Francine McKenna has 14,739 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #65 on Substack's Business Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.
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
- 14,739
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 9K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 50
- Bestsellers rank
- #65
- Business
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 | 14,739 | +3 | 9K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 14,736 | 9K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bestsellers | #65 | #65 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Bestsellers | 66 | 66 | 66 | 65 | ▲1 |
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Recommendations
50 publications recommend Francine McKenna; 3 started in the last 30 days. Francine McKenna recommends 50, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 3 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
Chris Tottman82k followers · started Dec 11, 2025
David Z. Morris6.1k followers · started Nov 2023
Stephen Bainbridge1.6k followers · started Feb 21, 2026 · mutual- Alexander E. Parkerstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Cape Fear Advisorsstarted Oct 18, 2026 · mutualnew
- The M&A Hunterstarted Oct 13, 2026 · mutualnew
- Bastion Memosstarted Sep 1, 2026
- Central Filingsstarted Aug 31, 2026
- Michelle Celarier on The Billionaire Classstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Tzachi Zachstarted Jul 7, 2026 · mutual
- Paige's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- David Voreacosstarted Jun 3, 2026
- FT Alphavillestarted May 28, 2026
- John's Substackstarted May 17, 2026
- PR disasterstarted May 1, 2026
- Claudine Cassarstarted Apr 27, 2026
- Aadi's Journalstarted Apr 25, 2026
- StephenBainbridge.comstarted Mar 14, 2026 · mutual
- Vijay's Substackstarted Feb 6, 2026
- Naomi's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- Seth's Substackstarted Jan 22, 2026
- Erik's Substackstarted Jan 9, 2026
- Taayoo's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Educationologystarted Dec 24, 2025
All 50
- David's Substackstarted Dec 10, 2025
- Ricardo's Substackstarted Dec 2, 2025
- TradersProstarted Nov 27, 2025
- Arden's Substackstarted Nov 23, 2025
- Malav's Substackstarted Nov 14, 2025
- Chris's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Tom’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- The Unbalanced Sheetstarted Sep 2025
- FINANCE DIRECTORYstarted Sep 2025
- Stuart’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Blood Money Mediastarted Aug 2025
- Mark DiStefanostarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- khaled’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Lucy’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Stephen’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Bill’s Substackstarted May 2025
- shiva’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Twinno's Substackstarted May 2025
- Gerhard’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Market Structure Thoughtsstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Mike’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- The DOJ Cannonstarted Jan 2025
- Doug Corneliusstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Lisa’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Eduardo’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Prabhdeep’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
Recommends
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John DeVore5.5k followers · started Jul 2025- Stephen Bainbridge1.6k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
- Rod’s Substackstarted Sep 20, 2026
- Mike Shaubstarted Aug 16, 2026
- The M&A Hunterstarted Aug 16, 2026 · mutual
- Cape Fear Advisorsstarted Aug 15, 2026 · mutual
- Tzachi Zachstarted Jul 14, 2026 · mutual
- Baolian Wangstarted Jul 12, 2026
- EventWavesstarted Mar 14, 2026
- StephenBainbridge.comstarted Mar 14, 2026 · mutual
- Feel The Rhythmstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Drezner’s Worldstarted Jan 29, 2026
- PCB Centralstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Writers at the Well with Tess Callahanstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Matt Pearcestarted Dec 30, 2025
- Cross Currentstarted Dec 30, 2025
- L'Odyssée des Placementsstarted Dec 30, 2025
- American Freakshowstarted Dec 29, 2025
- Lawrence Fossi’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
All 50
- Contracts' Empirestarted Jul 2025
- Market Structure Thoughtsstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Mark DiStefanostarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Disclosure Insight®started Jul 2025
- Left Side of the Vstarted Jul 2025
- A Word About . . . started Jul 2025
- Living Landmarks of Chicagostarted Jul 2025
- MELIFINANCE NEWSLETTER.started Mar 2025
- Business Blundersstarted Mar 2025
- As the Consumer Turnsstarted Mar 2025
- DF Researchstarted Mar 2025
- Motorheadstarted Mar 2025
- How Things Workstarted Nov 2024
- Doug Corneliusstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Emerging Oceansstarted Jan 2024
- Good Eye: Movies and Baseballstarted Dec 2023
- Your First Bylinestarted Nov 2023
- Don’t Look Downstarted Nov 2023
- COPPOLA COMMENT started Nov 2023
- Deep Quarrystarted Nov 2023
- TechAccountingProstarted Oct 2023
- Joseph Fasanostarted Feb 2023
- The Chancery Dailystarted Oct 2022
- Samuel’s Newsletterstarted Aug 2022
- Layers on Layersstarted Aug 2022
- Samuel’s Newsletterstarted Aug 2022
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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