Rising on Substack this week: Travel

Two signals nobody else shows: the writers picking up new recommendations from other publications, and the ones climbing the leaderboards between my reads. Follower growth joins them on Nov 7, once there's a week of daily readings.

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Most new recommenders, last 30 days

Publications that started recommending each writer in the last 30 days, by Substack's own start date, with 12 weeks of context. Big writers collect recommenders fastest; pick a size to see who's rising among writers like you.

Italy on Foot

2.8k followers

+11 in 30 days 22 in all

20 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Architecture & Tradition

51k followers · #84 Travel Bestsellers

+10 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 52 in all

25 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

The Italy Edit

16k followers

+10 in 30 days 33 in all

16 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Mara | The Nomad Dossier

1.2k followers

+8 in 30 days 16 in all

14 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Morgan McDonald

30k followers · #8 Travel Bestsellers

+6 in 30 days 43 in all

17 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Pavia + Jeralyn

183k followers · #41 Travel Bestsellers

+5 in 30 days 54 in all

6 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

FOUND

152k followers · #2 Travel Bestsellers

+5 in 30 days 64 in all

9 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

coolstuff.nyc

56k followers · #17 Travel Bestsellers

+5 in 30 days 55 in all

7 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

First Class Jerk

29k followers · #96 Travel Bestsellers

+5 in 30 days 52 in all

10 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Carol Seymour

14k followers · #93 Travel Bestsellers

+5 in 30 days 51 in all

30 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

The Timeless Traveler

19k followers · #95 Travel Bestsellers

+4 in 30 days 46 in all

12 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

RILEY HARPER

13k followers · #23 Travel Bestsellers

+4 in 30 days 53 in all

9 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

New recommenders per week, last 12 weeks; the orange bar is this week to date. Same scale in every panel. Dated by Substack; only recommendations still live.