J. F. Riordan
@jfriordan · J.F. Riordan; Reflections on a Life in Exile · Substack profile · Literature
J. F. Riordan has 15,132 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #64 on Substack's Literature Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 18.
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
- 15,132
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 4.7K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 18
- Bestsellers rank
- #64
- Literature
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 | 15,132 | 4.7K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | #64 | #64 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | 65 | 64 | 64 | 64 | ▲1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend J. F. Riordan; 1 started in the last 30 days. J. F. Riordan recommends 18, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
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| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 4 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-04 | 4 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
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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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