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Katherine May has 101,463 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #25 on Substack's Literature Bestsellers board. 82 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.

Followers read · Boards read

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
101,463
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
35K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
Thousands
bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by
82
+6 in 30 days
Recommends
50
Bestsellers rank
#25
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.

98k100k102k104k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 101,463
98k100k102k104k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 101,463
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 Katherine May on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 2026101,46335K+Thousands

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Literature Bestsellers#25#244 of 4
Literature Rising#37#64 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Literature Bestsellers24242425▼1
Literature Rising6303037▼31

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Recommendations

82 publications recommend Katherine May; 6 started in the last 30 days. Katherine May recommends 50, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 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

May 22NovMayNovMayNovMayNovMayNov
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. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Jan 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2022-051
2022-111
2023-023
2023-031
2023-041
2023-051
2023-082
2023-101
2023-121
2024-012
2024-023
2024-033
2024-072
2024-081
2024-112
2024-121
2025-011
2025-031
2025-071
2026-018
2026-025
2026-033
2026-047
2026-065
2026-078
2026-081
2026-099
2026-107

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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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