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
- 84
- Median followers, Rising
- 1,264
- Smallest on the board
- 10
- Lily J. Noonan, #9
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 20
- 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 · #26 Photography Bestsellers
Jason P. Odell 📷
4.5k followers · #6 Photography Bestsellers
Don Giannatti
4.3k followers · #16 Photography Bestsellers
Nicole Mason
784 followers · #13 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.
Rising
Substack ranks Rising by recent growth in paid subscribers. Followers come from each writer's public profile.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | 7 days | Recommended by | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  Aidan AveryThe Open Call List |
21,081 | – | 51 +1 | |
| 2 | 0 |  Andy AdamsFlakPhoto Digest |
50,016 | – | 59 +2 | |
| 3 | 0 |  Luca Varanolucavarano.substack |
2,496 | – | 8 +6 | |
| 4 | 0 |  D kendrick CAFIELD Notes |
453 | – | ? | |
| 5 | 0 |  Casey McCallisterThe Dirt Road |
1,721 | – | ? | |
| 6 | 0 |  Ryan FaerStreet Photography // Field Notes |
3,304 | – | ? | |
| 7 | 0 |  Renato Rocha MirandaA OBSCURA |
5,623 | – | ? | |
| 8 | 0 |  Andrew KnappHow To Be A Dog |
14,739 | – | ? | |
| 9 | 0 |  Lily J. Noonan@lilyn |
10 | – | ? | |
| 10 | 0 |  Derrick BucknerD. Buckner Photography: The Analog Process |
540 | – | ? | |
| 11 | 0 |  Bill PosnerFamous When Dead |
719 | – | ? | |
| 12 | 0 |  Frances BukovskySomething Like a Body |
208 | – | ? | |
| 13 | 0 |  Aminus3 PhotographyAminus3 Essence of Photography |
6,500 | – | ? | |
| 14 | 0 |  Revelry Collection@revelrycollection |
2,704 | – | ? | |
| 15 | 0 |  Edward GoodeImago Scriptura |
2,706 | – | ? | |
| 16 | 0 |  Josh WeinbergRandom Capture |
1,264 | – | ? | |
| 17 | 0 |  Jason P. Odell 📷The Photographer’s Perspective |
4,468 | – | 50 +2 | |
| 18 | 0 |  Xavo B.Xavografica |
2,773 | – | ? | |
| 19 | 0 |  Isabella TobiasonWETSELTZER |
134 | – | ? | |
| 20 | 0 |  Don GiannattiIn The Frame (Better Thinking/Better Work) |
4,304 | +16 (8 d) | 50 +2 | |
| 21 | 0 |  Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)Jenny’s Substack - Let's art together |
25,640 | – | 53 +4 | |
| 22 | 0 |  Diogo BolinhasGallery |
492 | – | ? | |
| 23 | 0 |  Bob Kelsoe@bobkelsoe |
2,512 | – | ? | |
| 24 | 0 |  Bill SawalichArt + Math |
1,727 | – | ? | |
| 25 | 0 |  Gary R HookMusings on Photography, Life, and Whatnot |
363 | – | ? | |
| 26 | ▼1 | Gary R HookMusings on Photography, Life, and Whatnot |
363 | – | ? | |
| 27 | 0 |  Raf Lopes | CameraClaraCamera Clara |
7,190 | – | ? | |
| 28 | 0 |  Zach & Dune | Our Take@zachanddune |
240 | – | 0 | |
| 29 | 0 |  Takashi YasuiBeyond The Frame |
13,849 | – | 50 +3 | |
| 30 | 0 |  Joanna B. PinneoLight and Shadow with Joanna Pinneo |
558 | – | ? | |
| 31 | 0 |  Sam GoodmanI Wish I Liked It Better Here |
56 | – | ? | |
| 32 | 0 |  Greta Rybusthe Photosynthesist |
918 | – | ? | |
| 33 | 0 |  Paul Pichugin@paulpichugin |
948 | – | ? | |
| 34 | 0 |  Oki / 伊藤王樹MEDIA TRAVELERS - For Individuals Born Free |
1,149 | – | ? | |
| 35 | 0 |  Berto CentofanteLoaf Made by Berto Centofante |
487 | – | ? | |
| 36 | 0 |  Neil ScottThe Crop |
3,669 | – | ? | |
| 37 | 0 |  NoOneNoOne’s Substack |
680 | – | ? | |
| 38 | 0 |  Scot Hacker@shacker |
650 | – | ? | |
| 39 | 0 |  𝙹𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚊 🇯🇵 𝚃𝚘𝚔𝚢𝚘 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚢Tokyo Heavy |
583 | – | ? | |
| 40 | 0 |  Sean MitchellChugach Rambles |
543 | – | ? | |
| 41 | 0 |  David ColemanHave Camera Will Travel |
8,890 | – | ? | |
| 42 | 0 |  Craig Douglas GephartPlace and Presence - Craig Douglas Gephart, Photographer |
122 | – | ? | |
| 43 | 0 |  Tom ZimberoffA Photographic Memory |
385 | – | ? | |
| 44 | 0 |  Jon NorrisExplore Landscapes |
2,155 | – | ? | |
| 45 | 0 |  Susanne HelmertMy Morning Muse |
6,224 | – | ? | |
| 46 | 0 |  Melissa Lyttlefull stop. |
5,393 | – | ? | |
| 47 | 0 |  Ernest Nitka@charcot54 |
23 | – | ? | |
| 48 | 0 |  Noah KalinaThe Noah Kalina Newsletter |
12,592 | – | ? | |
| 49 | 0 |  Travis HuggettEast Side Art Supply |
