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Jen Lancaster & Karyn Bosnak has 4,049 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #35 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, and they recommend 6.

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
4,049
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
3.5K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
50
none new in 30 days
Recommends
6
Bestsellers rank
#35
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.

3,9504,0004,0504,1004,150 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 4,049
3,9504,0004,0504,1004,150 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 4,049
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 Jen Lancaster & Karyn Bosnak on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 20264,0493.5K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Humor Bestsellers#35#344 of 4
Humor Rising#27#271 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
Humor Bestsellers34343435▼1
Humor Rising27new

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

50 publications recommend Jen Lancaster & Karyn Bosnak. Jen Lancaster & Karyn Bosnak recommends 6, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Jen Lancaster & Karyn… Jen Lancaster & Karyn… recommends Jen Mann17k followers · mutualThe Intellectual Investornot trackedOpen Secrets Magazinenot trackedHopeless Semanticnot trackedKim's Substacknot trackedElizabeth’s Substacknot trackedErin’s Third Actnot trackedliznot trackedRobert Sawersnot tracked Jen Mann17k followers · mutualIncidents & Accidents - Allie…not tracked · mutualThings That Get On My Nervesnot tracked · mutualShaved Meats, Piled Highnot trackedMichael Ian Black not trackedHow To Be Less Old not tracked · mutual Jen Lancaster & Karyn Bos… 4k followers
Recommend them They recommend Jen Mann17k followers · mutualThe Intellectua…not trackedOpen Secrets Ma…not trackedHopeless Semant…not trackedKim's Substacknot trackedElizabeth’s Sub…not tracked Jen Mann17k followers · mutualIncidents & Acc…not tracked · mutualThings That Get…not tracked · mutualShaved Meats, P…not trackedMichael Ian Bla…not trackedHow To Be Less …not tracked · mutual Jen Lancaster… 4k 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

Mar 23SepMarSepMarSepMarSep
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. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Mar 2023 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2023-033
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2023-061
2023-082
2023-095
2023-101
2023-123
2024-015
2024-021
2024-032
2024-041
2024-053
2024-061
2024-071
2024-081
2024-101
2024-115
2024-122
2025-021
2025-033
2025-041
2025-051
2025-091
2025-101
2026-041
2026-051
2026-081

Recommended by

  • Jen Mann17k followers · started Mar 2023 · mutual
  • The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 23, 2026
  • Open Secrets Magazinestarted May 13, 2026
  • Hopeless Semanticstarted Apr 8, 2026
  • Kim's Substackstarted Oct 2025
  • Elizabeth’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
  • Erin’s Third Actstarted May 2025
  • lizstarted Apr 2025
  • Robert Sawersstarted Mar 2025
  • Lisa’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
  • Found in Ohiostarted Mar 2025
  • Incidents & Accidents - Allie’s Substackstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
  • Emails I'm not allowed to sendstarted Dec 2024
  • Jill Jensen | Brand Voice & Founder-Led Contentstarted Dec 2024
  • Hilary Ritterstarted Nov 2024
  • Lucas’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
  • Jolene’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
  • Charmaine’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
  • Chelsea’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
  • Denise’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
  • Jen’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
  • Megslin’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
  • Janet’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
  • Nicky’s Substackstarted May 2024
All 50
  • Nan’s Substackstarted May 2024
  • Karen’s Substackstarted May 2024
  • Notch, Please. started Apr 2024
  • Made From What's Not Realstarted Mar 2024
  • a little something from red wingstarted Mar 2024
  • Musings from the Midsectionstarted Feb 2024
  • V In the NWstarted Jan 2024
  • Heidi’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
  • What an Adventure!started Jan 2024
  • Dear Gailstarted Jan 2024
  • Things That Get On My Nervesstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
  • Laughing in the Clustermessstarted Dec 2023
  • To Yesterday’s Mestarted Dec 2023
  • Andrea’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
  • Photo Stealers: Beyond the Blogstarted Oct 2023
  • Joan’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
  • Blake’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
  • Because I Said Sostarted Sep 2023
  • Mitzi’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
  • BL’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
  • Wanted: A Responsible Adultstarted Aug 2023
  • How To Be Less Old started Aug 2023 · mutual
  • Jen’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
  • akbj’s Substackstarted Apr 2023
  • Karen’s Substackstarted Mar 2023
  • Jack of Clubsstarted Mar 2023

Recommends

  • Jen Mann17k followers · started Mar 2023 · mutual
  • Incidents & Accidents - Allie’s Substackstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
  • Things That Get On My Nervesstarted Feb 2024 · mutual
  • Shaved Meats, Piled Highstarted Jan 2024
  • Michael Ian Black started Dec 2023
  • How To Be Less Old started Aug 2023 · 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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Humor writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (56 writers in that group), but not Jen Lancaster & Karyn Bosnak.

  • Amelia Wilson@ameliawilson
    recommends 2 of them
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    recommends 2 of them
  • Brian Schneider@brianhschneider
    recommends 2 of them
  • Shira Hoffman@shirahoffman
    recommends 2 of them
  • The Aggregated Works of Stephen G. Barr
    recommends 2 of them
  • Colin’s Substack
    recommends 2 of them
  • Fudgin' Politics
    recommends 2 of them
  • The Harvest Network’s Substack
    recommends 2 of them
  • Frequency Wave Theory
    recommends 2 of them
  • Althea’s Substack
    recommends 2 of them

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