Jessica Reed Kraus has 465,997 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #7 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 60 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.
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
- 465,997
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 436K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 60
- +7 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 13
- Bestsellers rank
- #7
- Culture
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 | 465,997 | −5 | 436K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 466,002 | 436K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | #7 | #7 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
60 publications recommend Jessica Reed Kraus; 7 started in the last 30 days. Jessica Reed Kraus recommends 13, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 16 |
| 2026-07 | 13 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 7 |
| 2026-10 | 10 |
Recommended by
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All 60
- Brittany Publicationstarted Sep 6, 2026
- Pablo's Substackstarted Sep 5, 2026
- Nothing Finalstarted Sep 3, 2026
- Oh My Sisustarted Aug 30, 2026
- winloa's Substackstarted Aug 19, 2026
- Kiran's Substackstarted Aug 18, 2026
- Igor Publicationstarted Aug 13, 2026
- Alan's Substackstarted Jul 25, 2026
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- Kassie's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Tracey's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Radhika's Substackstarted Jul 18, 2026
- Kelly-Ann's Substackstarted Jul 17, 2026
- Heart Of Duststarted Jul 13, 2026
- Denis's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- Cindy's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Caren's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Konvolutstarted Jul 4, 2026
- LAUREN's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Civic realiststarted Jul 2, 2026
- Darling Departurestarted Jun 30, 2026
- Daños y Prejuiciosstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Christie's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Nora's Substackstarted Jun 23, 2026
- Kayla's Substackstarted Jun 23, 2026
- AgPhyo15's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Cody's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
- I am the Oceanstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Anita's Thoughtsstarted Jun 15, 2026
- PeteBeforeTime's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- Grrrrrrrrstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Larry's Substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
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Recommends
- Leandra Medine Cohen233k followers · started Apr 2023 · 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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