PJ and Thomas has 23,240 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #65 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 32.
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
- 23,240
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 20K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 32
- Bestsellers rank
- #65
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 23,240 | +6 | 20K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 23,234 | 20K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | #65 | #65 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
53 publications recommend PJ and Thomas; 3 started in the last 30 days. PJ and Thomas recommends 32, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 5 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
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All 53
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- Listening at the Edgestarted Dec 29, 2025
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- Dion's Substackstarted Nov 27, 2025
- Joshua's Substackstarted Nov 9, 2025
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- Gay &started Jul 2025 · mutual
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- Toby’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
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- Christopher’s Substackstarted Apr 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.
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