Sonny Bunch has 1,035,375 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #12 on Substack's Film & TV Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 11 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 1,035,375
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1M+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Hundreds of thousands
- bestseller badge 10,000+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +11 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #12
- 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 | 1,035,375 | 1M+ | Hundreds of thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film & TV Bestsellers | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Film & TV Rising | 26 | 12 | 12 | 9 | ▲17 |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend Sonny Bunch; 11 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 10 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 13 |
Recommended by
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- Jay's Substackstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- George's Substackstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Teresastarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Christy's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Philip's Flicksstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Nancy Williamsstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- ماريومدحت's Substackstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Aisling Chapmanstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Waters,’s Substackstarted Oct 3, 2026
- Stellrchef's Substackstarted Sep 25, 2026
- Ethan Transtarted Sep 17, 2026
- Your Friend in Filmstarted Aug 27, 2026
- The Rostykus Reportstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Godfrey Cheshirestarted Aug 19, 2026
- Riding The Reelsstarted Aug 14, 2026
All 53
- FamousAholesstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Lionel L.started Jul 19, 2026
- Benkai's Substackstarted Jul 19, 2026
- American Directors 1969-2025started Jun 27, 2026
- Whose Cinema?started Jun 27, 2026
- Chronicles From Collegestarted Jun 24, 2026
- The Unseen Processstarted May 2, 2026
- Robert Smithersstarted Mar 25, 2026
- BenefitHumanitystarted Mar 13, 2026
- Bonnie's Substackstarted Feb 23, 2026
- Cathy Laurice Smithstarted Jan 23, 2026
- Johnny's Anglestarted Jan 16, 2026
- Film Buff Unpluggedstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Ian sstarted Jan 13, 2026
- Daniel Perssonstarted Jan 6, 2026
- Stan's Substackstarted Jan 1, 2026
- Taylor's Versionstarted Dec 23, 2025
- Mediabistrostarted Dec 16, 2025
- ana's substackstarted Dec 9, 2025
- gail smith reynoldsstarted Nov 22, 2025
- Lorreth's Newsletterstarted Oct 2025
- Rob Wstarted Oct 2025
- jimstarted Oct 2025
- Loren's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Penelopestarted Oct 2025
- The Shop Around the Cornerstarted Oct 2025
- mikenjaestarted Oct 2025
- Julyastarted Oct 2025
- Don’s Substackstarted Apr 2023
Recommends
Sonny Bunch 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.
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