Ben Slater has 19,687 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #14 on Substack's Food & Drink Rising board. 28 publications recommend them, 8 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 19,687
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 18K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 28
- +8 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #14, Food & Drink
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 | 19,687 | +64 | 18K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 19,623 | 18K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Rising | #14 | #14 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Rising | 20 | 26 | 26 | 14 | ▲6 |
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Recommendations
28 publications recommend Ben Slater; 8 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-07 | 1 |
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-06 | 2 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 9 |
Recommended by
Maggie Hoffman27k followers · started Aug 4, 2026- Life's tonics started Oct 30, 2026new
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- In Good Companystarted Oct 16, 2026new
- i made somethingstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- hadrian meowstarted Oct 3, 2026
- Le Substack de Troubatstarted Sep 8, 2026
- Shona's Substackstarted Sep 7, 2026
- ME THANKYstarted Aug 30, 2026
- Luca Publicationstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Liza's Substackstarted Aug 10, 2026
- Emily's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- the freewheelin' polly mackstarted Jan 3, 2026
- Zoe’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Naomi’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Joe’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Olivia’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Resting Juicesstarted Aug 2024
- THAIS’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
- MAYAJYOstarted Aug 2023
All 28
- Boiling it down (with Hungry Harvz)started Jun 2023
- life, lists and lemons 🍋started Jun 2023
- onegin’s Substackstarted Jan 2023
- Make Everybody Fatstarted Jul 2022
Recommends
Ben Slater doesn't recommend anyone.
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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Food & Drink writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (81 writers in that group), but not Ben Slater.
- recommends 10 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 8 of themTURBO GOTH UNIVERSE
- recommends 7 of them
Eric King@easygayoven - recommends 7 of themTURBO GOTH UNIVERSE
- recommends 6 of themSweet Violets
- recommends 5 of them
Hetty Lui McKinnon@hettymckinnon - recommends 5 of themFoodoKitchenz’s Substack
- recommends 5 of themThe Secret Ingredient
- recommends 4 of them
carla lalli@lallicarla - recommends 4 of them
Alfie Steiner@alfiecooks
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