Sean Fennessey has 43,131 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #3 on Substack's Film & TV Bestsellers board. 57 publications recommend them, 10 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.
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
- 43,131
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 57
- +10 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #3
- Film & TV
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 | 43,131 | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film & TV Bestsellers | #3 | #3 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film & TV Bestsellers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
57 publications recommend Sean Fennessey; 10 started in the last 30 days. Sean Fennessey recommends 11, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 11 |
| 2026-07 | 11 |
| 2026-08 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 10 |
| 2026-10 | 11 |
Recommended by
Entertainment Strategy Guy179k followers · started Jul 7, 2026 · mutual
Shea Serrano132k followers · started Apr 22, 2026 · mutual
Zach Lowe31k followers · started Oct 14, 2026 · mutualnew
Jeffrey Bellone21k followers · started Apr 22, 2026 · mutual
Tom Pelissero7.9k followers · started Oct 14, 2026new
Anthony John Orlando III2.9k followers · started Apr 23, 2026
Eliza Brooke2.5k followers · started Jul 18, 2026
João Henrique Andrade1.3k followers · started Sep 13, 2026
Jodie Davis294 followers · started Jun 8, 2026- Liam Stegerstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Bill Arceneaux ⚜️🍿started Oct 23, 2026new
- Books & Moviesstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Post Processingstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- rainastarted Oct 18, 2026new
- The Cool Check-Instarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Helena's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Now They Tell Usstarted Oct 14, 2026 · mutualnew
- Nine Lives Cinemastarted Oct 2, 2026
- FilmTextstarted Sep 27, 2026
- Reina's Substackstarted Sep 26, 2026
- Malter's Substackstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Sam de Castro Abegerstarted Sep 18, 2026
- Make Things Upstarted Sep 18, 2026
- Japanese ANIME Journalstarted Sep 18, 2026
All 57
- 3 Pics Podcast - The Substackstarted Sep 14, 2026
- Back Row Clubstarted Sep 4, 2026
- Knicks and Flicksstarted Sep 1, 2026
- Just Some Guy's Substackstarted Aug 27, 2026
- TaleSpinner's Substackstarted Aug 22, 2026
- 50 For 50started Aug 16, 2026
- Bruna Emikostarted Aug 14, 2026
- Toast Modern Filmsstarted Aug 14, 2026
- The Ringerstarted Aug 13, 2026
- Communication Junkiestarted Jul 29, 2026
- Nicholas's Substackstarted Jul 24, 2026
- FamousAholesstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Second Featurestarted Jul 21, 2026
- Fresh Newsstarted Jul 17, 2026
- Brady's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Noah's Substackstarted Jul 4, 2026
- Emptying the Drawerstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Script Apart with Al Hornerstarted Jul 2, 2026
- An's Film Diarystarted Jun 29, 2026
- MPM's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Max's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- The Daily Cinemastarted Jun 14, 2026
- Sasha's Substackstarted Jun 8, 2026
- The IP Architectstarted Jun 6, 2026
- art's Substackstarted Jun 5, 2026
- Sister Cinemastarted Jun 3, 2026
- Danny's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Sculpting Fearstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Shameer's Substackstarted May 29, 2026
- whalley's Substackstarted May 29, 2026
- Matt — Canon Fodderstarted May 26, 2026
- Rafael Marchisonestarted May 23, 2026
- Cutting the Filmstarted May 22, 2026
Recommends
Derek Thompson182k followers · started Apr 20, 2026- Entertainment Strategy Guy179k followers · started Nov 2022 · mutual
Natalie Jarvey152k followers · started Apr 20, 2026- Shea Serrano132k followers · started Apr 20, 2026 · mutual
Ted Hope54k followers · started Apr 14, 2026
kate lindsay48k followers · started Jun 25, 2026- Zach Lowe31k followers · started Oct 24, 2026 · mutualnew
- Jeffrey Bellone21k followers · started Nov 2022 · mutual
- Now They Tell Usstarted Oct 5, 2026 · mutual
- Prestige Junkie After Partystarted Apr 20, 2026
- Numlock Awardsstarted Nov 2022
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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- recommends 6 of themAlex Rollins Berg@underexposed
- recommends 5 of them
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- recommends 3 of them
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