Elle has 146,187 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #66 on Substack's Literature Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 7.
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
- 146,187
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 130K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 56
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- Bestsellers rank
- #66
- 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 | 146,187 | 130K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | #66 | #63 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | 64 | 63 | 63 | 66 | ▼2 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
56 publications recommend Elle; 4 started in the last 30 days. Elle recommends 7, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 8 |
| 2026-06 | 18 |
| 2026-07 | 15 |
| 2026-08 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
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- Daniel's Substackstarted Aug 30, 2026
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- julia's Substackstarted Aug 20, 2026
- Zoomer Zitistarted Aug 12, 2026
- The Odene Journal started Aug 11, 2026
- AMWstarted Aug 4, 2026
- noor's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- The Fika Journalstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Aimee's Substackstarted Jul 19, 2026
- Sana's Substackstarted Jul 18, 2026
- Mohini's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Navi's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
All 56
- Substack von Mileystarted Jul 10, 2026
- Ravi's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Letters from a pretty girlstarted Jul 9, 2026
- AKHILESH's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Prarthana's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- btellswhatstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Brigitte's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Substack de Jostarted Jul 3, 2026
- Clara's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- IF's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
- siri's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Snehaaastarted Jun 26, 2026
- Prithika's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Alexis's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Il Substack di aroma.quotidianastarted Jun 14, 2026
- pfeb.ry's Substackstarted Jun 13, 2026
- Between the Columnsstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Nanret's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- 星夜's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
- The Becoming Draftstarted Jun 10, 2026
- lost lifestarted Jun 10, 2026
- ABstarted Jun 6, 2026
- Palak's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Karenna's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- isabel's Substackstarted Jun 2, 2026
- Tina._.'s Substackstarted May 31, 2026
- Paulina's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
- Le Substack de daph0dilstarted May 27, 2026
- El Substack de Fernandastarted May 26, 2026
- arlethfloresstarted May 26, 2026
- Bramble Bun's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- syriiee's Substackstarted May 18, 2026
Recommends
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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.
Recommended by the same publications
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- 3 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Literature writers with 50,000 or more followers (44 writers in that group), but not Elle.
- recommends 7 of them
Jeannine Ouellette@jeannineouellette - recommends 6 of them
Sarah Fay, PhD@sarahfay - recommends 6 of them
Jennifer Steil@jennifersteil - recommends 5 of them
Elizabeth Gilbert@elizabethgilbert - recommends 5 of them
The Shit About Writing Team@theshitaboutwriting - recommends 5 of them
Maggie Smith@maggiesmithpoet - recommends 5 of them
Hanif Kureishi@hanifkureishi - recommends 5 of them
Elissa Altman@elissaaltman - recommends 5 of them
Elif Batuman@eliflife - recommends 5 of them
Lore Wilbert@lorefergusonwilbert
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