McSweeney's
@mcsweeneys · McSweeney's Internet Substackency · Substack profile · Humor
McSweeney's has 39,478 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #89 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 39,478
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 21K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 54
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #89
- Humor
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 | 39,478 | 21K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | #89 | #89 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
54 publications recommend McSweeney's; 3 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
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Recommends
McSweeney's doesn't recommend anyone.
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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Publications that recommend at least two other Humor writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (41 writers in that group), but not McSweeney's.
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