Sari Botton has 222,606 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #28 on Substack's Culture Bestsellers board. 108 publications recommend them, 12 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 51.
Followers read · Boards read
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
- 222,606
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 115K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 108
- +12 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 51
- Bestsellers rank
- #28
- 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 | 222,606 | +56 | 115K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 222,550 | 115K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | #28 | #28 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Bestsellers | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
108 publications recommend Sari Botton; 12 started in the last 30 days. Sari Botton recommends 51, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2022-06 | 2 |
| 2022-07 | 3 |
| 2022-08 | 4 |
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2022-12 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-05 | 3 |
| 2023-07 | 2 |
| 2023-08 | 2 |
| 2023-09 | 2 |
| 2023-10 | 2 |
| 2023-11 | 3 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 5 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 15 |
| 2026-07 | 10 |
| 2026-08 | 9 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 15 |
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