 23, 2026
- Curiosity in Motionstarted May 22, 2026
- Working Theorystarted May 3, 2026
- Hands Onstarted Apr 30, 2026
- Westphalia's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
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- Secure Agentic AIstarted Apr 14, 2026
- The Slow Thinking Revolutionstarted Apr 6, 2026
All 52
- Kiran Brahmastarted Mar 12, 2026
- River’s Substackstarted Mar 8, 2026
- Hannah's Substackstarted Feb 27, 2026
- Justine's Substackstarted Feb 23, 2026
- only human started Feb 12, 2026
- Here Is Your Teastarted Jan 31, 2026
- Rachel Lacroix - Human-Centered AI Productstarted Jan 24, 2026
- 🕊️ À MON TOURstarted Jan 23, 2026
- clearer skiesstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Scott's Substackstarted Dec 24, 2025
- Renuka's Substackstarted Dec 22, 2025
- TK's Substackstarted Dec 20, 2025
- Neil's Substackstarted Dec 9, 2025
- Substack de DAVIstarted Nov 15, 2025
- From The Outsidestarted Nov 15, 2025
- her/ai door Saskia en Alindastarted Nov 2025
- The Changing Shore: Change, clarity, and occasional chaosstarted Oct 2025
- Processing Leadershipstarted Oct 2025
- Beverly’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Prompt To Productstarted Aug 2025
- Preeti’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Practical AI Playbookstarted Jul 2025
- Sara Brumfieldstarted Jun 2025
- working as intendedstarted Jun 2025
- Misty’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Ivo's Talksstarted Feb 2025
- seunghyeyoo’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Mohamed’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
Recommends
- Diagonalstarted Jun 2025
- The Operator's Handbookstarted Dec 2024
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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