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The Real Book Spy has 12,973 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #8 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 34 publications recommend them.

Followers read · Boards read

Last read Oct 31, 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
12,973
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
12K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
34
none new in 30 days
Recommends
0
Bestsellers rank
#8
Fiction

Followers by day

Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. 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.

12,60012,80013,00013,20013,400 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 12,973
12,60012,80013,00013,20013,400 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 12,973
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 Real Book Spy on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 202612,97312K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Fiction Bestsellers#8#84 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Fiction Bestsellers88880

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

34 publications recommend The Real Book Spy. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend The Real Book Spy Sophie Audouin-Mamikoniannot trackedHistorical Fiction Stacknot trackedTroop 161 Substack not trackedThe Last Wordnot trackedLinda's Substacknot trackedStephen's Substacknot trackedDinger’s Substacknot trackedKB Smith's Substacknot trackedTerrance's Substacknot tracked The Real Book Spy 13k followers
Recommend them Sophie Audouin-…not trackedHistorical Fict…not trackedTroop 161 Subst…not trackedThe Last Wordnot trackedLinda's Substacknot trackedStephen's Subst…not tracked The Real Book… 13k 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

Jul 24OctJan 25AprJulOctJan 26AprJulOct
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
2024-071
2024-091
2025-011
2025-031
2025-051
2025-061
2025-087
2025-102
2025-112
2025-121
2026-014
2026-023
2026-033
2026-051
2026-072
2026-092
2026-101

Recommended by

  • Sophie Audouin-Mamikonianstarted Oct 1, 2026
  • Historical Fiction Stackstarted Sep 21, 2026
  • Troop 161 Substack started Sep 2, 2026
  • The Last Wordstarted Jul 10, 2026
  • Linda's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
  • Stephen's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
  • Dinger’s Substackstarted Mar 19, 2026
  • KB Smith's Substackstarted Mar 4, 2026
  • Terrance's Substackstarted Mar 2, 2026
  • Field's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
  • Jamie's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
  • William's Substackstarted Feb 14, 2026
  • Treoning itstarted Jan 23, 2026
  • Carmudgeonstarted Jan 21, 2026
  • The Wandering Authorstarted Jan 17, 2026
  • Robert's Substackstarted Jan 4, 2026
  • Sriram Tawkerstarted Dec 27, 2025
  • Shomik's Substackstarted Nov 17, 2025
  • Joseph's Substackstarted Nov 10, 2025
  • Ted On TVstarted Oct 2025
  • john etterleestarted Oct 2025
  • Jeff Terrystarted Aug 2025
  • Erin’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
  • Praise Akinyemistarted Aug 2025
All 34
  • Jeff Clark's Intel Reportstarted Aug 2025
  • Southern Gen Xer started Aug 2025
  • Paul’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
  • Kirk’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
  • Cory’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
  • KJ’s Substackstarted May 2025
  • DOOM FICTIONstarted Mar 2025
  • keith berglundstarted Jan 2025
  • Medic Turned Scribestarted Sep 2024
  • Summer Tastes Like Lightningstarted Jul 2024

Recommends

The Real Book Spy doesn't recommend anyone.

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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Fiction writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (28 writers in that group), but not The Real Book Spy.

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