Summer Brennan has 49,915 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #92 on Substack's Literature Bestsellers board. 59 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 29.
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
- 49,915
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 22K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 59
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 29
- Bestsellers rank
- #92
- Literature
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 | 49,915 | 22K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | #92 | #92 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
59 publications recommend Summer Brennan; 1 started in the last 30 days. Summer Brennan recommends 29, and 9 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 2 |
| 2023-04 | 2 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 5 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 8 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
Meg Zimbeck134k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
Maggie Smith100k followers · started Feb 2023 · mutual
Narratively94k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
Elissa Altman49k followers · started May 2023 · mutual
Sherman Alexie45k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
Garth Greenwell33k followers · started Dec 2023 · mutual
M. E. Rothwell30k followers · started Mar 3, 2026 · mutual
Nina Schuyler12k followers · started Feb 2023 · mutual
Shane O'Mara12k followers · started Oct 2022- Mehboob Ali Khanstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Sleuths, Secrets, & Snarkstarted Oct 6, 2026
- The Aether Reviewstarted Oct 4, 2026
- Petronillah's Substackstarted Sep 28, 2026
- Cozy Writer's Studiostarted Sep 9, 2026
- The Literary Menacestarted Aug 14, 2026
- Young Entrepreneurs Rock TM and so do their parents!started Jul 6, 2026
- BD's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Bronwyn's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- a-dna-n's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
- Grief Notesstarted May 10, 2026
- Beyond the Shallows with Dave Nienhuisstarted May 8, 2026
- Aleks Filmorestarted Apr 28, 2026
- Falstaff Journalstarted Apr 27, 2026
- Manil Suristarted Apr 6, 2026 · mutual
All 59
- The Divine Humanstarted Apr 3, 2026
- Diane Kesslerstarted Mar 31, 2026
- Kate's Substackstarted Mar 31, 2026
- The Encouragement Express started Mar 28, 2026
- Love Letters To Musicstarted Mar 3, 2026
- Jars & Journals-A Space for Creative Ritualstarted Feb 21, 2026
- Joey's Substackstarted Feb 1, 2026
- Adrião Pereira da Cunhastarted Jan 30, 2026
- SugarSugarSalt Lit Magazinestarted Jan 25, 2026
- Writer's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- lindsey's Substackstarted Jan 6, 2026
- brendan's Substackstarted Dec 24, 2025
- Shima's Substackstarted Dec 9, 2025
- The Yin and The Yangstarted Dec 5, 2025
- Salomelatifahtasha11's Substackstarted Nov 24, 2025
- Susannah's Substackstarted Nov 23, 2025
- Eric's Substackstarted Nov 23, 2025
- Lori-Beth's Substackstarted Nov 16, 2025
- Sandy Nessingstarted Nov 12, 2025
- Le Substack de salaheddinestarted Nov 10, 2025
- Ana's Substackstarted Nov 9, 2025
- A pocket guide to making lasting changestarted Nov 2025
- Jessica's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Raymonda's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Richard's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Peter's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Melanie’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Bookish Noelstarted Sep 2025
- SADIA RAZZAQstarted Aug 2025
- Maleah’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Driven but Distractedstarted Jul 2025
- Richard’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- SamiaTalukdar’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Favour’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Emma’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
Recommends
Sari Botton223k followers · started Jul 2023
Emily Nunn168k followers · started Jan 2023- Meg Zimbeck134k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
- Maggie Smith100k followers · started Feb 2023 · mutual
- Narratively94k followers · started Feb 9, 2026 · mutual
- Elissa Altman49k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual
- Sherman Alexie45k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
Ron Charles43k followers · started Feb 4, 2026
Nishant Jain36k followers · started Nov 2023- Garth Greenwell33k followers · started Dec 2023 · mutual
- M. E. Rothwell30k followers · started Feb 27, 2026 · mutual
Debora Robertson 🦀30k followers · started Jan 2023- Nina Schuyler12k followers · started Feb 2023 · mutual
David Gutowski7.2k followers · started Nov 2023
Scott Simon5k followers · started Feb 10, 2026- Manil Suristarted Apr 7, 2026 · mutual
- Brenda Horriganstarted Apr 7, 2026
- Get The Dirtstarted Mar 28, 2026
- ...the fuck is this?started Feb 23, 2026
- Eat Flowers, Drink Paintstarted Feb 10, 2026
- Becoming Humanstarted Dec 2023
- From Esmé: With Love & Squalorstarted Nov 2023
- Entertainment, Weaklystarted Nov 2023
- Still Space with Sian Cliffordstarted Nov 2023
All 29
- Pushing My Wheel of Lovestarted Jul 2023
- Small Stories with Laura Pashbystarted Jun 2023
- Amazons of Parisstarted Feb 2023
- Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Bottonstarted Jan 2023
- Shaved Meats, Piled Highstarted Jan 2023
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 Literature writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (92 writers in that group), but not Summer Brennan.
- recommends 7 of them
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- recommends 6 of them
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Karin Gillespie@karingillespie - recommends 5 of them
Sarah Orman@sarahorman - recommends 4 of them
Alison Krupnick@alisonkrupnick - recommends 4 of themCulturissime LITTÉRATURE
- recommends 3 of them
Pandora Sykes@pandorasykes - recommends 3 of them
Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior
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