921 | – | ? | |
| 50 | 0 |  Alex Strohl@alexstrohl |
35,244 | – | ? | |
| 51 | 0 |  Marco SecchiThrough the Lens 📷 |
7,705 | – | 49 +6 | |
| 52 | 0 |  Cameron AlexanderUnfamiliar Comforts |
129 | – | ? | |
| 53 | ▼1 | Cameron AlexanderUnfamiliar Comforts |
129 | – | ? | |
| 54 | 0 |  Rania RönntoftGrain & Fern |
1,834 | – | ? | |
| 55 | 0 |  PappasBlandWriting with Light |
1,952 | – | ? | |
| 56 | 0 |  Street Photography Lab@streetphotographylab |
10,787 | – | ? | |
| 57 | 0 |  Elyse Briski Jokinenanyway anyway |
673 | – | ? | |
| 58 | 0 |  Rotem RozentalBytesize |
520 | – | ? | |
| 59 | 0 |  Dan BurkholderDan Burkholder Photography |
2,720 | – | 22 | |
| 60 | 0 |  Stillness in Focus@stillnessinfocus |
1,012 | – | ? | |
| 61 | 0 |  Justin HochThe JHoch Journal |
349 | – | ? | |
| 62 | 0 |  Clayton Haucka day with clay |
133 | – | ? | |
| 63 | 0 |  Matt Payne@mattpaynephoto |
375 | – | ? | |
| 64 | 0 |  Ellen Lichtenheldt@ellenlichtenheldt |
292 | – | ? | |
| 65 | 0 |  so, you want to take photos?so, you want to become a photographer? |
12 | – | ? | |
| 66 | 0 |  Savannah WishartReclaiming the Wild Woman |
184 | – | ? | |
| 67 | 0 |  Dev BowmanONE HOUR PHOTO |
1,046 | – | ? | |
| 68 | 0 |  Kieran DoddsNow We See |
902 | – | ? | |
| 69 | 0 |  THOMAS ALLEMANTHE FIELD OF VISION |
15 | – | ? | |
| 70 | 0 |  Andrew WilliamsonTruthToMaterials by Andrew Williamson |
254 | – | ? | |
| 71 | 0 |  Alice ZooINTERLOPER |
8,382 | – | ? | |
| 72 | 0 |  David CalvertIt's mostly just crap |
20 | – | ? | |
| 73 | 0 |  Naked in Namibia@nakedinnamibia |
1,864 | – | ? | |
| 74 | 0 |  Michael WristonTen Minute Exposure |
31,537 | – | ? | |
| 75 | 0 |  Angela Cappetta@throughalensdarkly |
1,648 | – | ? | |
| 76 | 0 |  Rob StephensonThe Neighborhoods |
26,809 | – | 55 +3 | |
| 77 | 0 |  Kat SwanseyKat Swansey Photo's Substack |
1,206 | – | ? | |
| 78 | 0 |  Photography, Reconsidered@photographyreconsidered |
2,427 | – | ? | |
| 79 | 0 |  Paul Zizka PhotographyPaul Zizka: Fuelled by Creativity |
24,063 | – | ? | |
| 80 | 0 |  Noah WaldeckSubjectively Objective |
10,881 | – | 50 +1 | |
| 81 | 0 |  Ben SmithA Small Voice At Best... |
1,722 | – | 15 +1 | |
| 82 | 0 |  LawsonThe Lawson Atlas |
2,044 | – | ? | |
| 83 | 0 |  Wesley VerhoeveProcess ☼ A photography newsletter by Wesley Verhoeve |
21,532 | – | ? | |
| 84 | 0 |  Nicole MasonPalette – Tools for Photographers and Creatives |
784 | – | 1 +1 | |
| 85 | 0 |  Dina LitovskyIn the Flash with Dina Litovsky |
33,935 | – | 56 +1 |
Rank on every read
Rank on each read of the Rising board. Darker is higher. A gap means the writer was outside the top 100 on that read.
| Writer | Nov 1116:00 | Nov 1201:24 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aidan Avery | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Adams | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Luca Varano | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| D kendrick C | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Casey McCallister | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan Faer | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Renato Rocha Miranda | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Andrew Knapp | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Lily J. Noonan | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Derrick Buckner | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Posner | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Frances Bukovsky | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Aminus3 Photography | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Revelry Collection | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Edward Goode | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Josh Weinberg | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Jason P. Odell 📷 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Xavo B. | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Isabella Tobiason | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Don Giannatti | 20 | 20 | 0 |
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