Nicole Dragon has 16,948 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #99 on Substack's Food & Drink Bestsellers board. 34 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 1.
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
- 16,948
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 16K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 34
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 1
- Bestsellers rank
- #99
- Food & Drink
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 | 16,948 | −7 | 16K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 16,955 | 16K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Bestsellers | #99 | #97 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Bestsellers | 97 | 97 | 97 | 99 | ▼2 |
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Recommendations
34 publications recommend Nicole Dragon; 3 started in the last 30 days. Nicole Dragon recommends 1, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 8 |
| 2026-06 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
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- Daniel Crossstarted May 21, 2026
- Mary's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
- Laura's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
- The Children Who Build Mud Towersstarted May 14, 2026
- Devin's Substackstarted May 14, 2026
- The Prep Liststarted May 13, 2026
- Naija's Noirs Substackstarted May 10, 2026
- Mr.Development's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- Candace's Substackstarted Apr 30, 2026
- fff's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Deanna Jstarted Apr 27, 2026
- Ashleylovesrelish's Substackstarted Apr 25, 2026
All 34
- Avril's Substackstarted Apr 14, 2026
- Kelly's Substackstarted Dec 11, 2025
- On Being Humanstarted Dec 9, 2025
- The Secret Ingredientstarted Nov 12, 2025 · mutual
- Julie's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Dina’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- JoAnn’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Shannon’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- All Things Allistarted Apr 2025
- Michela’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
Recommends
- The Secret Ingredientstarted Nov 12, 2025 · mutual
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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Publications that recommend at least two other Food & Drink writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (81 writers in that group), but not Nicole Dragon.
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