Photography on Substack
The top 100 Photography writers on Substack's Bestsellers and Rising boards, with rank moves, follower counts, who's gaining recommendations and who recommends them.
- Writers on the two boards
- 0
- Median followers, Bestsellers
- 5,393
- Smallest on the board
- 20
- David Calvert, #36
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 0
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Photography: new recommendations
Writers in this category who picked up the most new recommenders in the last 30 days. A new recommendation puts a writer in front of another publication's readers.
Luca Varano
2.5k followers · #8 Photography Bestsellers
Takashi Yasui
14k followers · #28 Photography Bestsellers
Jason P. Odell 📷
4.5k followers · #6 Photography Bestsellers
Don Giannatti
4.3k followers · #16 Photography BestsellersNew recommenders per week; the orange bar is this week to date. Same scale in every panel. Dated by Substack; only recommendations still live.
Bestsellers
Substack ranks Bestsellers by paid subscribers. Followers come from each writer's public profile.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | 7 days | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | · |  Aidan AveryThe Open Call List |
21,081 | – | 51 +1 | Thousands | |
| 2 | · |  Dina LitovskyIn the Flash with Dina Litovsky |
33,935 | – | 56 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 3 | · |  Andy AdamsFlakPhoto Digest |
50,016 | – | 59 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 4 | · |  Rob StephensonThe Neighborhoods |
26,809 | – | 55 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 5 | · |  Marco SecchiThrough the Lens 📷 |
7,705 | – | 49 +6 | 100+ badge | |
| 6 | · |  Jason P. Odell 📷The Photographer’s Perspective |
4,468 | – | 50 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 7 | · |  Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)Jenny’s Substack - Let's art together |
25,640 | – | 53 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 8 | · |  Luca Varanolucavarano.substack |
2,496 | – | 8 +6 | none shown | |
| 9 | · |  Dan BurkholderDan Burkholder Photography |
2,720 | – | 22 | 100+ badge | |
| 10 | · |  Noah WaldeckSubjectively Objective |
10,881 | – | 50 +1 | none shown | |
| 11 | · |  Ben SmithA Small Voice At Best... |
1,722 | – | 15 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 12 | · |  Wesley VerhoeveProcess ☼ A photography newsletter by Wesley Verhoeve |
21,532 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 13 | · |  Nicole MasonPalette – Tools for Photographers and Creatives |
655 | – | 1 +1 | none shown | |
| 14 | · |  Andrew KnappHow To Be A Dog |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 15 | · |  Zach & Dune | Our Take@zachanddune |
240 | – | 0 | none shown | |
| 16 | · |  Don GiannattiIn The Frame (Better Thinking/Better Work) |
4,304 | +16 (8 d) | 50 +2 | none shown | |
| 17 | · |  Noah KalinaThe Noah Kalina Newsletter |
12,592 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 18 | · |  Paul Zizka PhotographyPaul Zizka: Fuelled by Creativity |
24,063 | – | ? | 100+ badge | |
| 19 | · |  Aminus3 PhotographyAminus3 Essence of Photography |
6,500 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 20 | · |  Alice ZooINTERLOPER |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 21 | · |  Edward GoodeImago Scriptura |
2,706 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 22 | · |  Kieran DoddsNow We See |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 23 | · |  Bill SawalichArt + Math |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 24 | · |  Susanne HelmertMy Morning Muse |
6,224 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 25 | · |  Rotem RozentalBytesize |
520 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 26 | · |  Berto CentofanteLoaf Made by Berto Centofante |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 27 | · |  Michael WristonTen Minute Exposure |
31,537 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 28 | · |  Takashi YasuiBeyond The Frame |
13,849 | – | 50 +3 | none shown | |
| 29 | · |  Casey McCallisterThe Dirt Road |
1,721 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 30 | · |  Dev BowmanONE HOUR PHOTO |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 31 | · |  Greta Rybusthe Photosynthesist |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 32 | · |  D kendrick CAFIELD Notes |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 33 | · |  Kat SwanseyKat Swansey Photo's Substack |
1,206 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 34 | · |  Renato Rocha MirandaA OBSCURA |
5,623 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 35 | · |  Melissa Lyttlefull stop. |
5,393 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 36 | · |  David CalvertIt's mostly just crap |
20 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 37 | · |  Justin HochThe JHoch Journal |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 38 | · |  LawsonThe Lawson Atlas |
2,044 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 39 | · |  Kenneth NelsonLiving Life Photographically |
574 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 40 | · | Oki / 伊藤王樹MEDIA TRAVELERS - For Individuals Born Free |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 41 | · |  Raf Lopes | CameraClaraCamera Clara |
7,190 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 42 | · | Tom ZimberoffA Photographic Memory |
pending | ? | none shown | ||
| 43 | · |  Alex Strohl@alexstrohl |
35,244 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 44 | · |  Ryan FaerStreet Photography // Field Notes |
3,304 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 45 | · |  Rania RönntoftGrain & Fern |
1,821 | – | ? | none shown | |
| 46 | · |  PappasBlandWriting with Light |
1,952 | – | ? | none shown |
Rank on every read
Rank on each read of the Bestsellers board. Darker is higher. A gap means the writer was outside the top 100 on that read.
| Writer | Nov 1116:00 | Move |
|---|---|---|
| Aidan Avery | 1 | new |
| Dina Litovsky | 2 | new |
| Andy Adams | 3 | new |
| Rob Stephenson | 4 | new |
| Marco Secchi | 5 | new |
| Jason P. Odell 📷 | 6 | new |
| Jenny Lawson (thebloggess) | 7 | new |
| Luca Varano | 8 | new |
| Dan Burkholder | 9 | new |
| Noah Waldeck | 10 | new |
| Ben Smith | 11 | new |
| Wesley Verhoeve | 12 | new |
| Nicole Mason | 13 | new |
| Andrew Knapp | 14 | new |
| Zach & Dune | Our Take | 15 | new |
| Don Giannatti | 16 | new |
| Noah Kalina | 17 | new |
| Paul Zizka Photography | 18 | new |
| Aminus3 Photography | 19 | new |
| Alice Zoo | 20 | new |
Who recommends Photography writers
Publications with the most live recommendations to writers whose main category is Photography. If you write in this category, these are the lists worth being on.
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