Laura Jane Williams
@laurajaneauthor · How to Build a Life · Substack profile · Parenting
Laura Jane Williams has 7,591 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #42 on Substack's Parenting Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, and they recommend 11.
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
- 7,591
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.3K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 51
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #42
- Parenting
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 | 7,591 | 5.3K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parenting Bestsellers | #42 | #42 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parenting Bestsellers | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
51 publications recommend Laura Jane Williams. Laura Jane Williams recommends 11, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-08 | 9 |
| 2024-09 | 4 |
| 2024-10 | 3 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-02 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
Recommended by
Elizabeth Day46k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual
Claire Venus ✨41k followers · started Jan 2025
Anna Eleri Hart21k followers · started Jan 26, 2026 · mutual
Cait Flanders16k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual- Maraverse: Sports romance universestarted Sep 2, 2026
- Everyday's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
- Letters From The Neststarted Jun 2, 2026
- TURBO GOTH UNIVERSEstarted Apr 3, 2026
- Laura's Substackstarted Mar 13, 2026
- Re:Structured by KKstarted Feb 24, 2026
- Low Lightstarted Feb 20, 2026
- Rachael's Substackstarted Feb 3, 2026
- Table for Onestarted Jan 14, 2026
- Vikkie's Substackstarted Dec 16, 2025
- Aislinn's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Enemies to Loversstarted Sep 2025
- Forbidden Artstarted Sep 2025
- Going Through the Notionsstarted Sep 2025
- Sincerely, LMHstarted Sep 2025
- Raquel’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Opportunity Knocksstarted Aug 2025
- Don’t Wanna Talk: Dispatches from a Rewired Lifestarted Aug 2025
- Hayley Hemmingsstarted Aug 2025
- Zen & the Art of Being a Wallflowerstarted Jun 2025
All 51
- Laura’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- The Gold Threadstarted Apr 2025
- Meg’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Thirties, with footnotes started Mar 2025
- The Sass Writer started Feb 2025
- Searching For Enoughstarted Feb 2025
- JOYful Growth to Substack Bestseller Challenge 💫started Feb 2025
- Fold In The Cheesestarted Jan 2025
- Bev’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Charlotte’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- The Birds and Beesstarted Dec 2024
- What Did She Say?started Nov 2024
- Laura’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Diary of a Wandering Mindstarted Oct 2024
- Cheryl’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Stephanie’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Lorna Cook, Authorstarted Sep 2024
- Life & Books with Tami Siobhanstarted Sep 2024
- Elevensesstarted Aug 2024 · mutual
- The Periodical with Claire Bakerstarted Aug 2024 · mutual
- If In Doubt, Readstarted Aug 2024
- Help Me Write Morestarted Aug 2024
- mads’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Little Love Storiesstarted Aug 2024
- Recommended by Charlotte Jacklinstarted Aug 2024
- Postcards from the Northstarted Aug 2024
- Conversations on Love with Natasha Lunnstarted Aug 2024 · mutual
Recommends
Joanna Goddard267k followers · started Jul 2024
Alexandra Stedman50k followers · started Sep 2025- Elizabeth Day46k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual
- Anna Eleri Hart21k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
- Cait Flanders16k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
- The Daisy Mailstarted Aug 2024
- Elevensesstarted Aug 2024 · mutual
- A-Mailstarted Aug 2024
- The Periodical with Claire Bakerstarted Aug 2024 · mutual
- Threadstarted Jul 2024
- Conversations on Love with Natasha Lunnstarted Jul 2024 · mutual
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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Parenting writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (31 writers in that group), but not Laura Jane Williams.
- recommends 9 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 4 of themLearning to Love by Galina Singer
- recommends 3 of them
Lane Anderson@matriarchyreport - recommends 3 of them
Lisa Sibbett@lisasibbett - recommends 3 of them
Kerala Goodkin@keralagoodkin - recommends 3 of themParentwiser: The Science of Parenting and Re-Parenting
- recommends 2 of them
Melinda Wenner Moyer@melindawmoyer - recommends 2 of them
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Marina Cooley@marinacooley - recommends 2 of them
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