Stephen Beals has 4,809 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #16 on Substack's Comics Bestsellers board. 27 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 12.
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
- 4,809
- read Oct 31
- 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
- 27
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 12
- Bestsellers rank
- #16
- Comics
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 | 4,809 | 2.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comics Bestsellers | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Comics Rising | 83 | 83 | 10 | ▲73 |
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Recommendations
27 publications recommend Stephen Beals; 1 started in the last 30 days. Stephen Beals recommends 12, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
Gene Weingarten22k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual- Somewhere in Scandinaviastarted Oct 10, 2026new
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- Peter is the Intermittent Poet.started Sep 15, 2026
- Paolastarted Sep 5, 2026
- Still Evolvingstarted Sep 2, 2026
- Kathystarted Aug 14, 2026
- R Belindrostarted Jul 9, 2026
- Tell Me a Mysterystarted Jun 30, 2026
- The Lost Alaskanstarted May 29, 2026
- Tom’s Substackstarted Mar 7, 2026
- James Winterstarted Mar 1, 2026
- Conversations w/Coffeestarted Feb 7, 2026
- Dysphoriastarted Dec 5, 2025
- Wedersom Arantesstarted Nov 22, 2025
- John Woodleystarted Nov 2025
- El Substack de Yukinastarted Oct 2025
- Bani’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Alexar Studio Newsletterstarted Apr 2025
- R D Noisemakerstarted Mar 2025
- tjustwrites started Mar 2025
- Mud & Misc | Neddimus Comicsstarted Mar 2025
- Mark Durrenbergerstarted Feb 2025
All 27
- Garritt T Bair’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Anne The Passive Aggressive Poetstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- The Ink Stained Wretchstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
Recommends
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Kevin Fagan1.2k followers · started Jan 2025- The Bobstarted Jan 2025
- The Tom the Dancing Bug Reviewstarted Jan 2025
- The Ink Stained Wretchstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- Anne The Passive Aggressive Poetstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- Eddie Pittman: A Cartoonist's Odysseystarted Apr 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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