Rodney Barnes has 3,464 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #56 on Substack's Comics Bestsellers board. 22 publications recommend them, and they recommend 6.
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
- 3,464
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 22
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- #56
- Comics
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 | 3,464 | 1.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comics Bestsellers | #56 | #56 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comics Bestsellers | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
22 publications recommend Rodney Barnes. Rodney Barnes recommends 6, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2022-06 | 1 |
| 2022-09 | 1 |
| 2022-10 | 2 |
| 2022-11 | 2 |
| 2022-12 | 1 |
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
Recommended by
Chip Zdarsky29k followers · started May 2022 · mutual- Joseph's Substackstarted Sep 1, 2026
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- Anthony’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- Tyson’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
- Castle Luisiferstarted Dec 2023
- Writing About Writing Comics with Stephen Bakerstarted Nov 2023
- Jasmine’s Substackstarted May 2023
- Mack Sketchesstarted Apr 2023
- jhiarighoia@yahoo.com’s Substackstarted Jan 2023
- Voz Comicsstarted Dec 2022
- Stupid Fresh Messstarted Nov 2022 · mutual
- dackstarted Nov 2022
- Particular Tastesstarted Oct 2022
- To the World… And Back Againstarted Oct 2022
- Kenesha's Lairstarted Sep 2022
- Ashcan Press Comics Corporationstarted Jun 2022 · mutual
- GRAVITY OF ACTINGstarted Apr 2022
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- Stupid Fresh Messstarted Apr 2022 · 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.
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- 3 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Comics writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (69 writers in that group), but not Rodney Barnes.
- recommends 37 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 11 of themSerioComics
- recommends 8 of themAlex Segura
- recommends 7 of them
Margreet de Heer@margreetdeheer - recommends 7 of themUnofficial Indie Comics Creator Con Newsletter
- recommends 6 of themMike del Mundo
- recommends 6 of themYuck! Travel Magazine
- recommends 5 of themAlexander Gordon
- recommends 5 of themHandbuzzer Studio Exposes . . . MS Ricketts’ Stash
- recommends 4 of them
Steve Sack@stevesack
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