Sally Bedell Smith
@sallybedellsmith · ROYALS EXTRA BY SALLY BEDELL SMITH · Substack profile · Culture
Sally Bedell Smith has 30,805 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #98 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.
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
- 30,805
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 23K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 13
- Bestsellers rank
- #98
- 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 | 30,805 | −4 | 23K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 30,809 | 23K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | #98 | #98 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
53 publications recommend Sally Bedell Smith; 1 started in the last 30 days. Sally Bedell Smith recommends 13, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 8 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
India Hicks105k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
Elizabeth Holmes97k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
John Ellis82k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
Tom Sykes63k followers · started Jan 21, 2026 · mutual- Kinsey Schofield's Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Marion Douglasstarted Sep 26, 2026
- Elizabeth's Substackstarted Sep 20, 2026
- The Honey Hivestarted Aug 24, 2026
- Terri's Substackstarted Aug 4, 2026
- Phyllis's Substackstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Fran's Substackstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Thelma's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- WWII Stories for the Recordstarted Jun 19, 2026 · mutual
- Olga's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Jun 1, 2026
- Anne Cavellstarted May 25, 2026
- El Substack de Rosastarted May 23, 2026
- BP's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Alexander's Substackstarted Apr 24, 2026
- Georgina's Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
- Marcia's Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
- dragomirova's Substackstarted Apr 6, 2026
- Nancy's Substackstarted Mar 24, 2026
- Ministries's Substackstarted Mar 7, 2026
All 53
- Deborah's Substackstarted Feb 22, 2026
- Substack van Ursulastarted Feb 13, 2026
- SCcoed13's Substackstarted Feb 12, 2026
- Carolyn's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Royal Poplitikstarted Jan 28, 2026
- Gabriela's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- Karakal's Substackstarted Jan 6, 2026
- Kathleen's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Helen Wadestarted Jan 3, 2026
- shanna's Substackstarted Dec 27, 2025
- Lindsay's Substackstarted Dec 27, 2025
- Shirley's Substackstarted Dec 4, 2025
- garthruth@xtra.co.nz's Substackstarted Nov 29, 2025
- Nicole's Substackstarted Nov 27, 2025
- Sylvie's Substackstarted Nov 18, 2025
- Marilyn's Substackstarted Nov 15, 2025
- steve's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Susan Danielstarted Oct 2025
- Gillian's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Carolyn's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- julie's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Gourav Raj Sharmastarted Oct 2025
- Hannelore's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Il Substack di Giuseppestarted Oct 2025
- Michael’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Best_royal_outfits’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Ingeborg’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- HR’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Leslie’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
Recommends
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Alex Berenson286k followers · started Apr 2023- India Hicks105k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
- Elizabeth Holmes97k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
- John Ellis82k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual
- Tom Sykes63k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- WWII Stories for the Recordstarted Jun 22, 2026 · mutual
- The Rachel Johnson Papersstarted Sep 2025
- The Femsplainers With Danielle Crittendenstarted Nov 2023
- Unboundstarted Nov 2023
- The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillorstarted Nov 2023
- The HELLO! Royal Clubstarted Nov 2023
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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- 13 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Culture writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (97 writers in that group), but not Sally Bedell Smith.
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