Lisa Abend

@unpluggedtraveler · The Unplugged Traveler · Substack profile · Travel

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Lisa Abend has 11,726 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #88 on Substack's Travel Bestsellers board. 49 publications recommend them, and they recommend 25.

Followers read 7 days ago · Boards read 2 h ago

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: 11,726; read Oct 31
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 3.7K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: 100+; bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by: 49; none new in 30 days
Recommends: 25
Bestsellers rank: #88; Travel

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.

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 Lisa Abend on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	11,726		3.7K+

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Travel Bestsellers	#88	#88	4 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.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Travel Bestsellers	89	89	89	88	▲1

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

49 publications recommend Lisa Abend. Lisa Abend recommends 25, and 18 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

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

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
Month	Started
2024-04	6
2024-05	5
2024-06	2
2024-07	2
2024-08	7
2024-09	3
2024-10	3
2024-11	2
2024-12	2
2025-01	3
2025-02	2
2025-04	1
2025-05	2
2025-06	2
2025-08	1
2025-12	2
2026-06	1
2026-07	1
2026-08	1
2026-09	1

Recommended by

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Junot Díaz46k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Michael Jensen28k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Nicholas Gill11k followers · started Apr 2024 · mutual
Lisa Donovan9.5k followers · started May 2024
The Timbuktu Review3.6k followers · started Dec 23, 2025 · mutual
Yeah, no. Not Happeningstarted Sep 18, 2026
The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 27, 2026
We're Moving to Europestarted Jul 5, 2026
People & Placestarted Jun 7, 2026
Letters from Japanstarted Dec 11, 2025 · mutual
Adam’s Newsletterstarted Aug 2025
FiftyFrancestarted Jun 2025
La Travel Freakstarted Jun 2025
Steve Beste Travelsstarted May 2025
The Walk to Coffeestarted May 2025
Carri Thurmanstarted Feb 2025
Bookpeachstarted Feb 2025
This Three Pound Universestarted Jan 2025 · mutual
Rootless in Italystarted Jan 2025
Letters of Adventurestarted Jan 2025
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Stories From The Fieldstarted Dec 2024 · mutual

All 49

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The Travel Wirestarted Nov 2024 · mutual
Life at Home by Katie McCrorystarted Oct 2024 · mutual
O Substack de Nunostarted Oct 2024
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The Interesting Timesstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
Michelle’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
Travel for Realstarted Aug 2024
The Daily Grogstarted Aug 2024 · mutual
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Flungstarted Aug 2024 · mutual
Liv’s Letterstarted Aug 2024
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Bordstarted Jul 2024
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What I Did with the Bonesstarted Jun 2024
A Broadstarted May 2024 · mutual
Gina Ferrari Artstarted May 2024 · mutual
My Cup of Teastarted May 2024
The Sit Spotstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
Mixed Resultsstarted Apr 2024
Photographical Imaginationstarted Apr 2024
Well Fed started Apr 2024 · mutual

Recommends

Austin Kleon385k followers · started Apr 12, 2026
Dorie Greenspan130k followers · started May 2024 · mutual
Elizabeth Minchilli95k followers · started Apr 2024 · mutual
Chris Arnade92k followers · started Aug 2025
Mike Sowden60k followers · started Sep 2024
Junot Díaz46k followers · started Aug 2024 · mutual
Michael Jensen28k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
Jason Anthony14k followers · started Apr 12, 2026
Nicholas Gill11k followers · started Apr 2024 · mutual
The Timbuktu Review3.6k followers · started Dec 24, 2025 · mutual
Kick the Bucket Liststarted May 13, 2026
Be a Better Traveler started Apr 12, 2026
This Three Pound Universestarted Dec 12, 2025 · mutual
Letters from Japanstarted Nov 10, 2025 · mutual
Gina Ferrari Artstarted Nov 10, 2025 · mutual
Alpenglow Journalstarted Aug 2025
The Interesting Timesstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
Flungstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
Stories From The Fieldstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
The Travel Wirestarted Nov 2024 · mutual
Life at Home by Katie McCrorystarted Nov 2024 · mutual
The Daily Grogstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
A Broadstarted May 2024 · mutual
The Sit Spotstarted Apr 2024 · mutual

All 25

Well Fed started Apr 2024 · 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.