Will Hines has 5,801 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #77 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.
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
- 5,801
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.1K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #77
- Humor
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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 5,801 | 5.1K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | #77 | #76 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | 76 | 76 | 76 | 77 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend Will Hines; 1 started in the last 30 days. Will Hines recommends 11, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-02 | 4 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 5 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Tom Vaughan6.4k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Adrian Neibauer4.7k followers · started Jun 29, 2026- Not Another Improv Blogstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Villain Oeuvrestarted Oct 5, 2026
- Fi's Substackstarted Sep 23, 2026
- Rich's Substackstarted Aug 25, 2026
- Improv Bitsstarted Aug 11, 2026
- Sean's Substackstarted Aug 7, 2026
- improv-ment journalstarted Jul 4, 2026
- "It's Doug Moe. Hello."started Jun 1, 2026
- Pat's Substackstarted May 2, 2026
- Beatnik Picnicstarted Apr 16, 2026
- The Big Book of Stage Gamesstarted Mar 6, 2026
- No Laughing Matterstarted Feb 21, 2026
- Bob's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
- William's Substackstarted Feb 3, 2026
- Masha's Public Diarystarted Jan 23, 2026
- El Substack de Franciscostarted Jan 21, 2026
- Olivia's Substackstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Nonviolent Comedystarted Dec 26, 2025
- Sarah's Substackstarted Dec 17, 2025
- The Improv Chippy's Substackstarted Dec 9, 2025
- Odd Objectsstarted Dec 8, 2025
- The Silver Criticstarted Nov 18, 2025
All 52
- Creative Process of a Clown Musician Writer Woman (cute)started Nov 12, 2025
- Sandy's Substackstarted Nov 12, 2025
- Improvisation Techniquestarted Oct 2025
- The Costanza Letterstarted Oct 2025
- The Sketch Bookstarted Sep 2025
- Billy Merritt's Improv Lagoonstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- pratul’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Talia’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Jett Road Studiosstarted Aug 2025
- Deep Improvstarted Jul 2025
- MP Writesstarted Jul 2025
- If This Is True with Chris Hallstarted Jul 2025
- archi-marrantstarted Jun 2025
- Field Notes from Tour Guide Maddiestarted Jun 2025
- Noah Telsonstarted Jun 2025
- Kayla’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Sarah’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- COMEDY GENIUSstarted May 2025
- Improv in Practicestarted Apr 2025
- Anne Jonesstarted Mar 2025
- Basement Improvstarted Feb 2025
- Bev’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Hello, Friends!started Feb 2025
- Erik’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Sean’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Paul's Personal Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Cole’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Orange Tuxedo: The Substackstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
Recommends
- Tom Vaughan6.4k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Dave Holmes1.1k followers · started Aug 19, 2026- Your Brain on Improvstarted Mar 18, 2026
- Orange Tuxedo: The Substackstarted Nov 24, 2025 · mutual
- Improv Leadershipstarted Nov 2025
- Scheer Nonsensestarted Sep 2025
- Billy Merritt's Improv Lagoonstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Funny How: Letters to a Young Comedianstarted Apr 2025
- Improv Chronicle Newsletterstarted Mar 2024
- Improv Citystarted Mar 2024
- The Authentic Comedianstarted Sep 2023
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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