Tell the Bees has 49,588 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 55 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 3.
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
- 49,588
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 43K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 55
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 3
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 49,588 | +16 | 43K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 49,572 | 43K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
55 publications recommend Tell the Bees; 4 started in the last 30 days. Tell the Bees recommends 3, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 6 |
| 2026-01 | 8 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Leigh Stein34k followers · started Jul 2024 · mutual
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- Isabella Tstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Rachel Overvollstarted Sep 30, 2026
- Sabrina Weeklystarted Sep 23, 2026
- Kieranstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Kristie O’Neillstarted Sep 17, 2026
- Autumn Haysstarted Aug 21, 2026
- TOMGIRL504EVER's Substackstarted Aug 20, 2026
- Dear My Futurestarted Aug 16, 2026
- Pshaw.started Jul 9, 2026
- No One Asked Mestarted Jul 9, 2026
- Pawla's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- The Pleasure Is All Minestarted Jul 2, 2026
- The Freedom Budget Methodstarted Jun 24, 2026
- thejupiterportraitstarted Jun 24, 2026
- AlexT's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
All 55
- Amine's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Martina's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
- Il Substack di Calliopestarted May 20, 2026
- ⋆.˚✮ Kat's World ✮˚.⋆started May 10, 2026
- Opinionated New Yorkerstarted May 3, 2026
- girl, historicallystarted Apr 26, 2026
- Anna's Substackstarted Mar 26, 2026
- Pauline's Substackstarted Mar 20, 2026
- Golden's Substackstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Tqstarted Feb 11, 2026
- Girl Studiesstarted Feb 6, 2026
- Colleen in Seoulstarted Jan 21, 2026
- Off Screen Review started Jan 21, 2026
- to taste life twicestarted Jan 20, 2026
- Jester's Privilege started Jan 19, 2026
- Savanna's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- The Literary Dealerstarted Jan 10, 2026
- Njeri's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
- konjugate's Substackstarted Dec 29, 2025
- Gen Zstarted Dec 24, 2025
- Jaclyn's Substackstarted Dec 10, 2025
- Goffe's Substackstarted Dec 9, 2025
- Capurting's Substackstarted Dec 4, 2025
- Monjaystarted Dec 2, 2025
- In Progress by Stephanie Phillipsstarted Nov 28, 2025
- Strikestarted Nov 13, 2025
- Just Checking Instarted Nov 9, 2025
- Elise's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- yinnamonroll's substackstarted Nov 2025
- Domo's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Substack de sofiastarted Oct 2025
Recommends
- Leigh Stein34k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual
- LOOSEYstarted Sep 2024
- Dwell by Andrew Borygastarted Nov 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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