Ben Cardew has 5,068 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 38 publications recommend them, and they recommend 12.
Last read Nov 1, 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
- 5,068
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 3.1K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 38
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 12
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 5,068 | +1 | 3.1K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 5,067 | 3.1K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
38 publications recommend Ben Cardew. Ben Cardew recommends 12, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 2 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 3 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
Philip Sherburne22k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
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No Tags8.6k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual- El Substack de Teresastarted Oct 3, 2026
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- Andy Thomas 76started May 27, 2026
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- Moss Music started Feb 28, 2026
- Adelina's Substackstarted Feb 10, 2026
- LOUPstarted Feb 8, 2026
- Tobold's Substackstarted Jan 12, 2026
- I ❤️ Art.started Dec 3, 2025
- Invictus Hi-fistarted Nov 18, 2025
- Network Notesstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- Harpin On started Sep 2025
- Nootropicstarted Sep 2025
- Siam’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- (dis)connectstarted Aug 2025
- Record Shop Storiesstarted Apr 2025
- Switched On Popstarted Apr 2025 · mutual
- Twenty Years Of Boredomstarted Apr 2025
- Shooting, printingstarted Mar 2025
- for/our/agestarted Dec 2024
All 38
- Microplasticsstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- WAF WAFstarted Nov 2024
- Waving Not Drowning - The Brothers in Arms Newsletterstarted Oct 2024
- Eerste Hulp bij Plaatopnamenstarted Sep 2024
- triple mango newsletterstarted Sep 2024
- Music4Soulstarted Sep 2024
- Alan Stenback Photographystarted Aug 2024
- Xanelastarted Aug 2024
- Águas Milstarted Apr 2024
- JOHN'S MUSIC BLOGstarted Apr 2024
- Anois, Os Ardstarted Mar 2024 · mutual
- Daniel’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Infinite Speedsstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
- Brzmi w Trzciniestarted Dec 2023
Recommends
Shawn Reynaldo29k followers · started Jul 2023- Philip Sherburne22k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
- No Tags8.6k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual
- the basement snapesstarted Dec 19, 2025
- Network Notesstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- heavy rotaciónstarted Oct 2025
- Microplasticsstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- Infinite Speedsstarted Jul 2024 · mutual
- Finnstarted May 2024
- Deep Voicesstarted Mar 2024
- Anois, Os Ardstarted Mar 2024 · mutual
- Switched On Popstarted Jan 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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