Collins has 5,846 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #65 on Substack's Comics Bestsellers board. 22 publications recommend them, and they recommend 27.
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
- 5,846
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1.1K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 22
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 27
- Bestsellers rank
- #65
- Comics
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 | 5,846 | 1.1K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comics Bestsellers | 64 | 65 | 65 | 65 | ▼1 |
| Comics Rising | 18 | 78 | 78 | 9 | ▲9 |
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Recommendations
22 publications recommend Collins. Collins recommends 27, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
Recommended by
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- Dee's Watercolorsstarted May 21, 2026
- The Hustler Files by Collinsstarted May 14, 2026
- Frank's Buffalo Born Babblestarted May 13, 2026 · mutual
- Cameron's Substackstarted Apr 22, 2026
- BillyJoBob's Substackstarted Apr 11, 2026
- Tony's Substackstarted Dec 24, 2025
- Senior Threadsstarted Sep 2025
- Janus’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- William B. Tubbstarted Jan 2025
- Blazing Paddlesstarted Jan 2025
- Steve McGarry Comicsstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- Spurnpiker's Journalstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- It's Saturday Night!started Oct 2024 · mutual
- THE deEP STATE : The political artwork of Michael de Adderstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- Colleen’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- Jack Ohman's You Betcha!started Jun 2024 · mutual
- Sandra Bell-Lundy: My Cartooning Lifestarted Mar 2024 · mutual
Recommends
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- Frank's Buffalo Born Babblestarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Ink Spillstarted Jan 2025
- ToonStackstarted Jan 2025
- It's Saturday Night!started Dec 2024 · mutual
- Spurnpiker's Journalstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Steve McGarry Comicsstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- News from Wayno®started Jun 2024
- Jack Ohman's You Betcha!started Jun 2024 · mutual
- Notes from Beyondstarted May 2024
- LEFTPOINT Newsletter from Counterpointstarted Feb 2024
- Sandra Bell-Lundy: My Cartooning Lifestarted Feb 2024 · mutual
- THE deEP STATE : The political artwork of Michael de Adderstarted Feb 2024 · mutual
- The Bobstarted Feb 2024
All 27
- The Ink Stained Wretchstarted Feb 2024
- The Greater Quietstarted Feb 2024
- Counterpointstarted Feb 2024
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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Comics writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (11 writers in that group), but not Collins.
- recommends 2 of themLesser's Substack
- recommends 2 of themChristie's Substack
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