Ken Basin has 1,280 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #29 on Substack's Film & TV Bestsellers board. 7 publications recommend them, and they recommend 6.
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
- 1,280
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 7
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- #29
- Film & TV
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 | 1,280 | 1K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film & TV Bestsellers | #29 | #29 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film & TV Bestsellers | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
7 publications recommend Ken Basin. Ken Basin recommends 6, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
Jen Topping8.4k followers · started Mar 25, 2026 · mutual
Randy Greenberg2.6k followers · started May 5, 2026
Steven Hindes2.1k followers · started Mar 9, 2026
Tracey Baker-Simmons1.2k followers · started Mar 17, 2026- The Rostykus Reportstarted Aug 23, 2026
- WHAT IF IT ALL WORKS OUT?started Jun 12, 2026
- Media Movesstarted Mar 31, 2026
Recommends
Entertainment Strategy Guy179k followers · started Dec 30, 2025
Evan Shapiro32k followers · started Mar 26, 2026
Doug Shapiro18k followers · started Dec 30, 2025- Jen Topping8.4k followers · started Mar 25, 2026 · mutual
- A Gentleman's Film Journalstarted Dec 30, 2025
- jhandel.newsstarted Dec 30, 2025
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.
Recommended by the same publications
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- 4 shared
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Ted HopeHope For Film
54k followers - 2 shared
Sonny BunchAcross the Movie Aisle
1M followers - 2 shared
Entertainment Strategy GuyThe Entertainment Strategy Guy
179k followers - 2 shared
Daniel ParrisStat Significant
46k followers - 2 shared
Doug ShapiroThe Mediator
18k followers - 2 shared
Scott MendelsonThe Outside Scoop
16k followers - 2 shared
Marion RanchetStreaming Made Easy
8.8k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Film & TV writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (69 writers in that group), but not Ken Basin.
- recommends 29 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 9 of themTed Hope@tedhope
- recommends 8 of them
Stephen Follows@stephenfollows - recommends 8 of themFilmStack Daily Digest
- recommends 8 of themFilmStack Deep Dive
- recommends 6 of them
Marya E. Gates@oldfilmsflicker - recommends 5 of them
Courtney Romano@courtneyromano - recommends 5 of them
Dario Llinares@dariollinares - recommends 4 of themAlex Segal@dealmakers
- recommends 4 of themTales of Lohr
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