The Board Drill has 4,628 followers on Substack as of Nov 7, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 7, 2026, they were #94 on Substack's Sports Rising board.
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 Nov 7, 2026; Substack publishes nothing earlier.
- Followers
- 4,628
- read Nov 7
- Last 7 days
- needs 7 days
- Last 30 days
- needs 30 days
- Subscribers
- 2.9K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- not read
- Recommends
- not read
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #94, Sports
Followers by day
Tracking since Nov 7, 2026. This is the first reading. Substack doesn't publish past follower counts, so history starts the day I first read a writer. The 7-day change needs a reading 7 days old; the 30-day change needs one 30 days old. Recommendation dates below go further back: they're Substack's own.
Show as a table
| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | 4,628 | 2.9K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Rising | #94 | #94 | 2 of 7 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Nov 705:13 | Nov 713:00 | Nov 719:00 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Rising | 94 | 94 | 0 |
Recommendations
Recommendation lists not read
This publication's recommendation lists have not been read yet.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with The Board Drill. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 2 shared
Brandon ThornTrench Warfare
19k followers - 2 shared
Seth KeysorThe Chief in the North Newsletter
17k followers - 2 shared
Bob SturmSturmStack
16k followers - 2 shared
Jake BurnsBrowns Film Breakdown
4k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Sports writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (90 writers in that group), but not The Board Drill.
- recommends 16 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 4 of them
NTT20@ntt20 - recommends 4 of themThis Is Leeds United
- recommends 2 of themBob Sturm@sturmstack
- recommends 2 of them
Ballcard Genius@ballcardgenius - recommends 2 of them
The Hyde Side@davehydesports - recommends 2 of themThe Will Leitch Newsletter
- recommends 2 of themThrowbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture
- recommends 2 of themAudibles & Analytics
- recommends 2 of themSports Talk with Sam Teets
Share, badge and embed
Badge for your About page
Shows the follower count and weekly change, updates on its own and links here. Pro removes the small Stackblade mark.
<a href="https://stackblade.app/w/theboarddrill"><img src="https://stackblade.app/badge/theboarddrill.svg" alt="The Board Drill on Substack: follower count" height="28"></a>
Substack posts don't take HTML. There, add the badge as an image (its address is in the snippet above) and link it to this page.
Card for a website
A small live card with followers and recommendations. Iframe, 360 by 190.
<iframe src="https://stackblade.app/embed/w/theboarddrill" width="360" height="190" style="border:0" title="The Board Drill on Stackblade" loading="lazy"></iframe>