Writing on the Side
@writingontheside · Writing on the Side · Substack profile · Literature
Writing on the Side has 1,820 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 8 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 12.
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
- 1,820
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 891
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 8
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 12
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 1,820 | 891 |
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
8 publications recommend Writing on the Side; 1 started in the last 30 days. Writing on the Side recommends 12, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
- The Story Coachstarted Oct 20, 2026 · mutualnew
- Thaxarastarted Oct 6, 2026
- Dangerous Livingstarted Sep 19, 2026 · mutual
- Pragmatic Social Workstarted May 31, 2026 · mutual
- A Writer, Anewstarted Mar 24, 2026 · mutual
- Author Goldstarted Mar 13, 2026 · mutual
- Three Stars and Countingstarted Jan 9, 2026 · mutual
- MegaMythstarted Jan 6, 2026
Recommends
The Shit About Writing Team110k followers · started Jan 21, 2026- The Story Coachstarted Oct 19, 2026 · mutualnew
- Dangerous Livingstarted Oct 8, 2026 · mutualnew
- Seoul Book Clubstarted Aug 2, 2026
- Pragmatic Social Workstarted Jun 1, 2026 · mutual
- The Cozy Romance Book Clubstarted May 1, 2026
- A Writer, Anewstarted Mar 24, 2026 · mutual
- Author Goldstarted Mar 12, 2026 · mutual
- Creator Partnerships Labstarted Mar 4, 2026
- Incomes & Outcomesstarted Jan 23, 2026
- Three Stars and Countingstarted Jan 10, 2026 · mutual
- Escape the Cubiclestarted Jan 4, 2026
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 Literature writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (66 writers in that group), but not Writing on the Side.
- recommends 13 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 2 of them
Simon Haisell@footnotesandtangents - recommends 2 of them
Derek Hughes@derekhughes - recommends 2 of them
Henry Eliot@henryeliot - recommends 2 of them
Andrea Bartz@andibartz - recommends 2 of them
Nicola Washington@toomuchsocial - recommends 2 of themlchristopher
- recommends 2 of themCharles’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themRoyal Literary Fund
- recommends 2 of themThe Broken Compass
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