The Shadowed Archive
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The Shadowed Archive has 19,126 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 50 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 3.
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
- 19,126
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 17K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 3
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 19,126 | +9 | 17K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 19,117 | 17K+ |
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
50 publications recommend The Shadowed Archive; 1 started in the last 30 days. The Shadowed Archive recommends 3, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 15 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 8 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
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- Kirstystarted Jun 24, 2026
- Klariden's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- Ryanstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Huda Baraikistarted May 5, 2026
- Lingua Straziata started May 3, 2026
- Fred's Substackstarted Apr 21, 2026
- Josh Mstarted Apr 15, 2026
- mtMOLAstarted Apr 14, 2026
- 醒醒，愛麗絲started Apr 11, 2026
- Siddharth Joshistarted Apr 5, 2026
- Judy Kibingestarted Apr 5, 2026
- Paint Me A Poemstarted Apr 5, 2026
- Suzi Crockfordstarted Mar 29, 2026
- SavageCinemaEye's Substackstarted Mar 29, 2026
- Substack de Carlinhastarted Feb 7, 2026
- Release Windowstarted Feb 2, 2026
All 50
- Emma's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
- Poetry with my coffeestarted Jan 26, 2026
- Sea of Dotsstarted Jan 3, 2026
- Nee's Substackstarted Dec 7, 2025
- Sean Harrahy - Storying into the Abyssstarted Dec 6, 2025
- Kierastarted Dec 4, 2025
- Implausible 🦤 Immigrant 🇲🇺 started Nov 10, 2025
- grace walkerstarted Nov 2025
- Tricky's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Blueberrystarted Nov 2025
- a gentle breezestarted Oct 2025
- Dawn's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Széljegyzetekstarted Oct 2025
- Pauatahanuistarted Oct 2025
- Pippa Moorestarted Oct 2025
- A Book of Small Truthsstarted Oct 2025
- Jonstarted Oct 2025
- Un-Rottingstarted Oct 2025
- Josh Plattstarted Oct 2025
- Wild Connection with Dr. Jenstarted Oct 2025
- Alison’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Carlos Curbelostarted Oct 2025
- The Colors of the Windstarted Oct 2025
- chimchom’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Bhumika Mehtastarted Oct 2025
- Radha Bandarustarted Sep 2025
Recommends
- Ivonkastarted Oct 25, 2026new
- The Unfinished's Substackstarted Sep 21, 2026 · mutual
- The Horn Gatestarted 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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