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This Is Not Ideal has 212 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 3 publications recommend them, and they recommend 1.

Followers read

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
212
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
173
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
none shown
Recommended by
3
none new in 30 days
Recommends
1
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.

200205210215220225 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 212
200205210215220225 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 212
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow This Is Not Ideal on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 20262120173
Oct 31, 2026212173

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

3 publications recommend This Is Not Ideal. This Is Not Ideal recommends 1. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend This Is Not Ideal This Is Not Ideal recommends Butt Wait, There’s More!not trackedFlora’s Substacknot trackedLindsay’s Substacknot tracked The Bulwark1.4M followers This Is Not Ideal 212 followers
Recommend them They recommend Butt Wait, Ther…not trackedFlora’s Substacknot trackedLindsay’s Subst…not tracked The Bulwark1.4M followers This Is Not I… 212 followers
The 3 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

2Apr 251JulOctJan 26AprJulOct
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2025-042
2025-051

Recommended by

  • Butt Wait, There’s More!started May 2025
  • Flora’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
  • Lindsay’s Substackstarted Apr 2025

Recommends

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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