Santa Barbara Current has 66,673 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 50 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 9.
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
- 66,673
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 66K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 9
- 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 | 66,673 | 66K+ |
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
50 publications recommend Santa Barbara Current; 1 started in the last 30 days. Santa Barbara Current recommends 9. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 5 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- silver's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Janet's Substackstarted Mar 12, 2026
- Brandy's Substackstarted Mar 11, 2026
- Thomas Tif Birminghamstarted Mar 11, 2026
- SantaBarbarian's Substackstarted Mar 8, 2026
- richard's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
- Russell's Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
- Peter's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Annabelle's Substackstarted Jan 30, 2026
- Tom's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- Jena's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
All 50
- Amanda's Substackstarted Jan 4, 2026
- Jennifer's Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
- Seamus's Substackstarted Dec 31, 2025
- dvsb's Substackstarted Dec 27, 2025
- Frances's Substackstarted Dec 18, 2025
- gabe's Substackstarted Nov 22, 2025
- Alan's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Michelle's Substackstarted Oct 2025
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- Eitan's Substackstarted Oct 2025
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- WordPress’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
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- Lohan's thoughtsstarted Jul 2025
- Andy’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Western Cynic started Jul 2025
- Dave’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Mary’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- MovieTownBrown’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Vincent’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Kristine’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Emily’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
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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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