Julia Samuel has 14,512 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #86 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 8.
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
- 14,512
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 9.7K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- #86
- 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 | 14,512 | +22 | 9.7K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 14,490 | 9.7K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | 87 | 87 | 87 | 86 | ▲1 |
| Culture Rising | 28 | new |
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Recommendations
52 publications recommend Julia Samuel; 3 started in the last 30 days. Julia Samuel recommends 8, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
Katy Hessel80k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual
sam baker48k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Willow Crossley27k followers · started Jul 2025
Lorraine Candy8.6k followers · started Dec 3, 2025 · mutual- Rob Edmondsstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- So What Now?started Oct 15, 2026new
- Both Sides of Yesstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- The Heir's Pathstarted Oct 4, 2026
- Mandy's Substackstarted Jul 16, 2026
- Tanya's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- The Echoesstarted Jun 26, 2026
- zoerejeanrana's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Talking Traumastarted Jun 5, 2026
- Anna's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
- The Wild Nest by Sarah Grossostarted May 26, 2026
- DEBORAH's Substackstarted May 25, 2026
- The Present Roomstarted May 20, 2026
- juliet nicolsonstarted May 6, 2026
- Wellness Butterstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Woe Menstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Growing Appetitesstarted Apr 23, 2026
- Linda's Substackstarted Mar 14, 2026
- carole’s Substackstarted Feb 23, 2026
- Notes on Growing Upstarted Feb 3, 2026
All 52
- Otinsup's Substackstarted Jan 21, 2026
- Jane's Substackstarted Jan 9, 2026
- Esme's Substackstarted Dec 4, 2025
- Harriet's Substackstarted Dec 1, 2025
- Katinka’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Debbie’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- AB’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Caroline’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- A Seasonal Note by Carole Bamfordstarted Aug 2025
- Your Menopause Toolkitstarted Jul 2025
- A Sandwiched Lifestarted Jul 2025
- Kate Muirstarted Jul 2025
- More than the Mat by Sarah Edwardsstarted Jun 2025
- Becci’s Substackstarted May 2025
- I hope I'm not the assholestarted Apr 2025
- Grief storiesstarted Feb 2025
- Writing on...started Jan 2025
- Pellinoregael’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Ruth Swordsstarted Jan 2025
- Kate’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- The New Grandparentingstarted Oct 2024
- The Confidence Coachstarted Oct 2024
- Liz’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- As I Was Saying with Poorna Bellstarted Mar 2024 · mutual
- Adventure Fergstarted Mar 2024
- Denyse's Journal.started Feb 2024
- A Broads Thoughts From Homestarted Jan 2024
- Victoria’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
Recommends
Emma Gannon169k followers · started May 2024
Farrah @Substack139k followers · started Oct 2023- Katy Hessel80k followers · started May 2024 · mutual
- sam baker48k followers · started Oct 2023 · mutual
- Lorraine Candy8.6k followers · started Jun 22, 2026 · mutual
- Trying with Emma Barnettstarted Mar 2025
- Dan Harrisstarted Sep 2024
- As I Was Saying with Poorna Bellstarted Oct 2023 · mutual
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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