Megha Lillywhite has 21,048 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #94 on Substack's Literature Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 1.
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
- 21,048
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 16K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +6 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 1
- Bestsellers rank
- #94
- Literature
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 | 21,048 | 16K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | #94 | #94 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | 95 | 95 | 94 | 94 | ▲1 |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend Megha Lillywhite; 6 started in the last 30 days. Megha Lillywhite recommends 1, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 6 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
Recommended by
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- Thinking Out Loud In Writingstarted Sep 9, 2026
- A mixed bag of tricksstarted Aug 20, 2026
- Home and Beyondstarted Jul 31, 2026
- Unforeign Languagesstarted Jul 26, 2026
- Bill's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Modern's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Marcel's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Catholic First.started May 31, 2026
- Phillip's Substackstarted May 24, 2026
- Kelsey's Substackstarted Apr 17, 2026
- Nabeel Azeez, Syndicatedstarted Apr 17, 2026
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- notes from undergroundstarted Mar 18, 2026
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All 53
- Stories by Candlelightstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Ordered to Lovestarted Jan 26, 2026
- Grace's Newsletter started Jan 12, 2026
- The Norns Workshopstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Arimoro's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Dan's Substackstarted Dec 31, 2025
- Lou's Substackstarted Dec 29, 2025
- Alexis's Substackstarted Dec 21, 2025
- BEHIND ENEMY LINESstarted Dec 14, 2025
- Marc's Substackstarted Dec 12, 2025
- Rose's Substackstarted Nov 23, 2025
- In Pleasant Placesstarted Nov 19, 2025
- The Khaldunianstarted Nov 11, 2025
- Against Carthagestarted Nov 10, 2025
- HedgehogHedgeson's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Letters on Culture & Beauty started Oct 2025
- Veritas Verbatimstarted Oct 2025
- Pilgrimage: Catholic Musings and Conversationsstarted Sep 2025
- Lauren’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Maya’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Michelle’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Piyush’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Phillyhk’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Mina’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- byung’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- aylin’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Notes from the Long Road Through Many Thingsstarted Jul 2025
- Dubai’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Unnamed publicationstarted Nov 2023
Recommends
- Will Knowland13k followers · started Apr 2025 · 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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- 4 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Literature writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (92 writers in that group), but not Megha Lillywhite.
- recommends 7 of them
Sarah Fay, PhD@sarahfay - recommends 7 of themAlthea’s Substack
- recommends 6 of them
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Karin Gillespie@karingillespie - recommends 5 of them
Sarah Orman@sarahorman - recommends 4 of them
Maggie Smith@maggiesmithpoet - recommends 4 of them
Narratively@narratively - recommends 4 of them
Summer Brennan@summerbrennan - recommends 4 of them
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