Stackblade
Dashboard

Leave It Better

@leaveitbettermedia · Leave It Better Media · Substack profile · Film & TV

Compare
Share

Leave It Better has 5,618 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #100 on Substack's Film & TV Bestsellers board. 18 publications recommend them, and they recommend 5.

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
5,618
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
5.4K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
none shown
Recommended by
18
none new in 30 days
Recommends
5
Bestsellers rank
#100
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.

5.5k5.6k5.7k5.8k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 5,618
5.5k5.6k5.7k5.8k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 5,618
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 Leave It Better on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
Show as a table
Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 20265,6185.4K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Film & TV Bestsellers#100#994 of 4
Film & TV Rising#72#721 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
Film & TV Bestsellers999999100▼1
Film & TV Rising72new

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

18 publications recommend Leave It Better. Leave It Better recommends 5, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Leave It Better Leave It Better recommends The Rostykus Reportnot trackedThe Intellectual Investornot trackedShawn's Substacknot trackedFilmStack Deep Divenot trackedGiselle's Substacknot trackedDesigning's Substacknot trackedSatyanot trackedSwavay's Substacknot trackedJanet Hatcher Rice’s Substacknot tracked Matt Stoller341k followersBrian Merchant63k followersFilmshop's Substacknot trackedRural Revival Projectnot tracked · mutualSusan Ynot tracked Leave It Better 5.6k followers
Recommend them They recommend The Rostykus Re…not trackedThe Intellectua…not trackedShawn's Substacknot trackedFilmStack Deep …not trackedGiselle's Subst…not trackedDesigning's Sub…not tracked Matt Stoller341k followersBrian Merchant63k followersFilmshop's Subs…not trackedRural Revival P…not tracked · mutualSusan Ynot tracked Leave It Bett… 5.6k followers
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

2Jan 251Apr11Jul12Oct2Jan 2611Apr21Jul3Oct
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.
Show as a table
Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2025-012
2025-041
2025-051
2025-071
2025-081
2025-102
2026-012
2026-021
2026-031
2026-062
2026-071
2026-083

Recommended by

  • The Rostykus Reportstarted Aug 24, 2026
  • The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 24, 2026
  • Shawn's Substackstarted Aug 24, 2026
  • FilmStack Deep Divestarted Jul 9, 2026
  • Giselle's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
  • Designing's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
  • Satyastarted Mar 9, 2026
  • Swavay's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
  • Janet Hatcher Rice’s Substackstarted Jan 23, 2026
  • Game On the Moviestarted Jan 7, 2026
  • The Forgetful Wandererstarted Oct 2025
  • Carrie's Substackstarted Oct 2025
  • Chef’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
  • Hsuan Yu Pan Filmsstarted Jul 2025
  • Laura Sweeneystarted May 2025
  • Rural Revival Projectstarted Apr 2025 · mutual
  • Unfinished Businessstarted Jan 2025
  • Alvin’s Substackstarted Jan 2025

Recommends

  • Matt Stoller341k followers · started Oct 2024
  • Brian Merchant63k followers · started Nov 2024
  • Filmshop's Substackstarted Apr 13, 2026
  • Rural Revival Projectstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
  • Susan Ystarted Jan 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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Film & TV writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (26 writers in that group), but not Leave It Better.

Share, badge and embed

Badge for your About page

Shows the follower count and weekly change, updates on its own and links here. Pro removes the small Stackblade mark.

Leave It Better follower badge
<a href="https://stackblade.app/w/leaveitbettermedia"><img src="https://stackblade.app/badge/leaveitbettermedia.svg" alt="Leave It Better on Substack: follower count" height="28"></a>

Substack posts don't take HTML. There, add the badge as an image (its address is in the snippet above) and link it to this page.

Card for a website

A small live card with followers and recommendations. Iframe, 360 by 190.

<iframe src="https://stackblade.app/embed/w/leaveitbettermedia" width="360" height="190" style="border:0" title="Leave It Better on Stackblade" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Share this page

Bluesky X Share card