James Breakwell
@jamesbreakwell · Exploding Unicorn by James Breakwell · Substack profile · Humor
James Breakwell has 68,923 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #26 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.
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
- 68,923
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 52
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- #26
- Humor
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 | 68,923 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | #26 | #26 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
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Recommendations
52 publications recommend James Breakwell; 1 started in the last 30 days. James Breakwell recommends 4, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-08 | 1 |
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 5 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
Jen Mann17k followers · started Aug 2022 · mutual
Dave Bangert11k followers · started Nov 2022- Nicola's Substackstarted Oct 18, 2026new
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- Krupal's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
- Evie in Real Lifestarted May 20, 2026
- Looking for the Yesstarted May 5, 2026
- Building Process Intelligence @ T1Astarted Apr 28, 2026
- Michelle's Substackstarted Apr 22, 2026
- Kath's Substackstarted Mar 16, 2026
- Hannah's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026
- James's Substackstarted Feb 27, 2026
- Maria's Substackstarted Feb 13, 2026
- BlackPapers by Bill Blackstarted Feb 10, 2026
- Substack von Svenjastarted Feb 9, 2026
- Words & Whereabout started Jan 31, 2026
- Chris's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
- The Self Retreatstarted Jan 17, 2026
- Pratiti's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
- Amanda's Substackstarted Jan 16, 2026
All 52
- Ika's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- iconic's Substackstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Sarah's Substackstarted Dec 24, 2025
- Courtney's Substackstarted Dec 7, 2025
- Michelle's Substackstarted Dec 5, 2025
- Astarte's Substackstarted Nov 29, 2025
- Chuck's Substackstarted Nov 17, 2025
- Tina's Substackstarted Nov 16, 2025
- Tom's Substackstarted Nov 10, 2025
- Alison's Substackstarted Nov 9, 2025
- prayersbyrubystarted Nov 2025
- Dani's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Charlene's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Voice's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Homegrown’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Stephanie’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- officialcelesteplayzzz’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Ishwarya’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Work Like a Team Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Andra’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Mark’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Thought’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Jeff’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Hilda’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Chasing History started Jul 2025
- O Substack de A.Mstarted Jul 2025
- Jamie’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Haley’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
Recommends
- Jen Mann17k followers · started Sep 2022 · mutual
- Filter Free Parents with Meredith Masonystarted Sep 2023
- The Bobstarted Jan 2023
- No Idea What I'm Doing by Clint Edwardsstarted Dec 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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