Jay has 1,908 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 7 publications recommend them, and they recommend 7.
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
- 1,908
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1.7K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 7
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 1,908 | 1.7K+ |
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
7 publications recommend Jay. Jay recommends 7, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
Recommended by
- Journaling in Publicstarted Sep 28, 2026 · mutual
- Falak's Substackstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Akanksha's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Prinxe's Substackstarted Jan 24, 2026
- Jostarted Sep 2025
- Helen’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Pery’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
Recommends
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Celeste Davis53k followers · started Mar 2025
Dave Lu6.9k followers · started Jun 2024- Money Changes Everything started Jan 15, 2026
- Journaling in Publicstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Residual Thoughtsstarted Jul 2025
- leap yearsstarted Jun 2024
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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other International writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (83 writers in that group), but not Jay.
- recommends 25 of themThe Intellectual Investor
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- recommends 4 of themColin’s Substack
- recommends 3 of them
Claire Berlinski@claireberlinski - recommends 3 of themThe Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
- recommends 3 of themThe Tribal Dream-Stackers
- recommends 3 of themWe're Moving to Europe
- recommends 3 of themScenarica
- recommends 2 of them
Michael Spencer@aisupremacy - recommends 2 of them
Kaiser Y Kuo@kaiserykuo
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