Holly A Brown has 16,043 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #39 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 11 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.
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
- 16,043
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 8.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 54
- +11 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 50
- Bestsellers rank
- #39
- History
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 | 16,043 | 8.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 47 | 46 | 47 | 39 | ▲8 |
| History Rising | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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Recommendations
54 publications recommend Holly A Brown; 11 started in the last 30 days. Holly A Brown recommends 50, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 4 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 11 |
Recommended by
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All 54
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- Historian of Science and Medicinestarted Nov 12, 2025
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- Maddy Reads Herstorystarted Oct 2025 · mutual
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- historywithmegsstarted Oct 2025
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- Consequences: Historystarted Jul 2025
- Le Substack de okstarted Jun 2025
- Notes of a Tudor Time Travellerstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Between the Leavesstarted Jun 2025
- Robert’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Down the Cobbled Pathstarted Apr 2025 · mutual
- Natalie’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Shield of Skuldstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
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All 50
- Maddy Reads Herstorystarted Apr 2025 · mutual
- Jonathan Crainstarted Apr 2025
- Notes of a Tudor Time Travellerstarted Apr 2025 · 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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