Kathy Fish has 20,240 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #9 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.
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
- 20,240
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 12K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 50
- Bestsellers rank
- #9
- Fiction
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 | 20,240 | 12K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | ▲1 |
| Fiction Rising | 67 | new |
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Recommendations
56 publications recommend Kathy Fish; 4 started in the last 30 days. Kathy Fish recommends 50, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-07 | 1 |
| 2022-08 | 1 |
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 7 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 9 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
Recommended by
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- The FunGals's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Maysaa Ajjanstarted Oct 4, 2026
- Atomic Kitstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Patricia's Substackstarted Sep 27, 2026
- Story Time For Us Allstarted Sep 8, 2026
- Kelley Badgerowstarted Sep 7, 2026
- Marissa's Substackstarted Sep 4, 2026
- Kathy's Substackstarted Aug 26, 2026
- The Crooked Lightstarted Aug 18, 2026
- An Archive of What I Actually Meant To Saystarted Aug 18, 2026
- a study in reveriestarted Aug 12, 2026
- Quiet Observationsstarted Aug 11, 2026 · mutual
- azraarzazarastarted Jul 26, 2026
- The Future is Printstarted Jul 26, 2026
- Foxglove & Flame: Short Fiction & Essay Detours started Jul 25, 2026
All 56
- The Wolf's Denstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Moon Lanestarted Jul 22, 2026
- The Laconicstarted Jun 26, 2026 · mutual
- Debankan's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Caffeinated Catharsisstarted Jun 15, 2026
- First Draft Of My Twentiesstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Sass's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Sinapse Fantasmastarted May 5, 2026
- Nessa | The Animated Producerstarted Apr 28, 2026
- The Structural Readstarted Apr 25, 2026
- Monologuestarted Apr 22, 2026
- Old Sci-Fi Todaystarted Apr 7, 2026
- DoneReturnZerostarted Mar 31, 2026
- Book Snobstarted Mar 27, 2026
- The Word Reliquarystarted Mar 27, 2026
- So Now What Do I Dostarted Mar 24, 2026
- Flor-Abundastarted Mar 24, 2026
- The Equivocation Departmentstarted Mar 13, 2026
- Ruma's Substackstarted Mar 8, 2026
- Order at Human Speedstarted Mar 4, 2026
- Joe's Substackstarted Mar 4, 2026
- Kathleen's Substackstarted Feb 21, 2026
- Substack de maitestarted Feb 12, 2026
- Pam the Poetstarted Feb 6, 2026
- Ana's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
- Priscilla's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
- Bleedline Pressstarted Jan 24, 2026
- czar💌's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- The Divine Humanstarted Jan 14, 2026
- CHIDIMMA's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
- Free's Substackstarted Jan 6, 2026
- Martin's Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
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- Quiet Observationsstarted Aug 15, 2026 · mutual
- Jacqueline Doylestarted Jul 24, 2026
- The Laconicstarted Jul 2, 2026 · mutual
- Thrashstarted Feb 18, 2026
- Anna Vangala Jonesstarted Dec 21, 2025
- Sam Rasnakestarted Dec 4, 2025
- Bob Hicok: Poetrystarted Sep 2025
- Flash Fiction Institute started Aug 2025
- Dorothy Rowena Ricestarted Aug 2025
- The Big Quietstarted Aug 2025
- Swellspoken started Aug 2025
- matchbookstarted Jun 2025
- Storytelling Sp25started Jan 2025
- Stories by Marina Pachecostarted Dec 2024
- Patience Mackarnessstarted Dec 2024
- Vati’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- My Favorite Classical Musicstarted Oct 2024
- SweetStreetsNYCstarted Sep 2024
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All 50
- (Mis) Adventures in a Writing Lifestarted Jul 2024
David McIlroystarted Jul 2024- What Comes Next?started Jun 2024
- Lucinda’s Substackstarted May 2024
- A Message From The Universe started May 2024
- Wander, Wonder, Writestarted Apr 2024
- Flash Craftstarted Apr 2024
- Galileo Pressstarted Mar 2024
- This Is Fictionalstarted Mar 2024
- The Feral Stackstarted Mar 2024
- The Substack Soiréestarted Feb 2024
- Witch Litstarted Feb 2024
- Wondering Allowedstarted Feb 2024
- 100 Word Story’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
- Chill Subs Newsletterstarted Feb 2024
- Snap. Pop. Flowstarted Feb 2024
- A Sip, A Shout Out & A Sentencestarted Feb 2024
- what now?started Feb 2024
- The Joy of Fixionstarted Jan 2024
- TaleCraft: A Fiction Odysseystarted Jan 2024
- Writing Talk started Jan 2024
- PiscesMoon Astrologystarted Dec 2023
- Accordion FIction: A New Approach to Flash & Other Fictionsstarted Dec 2023
- Bonnie Meekums Writer and Therapiststarted Nov 2023
- WestWordstarted Nov 2023
- Marie’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
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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- recommends 2 of themThaddeus Ward
- recommends 2 of themPrivate Writings of Men
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