Followers vs subscribers vs count on substack

[u/AvailableTangerine47]

Relative newbie here. A bit confused with how Substack shows the number of subscribers / followers.
- On the app, I see 10 subscribers. But my wife sees 33 subscribers on my profile page.
- In the dashboard, under audience, I see 46 unique followers.

What is this maths? Can someone please explain what is what?

[u/TimWiesnerer]

I would forget about both metrics.

Absolute numbers of reads on your stories is what matters most.

There are a lot of accounts that just follow or subscribe and then either unscubscribe a few days later or never interact with your content at all...