Marshall Shaffer

@marshallandthemovies · Marshall and the Movies · Substack profile · Film & TV

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Marshall Shaffer has 1,280 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #99 on Substack's Film & TV Bestsellers board. 25 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.

Followers read 7 days ago · Boards read 2 h ago

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: 838; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: none shown
Recommended by: 25; +2 in 30 days
Recommends: 11
Bestsellers rank: #99; 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.

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 Marshall Shaffer on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	1,280		838

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Film & TV Bestsellers	#99	#98	4 of 4
Film & TV Rising	#73	#18	3 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.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Film & TV Bestsellers	98	98	98	99	▼1
Film & TV Rising		18	18	73	▼55

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

25 publications recommend Marshall Shaffer; 2 started in the last 30 days. Marshall Shaffer recommends 11, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

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

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.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2022-05	1
2022-06	1
2022-09	1
2023-01	1
2023-07	2
2024-02	1
2024-04	1
2025-02	1
2025-03	1
2025-06	1
2025-07	1
2025-08	2
2025-10	1
2026-01	3
2026-06	1
2026-07	1
2026-08	2
2026-09	1
2026-10	2

Recommended by

Stephen Follows23k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
11am Saturday6.8k followers · started Jan 8, 2026 · mutual
Rendy Reviewsstarted Oct 22, 2026new
Conversations & Connectionsstarted Oct 16, 2026new
whatevs (dot substack)started Sep 18, 2026 · mutual
The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 24, 2026
Hear Hearstarted Aug 18, 2026 · mutual
ninastarted Jul 28, 2026
J.T. At The Moviesstarted Jun 30, 2026
fun & cool booksstarted Jan 9, 2026 · mutual
Mise-en-vènstarted Jan 3, 2026 · mutual
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颠茄之声started Jun 2025
Mary M. Daltonstarted Mar 2025
Bamidele’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
Nonficsstarted Feb 2024 · mutual
Between Art and Lifestarted Jul 2023
Sisters Under the Mink started Jul 2023 · mutual
Ibadan Cinemastarted Jan 2023
book beetlestarted Sep 2022
Drew Wendtstarted Jun 2022

All 25

It's the Pictures started May 2022

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Hear Hearstarted Jan 9, 2026 · mutual
fun & cool booksstarted Jan 9, 2026 · mutual
Mise-en-vènstarted Jan 9, 2026 · mutual
Nonficsstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
Sisters Under the Mink started Jul 2023 · mutual
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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.