Play Days With Jess

@playdayswithjess · Play Days With Jess · Substack profile · Parenting

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Play Days With Jess has 5,233 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #36 on Substack's Parenting Bestsellers board. 14 publications recommend them, and they recommend 1.

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
5,233
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
4.2K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
14
none new in 30 days
Recommends
1
Bestsellers rank
#36
Parenting

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.

5.1k5.2k5.3k5.4k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 5,233
5.1k5.2k5.3k5.4k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 5,233
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 Play Days With Jess on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 20265,2334.2K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Parenting Bestsellers#36#354 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
Parenting Bestsellers35353536▼1

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

14 publications recommend Play Days With Jess. Play Days With Jess recommends 1, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Play Days With Jess Play Days With Jess recommends Clare Duffieldnot trackedNik's Substacknot trackedEllie's Substacknot trackedFrom Here Studionot trackedThe Soft Season with Alihanot trackedThe Warm Middlenot trackedTina's Substacknot trackedGemma's Substacknot trackedNotes From A Nannynot tracked Elevate Toddler Playnot tracked · mutual Play Days With Jess 5.2k followers
Recommend them They recommend Clare Duffieldnot trackedNik's Substacknot trackedEllie's Substacknot trackedFrom Here Studionot trackedThe Soft Season…not trackedThe Warm Middlenot tracked Elevate Toddler…not tracked · mutual Play Days Wit… 5.2k 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

1May 25112Aug11NovFeb21May31AugNov
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.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2025-051
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2025-071
2025-082
2025-091
2025-111
2026-042
2026-051
2026-063
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Recommended by

  • Clare Duffieldstarted Aug 24, 2026
  • Nik's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
  • Ellie's Substackstarted Jun 19, 2026
  • From Here Studiostarted Jun 8, 2026
  • The Soft Season with Alihastarted May 19, 2026
  • The Warm Middlestarted Apr 23, 2026
  • Tina's Substackstarted Apr 14, 2026
  • Gemma's Substackstarted Nov 11, 2025
  • Notes From A Nannystarted Sep 2025
  • Charlotte’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
  • Little Seasons Learningstarted Aug 2025
  • periyasamy’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
  • Rebecca’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
  • Elevate Toddler Playstarted May 2025 · mutual

Recommends

  • Elevate Toddler Playstarted May 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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Parenting writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (31 writers in that group), but not Play Days With Jess.

  • The Intellectual Investor
    recommends 9 of them
  • Learning to Love by Galina Singer
    recommends 4 of them
  • Lane Anderson@matriarchyreport
    recommends 3 of them
  • Lisa Sibbett@lisasibbett
    recommends 3 of them
  • Kerala Goodkin@keralagoodkin
    recommends 3 of them
  • Parentwiser: The Science of Parenting and Re-Parenting
    recommends 3 of them
  • TURBO GOTH UNIVERSE
    recommends 3 of them
  • Melinda Wenner Moyer@melindawmoyer
    recommends 2 of them
  • Yuri Bezmenov@yuribezmenov
    recommends 2 of them
  • Marina Cooley@marinacooley
    recommends 2 of them

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