Holly Fairall has 1,551 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #72 on Substack's Fiction Rising board. 8 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, 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
- 1,551
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1.3K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 8
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #72, Fiction
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 | 1,551 | 1.3K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Rising | #72 | #67 | 2 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Rising | 67 | 72 | ▼5 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
8 publications recommend Holly Fairall; 2 started in the last 30 days. Holly Fairall recommends 8, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Sara Hildreth18k followers · started Oct 9, 2026 · mutualnew- Rebecca's Substackstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- The Tearoomstarted Aug 3, 2026
- Pen & Rootstarted Jun 29, 2026
- The Currently Reading Podcaststarted Feb 10, 2026 · mutual
- Chainmail & Chapters: Storycraftstarted Oct 2025
- One More Bookshelfstarted May 2025
- Hope Is Like A Featherstarted Mar 2025
Recommends
Elizabeth Holmes97k followers · started Feb 2025
Simon Haisell56k followers · started Feb 21, 2026- Sara Hildreth18k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Breanne | Celebreabird13k followers · started Dec 23, 2025- The Nice Capadesstarted Mar 19, 2026
- The Currently Reading Podcaststarted Feb 13, 2026 · mutual
- The Eclectic Readerstarted Dec 12, 2025
- Shelf By Shelf started Mar 2025
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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Fiction writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (85 writers in that group), but not Holly Fairall.
- recommends 8 of themArden Tomas
- recommends 7 of them
Alex Robertson@alex220 - recommends 7 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 7 of themDOOM FICTION
- recommends 6 of them
The Gay Erotic@thegayerotic - recommends 6 of them
Freckleman64@freckleman64 - recommends 6 of them
Maxwell George@cafelatteau - recommends 6 of themTil Thick & Thorough
- recommends 6 of themsavanny
- recommends 5 of them
Spicypancake@spicypancake
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