Salma El-Wardany has 11,043 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 52 publications recommend them, and they recommend 15.
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
- 11,043
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.2K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 15
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 11,043 | +1 | 5.2K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 11,042 | 5.2K+ |
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
52 publications recommend Salma El-Wardany. Salma El-Wardany recommends 15, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 4 |
| 2024-02 | 2 |
| 2024-04 | 2 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 3 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 5 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
Recommended by
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All 52
- Late’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- J’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Morgan’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
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- Pamela’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
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- John’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Susan’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Rach Readsstarted Dec 2024
- Navigating Maplessstarted Nov 2024
- WHAT THE FLUX?!started Nov 2024
- With Love, Grief and Fury started Nov 2024 · mutual
- Peter’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
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- The Bridgestarted May 2024
- Looking’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
- How to Survive An Existential Crisisstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
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- Conversations on Love with Natasha Lunnstarted Feb 2024 · mutual
- Salma’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- أحدُ النساء عن إحدى النّساءstarted Jan 2024
- Abdullah’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Nadia’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Liz’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
- SALMA’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
- Trea’s Substackstarted Aug 2023
- Nina’s Substackstarted Jul 2023
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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.
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