Zine Hug has 2,967 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #85 on Substack's Comics Rising board. 23 publications recommend them, 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
- 2,967
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 23
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #85, Comics
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 | 2,967 | 1.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comics Rising | #85 | #42 | 3 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comics Rising | 42 | 42 | 85 | ▼43 |
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Recommendations
23 publications recommend Zine Hug. Zine Hug recommends 11, and 9 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 2 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
FROG FARM1.2k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
Robert Baxter1.1k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 27, 2026
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- Felix's Substackstarted May 3, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Mar 31, 2026
- Francine's Substackstarted Nov 26, 2025
- SVA's Collaborative Arts Clubstarted Sep 2025
- mars’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- PaperCut’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Taxonomy Press Newsletterstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- Sophie’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- KBBBLOGstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- Neoglyphic Mediastarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- IJen’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Bri’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Bear Snacksstarted Jun 2024 · mutual
- Lizziebuttpoo’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- Jackson’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
- Mighty Pebble Pressstarted Dec 2023 · mutual
- ANEMONEstarted Sep 2023 · mutual
- Secret Room Pressstarted Aug 2023 · mutual
Recommends
Animation Obsessive Staff91k followers · started Sep 2023- FROG FARM1.2k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
- Robert Baxter1.1k followers · started May 2024 · mutual
- Taxonomy Press Newsletterstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- Neoglyphic Mediastarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- KBBBLOGstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- Bear Snacksstarted Jun 2024 · mutual
- Mighty Pebble Pressstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
- Secret Room Pressstarted Sep 2023 · mutual
- ANEMONEstarted Apr 2023 · mutual
- Aarati’s Thoughtsstarted Apr 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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Comics writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (69 writers in that group), but not Zine Hug.
- recommends 11 of themSerioComics
- recommends 8 of themAlex Segura
- recommends 7 of them
Margreet de Heer@margreetdeheer - recommends 7 of themUnofficial Indie Comics Creator Con Newsletter
- recommends 6 of themMike del Mundo
- recommends 6 of themYuck! Travel Magazine
- recommends 5 of themAlexander Gordon
- recommends 5 of themHandbuzzer Studio Exposes . . . MS Ricketts’ Stash
- recommends 4 of them
Steve Sack@stevesack - recommends 4 of them
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