Meredith Hayden has 179,792 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #21 on Substack's Food & Drink Bestsellers board. 57 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.
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
- 179,792
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 153K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 57
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- #21
- Food & Drink
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 | 179,792 | +22 | 153K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 179,770 | 153K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Bestsellers | #21 | #21 | 4 of 4 |
| Food & Drink Rising | #12 | #12 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Bestsellers | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| Food & Drink Rising | 12 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
57 publications recommend Meredith Hayden; 3 started in the last 30 days. Meredith Hayden recommends 2, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 19 |
| 2026-07 | 20 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
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- Tamarastarted Oct 27, 2026new
- zaza's Substackstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- N.B. started Oct 7, 2026
- Beata:s Substackstarted Oct 1, 2026
- Abby Mills Brollystarted Sep 18, 2026
- Katerina Dupasstarted Sep 14, 2026
- bella morsestarted Sep 13, 2026
- tomato pastestarted Sep 8, 2026
- Maggie's Substackstarted Aug 10, 2026
- Elizabeth Publicationstarted Aug 1, 2026
- La Dolce Vitastarted Jul 29, 2026
- eden's Substackstarted Jul 24, 2026
- Hannah's Substackstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Kaja's Substackstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Maeve's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- meatupfordinnerstarted Jul 17, 2026
All 57
- Shaindy's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Katie's Substackstarted Jul 12, 2026
- Mileena's Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- naturally.started Jul 9, 2026
- Substack von Vivianestarted Jul 9, 2026
- Aligned Livingstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Juno's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Kendall's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- The Point Is to Feel It Allstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Lunch Latelystarted Jul 3, 2026
- Alicia's Bakehouse & Kitchenstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Substack van Annestarted Jul 2, 2026
- Autumn's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Lauren's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Amanda's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Elaine's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Alyson's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Rosie's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Substack de Humbertostarted Jun 24, 2026
- Ruby's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Checking Instarted Jun 22, 2026
- Madi's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- AlexT's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Eri's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Too Many Muffinsstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Virgo Diariesstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Carley's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Emily's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Carmen's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Annabel's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Suzanne's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Claire's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
- Annie's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
Recommends
- Rachel Karten179k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
- Corner Boothstarted Feb 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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Food & Drink writers with 50,000 or more followers (72 writers in that group), but not Meredith Hayden.
- recommends 17 of them
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Eric King@easygayoven - recommends 9 of them
Emily Nunn@emilyrnunn
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