Lucy Worsley has 94,163 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #9 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 58 publications recommend them, 14 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 15.
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
- 94,163
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 76K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 58
- +14 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 15
- Bestsellers rank
- #9
- History
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 | 94,163 | 76K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | ▼1 |
| History Rising | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
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Recommendations
58 publications recommend Lucy Worsley; 13 started in the last 30 days. Lucy Worsley recommends 15, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 13 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 10 |
| 2026-10 | 15 |
Recommended by
Londonist109k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Annette Laing29k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
Janna Levin21k followers · started Jul 17, 2026
Holly A Brown16k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
Miranda Mills12k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Salma El-Wardany11k followers · started Oct 7, 2026
Helen Castor9.4k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
My Thyme Gardens868 followers · started Mar 2025- Alice's Substackstarted Oct 31, 2026new
- Gerard Charles Wilsonstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Exploring the Soul of Londonstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Lacey Olufsenstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Geoff's Substackstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Kathleen's Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Rosie Readsstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Melinda Elledgestarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Prof's Substackstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Alessia Deanestarted Oct 13, 2026new
- The Classicist’s Deskstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- Don’t's Substackstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Two-Bob Vintagestarted Oct 8, 2026new
- OUTGROWN started Oct 4, 2026
- The Lost Voices of Lydiard Tregozestarted Sep 30, 2026
- The Murder Boardstarted Sep 30, 2026
All 58
- Viktor's Substackstarted Sep 28, 2026
- World of Wollstonecraftstarted Sep 23, 2026
- Questions on Historical Fictionstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Sara's Substackstarted Sep 14, 2026
- Mary's Substackstarted Sep 8, 2026
- Gareth Anthonystarted Sep 8, 2026
- Kay's Substackstarted Sep 6, 2026
- Anne's Substackstarted Sep 5, 2026
- immystarted Aug 25, 2026
- Amber Butchart | Dress Historian's Diarystarted Aug 16, 2026
- The Lighter Side with Annickstarted Jul 31, 2026
- Celia's Substackstarted Jul 25, 2026
- Sherry's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Sally's Substackstarted Jul 16, 2026
- History's Fly on The Wallstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Jo's Substackstarted Jul 12, 2026
- Gwen's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Barbarastarted Jul 9, 2026
- Anita's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Hilary's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Em's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Sara's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- The Pretextstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Roberta's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Govinda's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- In A Wordstarted Jun 27, 2026
- The forgotten history page's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Rob's Substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Amanda's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Bliss's Substackstarted Jun 8, 2026
- Old Palace School Bombingstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Katie's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
- Oh's Substackstarted May 23, 2026
- Pamela's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
Recommends
- Londonist109k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
- Annette Laing29k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
- Holly A Brown16k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
- Miranda Mills12k followers · started Dec 11, 2025 · mutual
- Helen Castor9.4k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
- The Bookwormerystarted Mar 27, 2026
- Life Lessons from Historystarted Dec 29, 2025
- Whatever Worksstarted Dec 11, 2025
- The Shit by Hannah Bettsstarted May 2025
- By Daisy Goodwinstarted Apr 2025
- In History by Helen Carrstarted Mar 2025
- The Powder Room started Jan 2025
- Not Being Funny Butstarted Jan 2025
- Hiraeth - Longing for the Paststarted Jan 2025
- The Bluestockingstarted 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.
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