Shea Alexander
@sheaalexander · Amidst the Shavings · Substack profile · Art & Illustration
Shea Alexander has 3,213 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #49 on Substack's Art & Illustration Bestsellers board. 37 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 5.
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
- 3,213
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 2.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 37
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 5
- Bestsellers rank
- #49
- Art & Illustration
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 | 3,213 | +3 | 2.8K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3,210 | 2.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | #49 | #47 | 4 of 4 |
| Art & Illustration Rising | #39 | #39 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | 47 | 47 | 47 | 49 | ▼2 |
| Art & Illustration Rising | 39 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
37 publications recommend Shea Alexander; 1 started in the last 30 days. Shea Alexander recommends 5, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
- Rich Diemerstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Sushi Chefs Association Japanstarted Oct 3, 2026
- Christopher Brownstarted Aug 26, 2026
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 25, 2026
- Christoph Klinglerstarted Aug 16, 2026
- Letters from Moonlitestarted Jul 19, 2026
- Rick's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Woodnerdstarted Apr 26, 2026
- Mike’s Substackstarted Apr 17, 2026
- Jay's Substackstarted Apr 15, 2026
- New Poems by Chris Gleasonstarted Apr 8, 2026
- Making Things with Woodstarted Mar 21, 2026 · mutual
- Shop Notes: A Craftsman’s Journalstarted Feb 16, 2026
- Jacob's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Joel's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Bill's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
- The Things We'll Buildstarted Jan 12, 2026
- Sanna's Substackstarted Jan 7, 2026
- Leron's Substackstarted Dec 23, 2025
- Kel's Substackstarted Dec 5, 2025
- Modify Everythingstarted Oct 2025
- For Grain and Glorystarted Sep 2025
- Sami’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Prunus Cerasiferastarted Sep 2025
All 37
- Timmy 2 Tone Rowlandstarted Aug 2025
- A Mongrel's Diarystarted Jul 2025
- What is…started Jul 2025
- 2x3 Woodworkingstarted May 2025
- JMAW Worksstarted Apr 2025
- Crafting My Craftstarted Mar 2025
- The Ambident Alchemiststarted Mar 2025
- Acorn Wood Shopstarted Feb 2025
- The Works of Our Hands’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Wooden it be nicestarted Dec 2024
- Large Ant Woodcraftstarted Sep 2024
- Ethan’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- JEFFREY’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
Recommends
Christopher Schwarz41k followers · started Jun 2024
Peter Galbert11k followers · started Sep 2024- Making Things with Woodstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- With Working Handsstarted Sep 2024
- Follansbee's Substackstarted Jun 2024
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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Art & Illustration writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (89 writers in that group), but not Shea Alexander.
- recommends 3 of themdonrice.art · sketchy digital renderings
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- recommends 2 of them
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Estee Zales@esteezales - recommends 2 of them
Don Giannatti@dongiannatti - recommends 2 of themSubstack for Artists
- recommends 2 of themIdeas and questions
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