Nora McInerny

@noraborealis · Feelings & Co. by Nora McInerny · Substack profile · Culture

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Nora McInerny has 51,165 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #61 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 20.

Followers read 6 days ago · Boards read 2 h ago

Last read Nov 1, 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: 51,165; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 35K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: Thousands; bestseller badge 1,000+
Recommended by: 56; +2 in 30 days
Recommends: 20
Bestsellers rank: #61; Culture

Followers by day

Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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 Nora McInerny on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	51,165	+6	35K+	Thousands
Oct 31, 2026	51,159		35K+	Thousands

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Culture Bestsellers	#61	#60	4 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
Culture Bestsellers	60	60	60	61	▼1

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

56 publications recommend Nora McInerny; 2 started in the last 30 days. Nora McInerny recommends 20, and 4 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. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Nov 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2023-02	1
2024-01	2
2024-10	1
2025-06	1
2025-11	8
2025-12	4
2026-01	4
2026-02	6
2026-03	4
2026-04	6
2026-05	6
2026-06	4
2026-07	3
2026-08	3
2026-10	3

Recommended by

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Traci Thomas14k followers · started Oct 19, 2026 · mutualnew
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WTF Just Happened?!: All about the afterlife. No woo.started Oct 10, 2026new
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Goals and Gratitudestarted Jun 30, 2026
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All 56

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My Friend Jessstarted Mar 4, 2026
Substack Agnieszkastarted Feb 27, 2026
Club Artist's Waystarted Feb 26, 2026
Amy's Substackstarted Feb 24, 2026
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showing up softlystarted Feb 13, 2026
Amy's Substackstarted Feb 5, 2026
Ashley's Substackstarted Jan 22, 2026
Carla's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
Jessica's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
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David's Substackstarted Dec 23, 2025
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Lina's Substackstarted Dec 21, 2025
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Saj's Substackstarted Nov 30, 2025
Lauren's Substackstarted Nov 29, 2025
Desmond's Substackstarted Nov 26, 2025
Esther's Substackstarted Nov 26, 2025
Mira, Ari!started Nov 21, 2025
It started okaystarted Nov 21, 2025
DOUGLAS's Substackstarted Nov 21, 2025
M.'s Substackstarted Nov 20, 2025

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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.