Holly Whitaker has 57,287 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #68 on Substack's Health & Wellness Bestsellers board. 59 publications recommend them, 1 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
- 57,287
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 37K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 59
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 50
- Bestsellers rank
- #68
- Health & Wellness
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 | 57,287 | 37K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health & Wellness Bestsellers | #68 | #66 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health & Wellness Bestsellers | 66 | 66 | 66 | 68 | ▼2 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
59 publications recommend Holly Whitaker; 1 started in the last 30 days. Holly Whitaker recommends 50, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2022-06 | 2 |
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2022-12 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 8 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
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All 59
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- Simms's Substackstarted Feb 11, 2026
- Sacred Resistance started Feb 6, 2026
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- Mommy's Many Moodsstarted Nov 24, 2025
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Recommends
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- Awais Aftab36k followers · started May 2023 · mutual
- Joanna Fusco35k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
- Amanda Yates Garcia33k followers · started May 2023 · mutual
- Meggan Watterson23k followers · started May 31, 2026 · mutual
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- Mad Womanstarted May 2023
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- Pulling the Threadstarted Jan 2023
- Bigger Love with Scott Stabilestarted Jun 2022
- ⁂ the utter started Jun 2022
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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Writers who share the most recommenders with Holly Whitaker. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 5 shared
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151k followers - 2 shared
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109k followers - 2 shared
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61k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Health & Wellness writers with 50,000 or more followers (46 writers in that group), but not Holly Whitaker.
- recommends 8 of them
Todd Baratz@toddbaratz - recommends 4 of them
Dr. Lucy McBride@drlucymcbride - recommends 4 of them
Dr. Andrew Weil & Diana Weil@weilnutritioncorner - recommends 4 of themlisa
- recommends 3 of them
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Secrets of Adulthood@secretsofadulthood - recommends 3 of them
Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA@lauriemarbasmdmba - recommends 3 of them
Heather Van Vorous, Author@heatherforibs - recommends 3 of them
Annie Fenn, MD@brainhealthkitchen - recommends 3 of them
Valerie Monroe@valmonroe
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