David Lesky has 6,325 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 52 publications recommend them, and they recommend 14.
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
- 6,325
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.3K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 52
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 14
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 6,325 | +2 | 5.3K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 6,323 | 5.3K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend David Lesky. David Lesky recommends 14, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2022-12 | 1 |
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 3 |
| 2023-03 | 3 |
| 2023-04 | 4 |
| 2023-06 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 2 |
| 2024-02 | 5 |
| 2024-03 | 2 |
| 2024-04 | 3 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 3 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
Recommended by
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All 52
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- My Inside Storystarted Feb 2024 · mutual
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- Sam’s Substackstarted Jan 2023
- Powder Blue Nostalgiastarted Dec 2022 · 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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