The Ransom Note

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The Ransom Note has 20,250 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 20 publications recommend them, and they recommend 7.

Followers read

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
20,250
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
20K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
none shown
Recommended by
20
none new in 30 days
Recommends
7
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.

19,75020,00020,25020,50020,750 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 20,250
19,75020,00020,25020,50020,750 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 20,250
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow The Ransom Note on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202620,250020K+
Oct 31, 202620,25020K+

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

20 publications recommend The Ransom Note. The Ransom Note recommends 7. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend The Ransom Note The Ransom Note recommends Sirus's Substacknot trackedScott's Substacknot trackedHeather's Substacknot trackedValentine's Substacknot trackedJackm's Substacknot trackedThe Alchemical Therapist's Su…not trackedHeirs's Substacknot trackedAnis's Substacknot trackedJack_Woff's Substacknot tracked No Tags8.6k followersParty Linesnot trackedAngie Towsenot trackedWashed Memoir in Real Timenot trackedRΛISINInot trackedLove Theme’s Substacknot trackedThe Level Party’s Substacknot tracked The Ransom Note 20k followers
Recommend them They recommend Sirus's Substacknot trackedScott's Substacknot trackedHeather's Subst…not trackedValentine's Sub…not trackedJackm's Substacknot trackedThe Alchemical …not tracked No Tags8.6k followersParty Linesnot trackedAngie Towsenot trackedWashed Memoir i…not trackedRΛISINInot trackedLove Theme’s Su…not tracked The Ransom No… 20k followers
The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

2Sep 251Oct2Nov2Dec4Jan 262FebMarApr4May2JunJulAug1SepOctNov
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2025-092
2025-101
2025-112
2025-122
2026-014
2026-022
2026-054
2026-062
2026-091

Recommended by

  • Sirus's Substackstarted Sep 11, 2026
  • Scott's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
  • Heather's Substackstarted Jun 5, 2026
  • Valentine's Substackstarted May 29, 2026
  • Jackm's Substackstarted May 21, 2026
  • The Alchemical Therapist's Substackstarted May 18, 2026
  • Heirs's Substackstarted May 13, 2026
  • Anis's Substackstarted Feb 14, 2026
  • Jack_Woff's Substackstarted Feb 1, 2026
  • Bike's Substackstarted Jan 21, 2026
  • Sebastian's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
  • Babs Substackstarted Jan 12, 2026
  • Michael's Substackstarted Jan 4, 2026
  • Robyn Darkstarted Dec 22, 2025
  • The hard conversations's Substackstarted Dec 13, 2025
  • Valentina's Substackstarted Nov 27, 2025
  • Cue Points: Notes on Sound + Culturestarted Nov 2025
  • Stream of Strategalstarted Oct 2025
  • Adas’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
  • Music To Watch Seeds Grow Bystarted Sep 2025

Recommends

  • No Tags8.6k followers · started Aug 10, 2026
  • Party Linesstarted Jul 8, 2026
  • Angie Towsestarted Jun 9, 2026
  • Washed Memoir in Real Timestarted Sep 2025
  • RΛISINIstarted Sep 2025
  • Love Theme’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
  • The Level Party’s Substackstarted Sep 2025

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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