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Kathleen Schmidt has 60,508 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #62 on Substack's Literature Bestsellers board. 71 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 52.

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
60,508
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
25K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
71
+6 in 30 days
Recommends
52
Bestsellers rank
#62
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.

59k60k61k62k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 60,508
59k60k61k62k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 60,508
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 Kathleen Schmidt on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 202660,50825K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Literature Bestsellers#62#604 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 Bestsellers60606062▼2

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Recommendations

71 publications recommend Kathleen Schmidt; 6 started in the last 30 days. Kathleen Schmidt recommends 52, and 4 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

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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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2023-111
2024-032
2024-052
2024-081
2024-091
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2025-041
2025-061
2025-081
2025-101
2025-123
2026-018
2026-025
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2026-055
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2026-082
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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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