Lauren has 5,232 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 23 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 5,232
- 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
- 23
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 5,232 | 4.2K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
23 publications recommend Lauren; 1 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
- Brandie Puskasstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Cassia Rook on Storiesstarted Sep 29, 2026
- Classically Uneducatedstarted Sep 25, 2026
- Sarah's Astrofictionsstarted Sep 21, 2026
- A Guest of Gionstarted Sep 20, 2026
- Vista Greyscalestarted Sep 12, 2026
- Lost in Transferencestarted Sep 9, 2026
- Writing Lifestarted Aug 25, 2026
- Wild Correspondencestarted Aug 19, 2026
- Lily’s Musings in the Valleystarted Jul 29, 2026
- Byte Sized Thoughtsstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Of Leaves and Gossamerstarted Jul 6, 2026
- The Evolutionarystarted Jul 2, 2026
- The Gentle Penstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Koolreadsstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Emerald Citystarted Jun 26, 2026
- Facing Your Demonsstarted Jun 13, 2026
- Letters from the Studiostarted Jun 11, 2026
- Betsey Cotterstarted May 29, 2026
- Between Scrollsstarted May 24, 2026
- Fliss's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
- bodopi's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Lilly of the Valleystarted Apr 25, 2026
Recommends
Lauren doesn't recommend anyone.
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 Literature writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (33 writers in that group), but not Lauren.
- recommends 3 of themNancy Sobanik
- recommends 2 of them
Garth Greenwell@garthgreenwell - recommends 2 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 2 of themQueen of Oversharing
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