Michael Williams
@acontinuouslean · A Continuous Lean · Substack profile · Fashion & Beauty
Michael Williams has 51,071 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #32 on Substack's Fashion & Beauty Bestsellers board. 63 publications recommend them, and they recommend 23.
Last read Nov 1, 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
- 51,071
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 32K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 63
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 23
- Bestsellers rank
- #32
- Fashion & Beauty
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 51,071 | +19 | 32K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 51,052 | 32K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fashion & Beauty Bestsellers | #32 | #30 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fashion & Beauty Bestsellers | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | ▼2 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
63 publications recommend Michael Williams. Michael Williams recommends 23, and 12 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-06 | 3 |
| 2022-07 | 1 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 2 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 4 |
| 2025-10 | 7 |
| 2025-11 | 5 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
Recommended by
Yolanda Edwards176k followers · started May 2023 · mutual
FOUND152k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
Becky Malinsky142k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
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David Coggins65k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
Matt Hranek32k followers · started Jul 2022 · mutual
Flylab30k followers · started Aug 28, 2026
The Real Sarah Miller26k followers · started Jun 2022
Geoff Shackelford20k followers · started Aug 18, 2026 · mutual
RILEY HARPER13k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
Foster Huntington11k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
John Thompson9.3k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
American Weekender7.8k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
Michael Williams7.1k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
Nicolle Yaron3.9k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual- Accidental.Watchnerd's Substackstarted Sep 6, 2026
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All 63
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- EUREKAstarted Mar 18, 2026
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- Jessamyn Suggestsstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Worn in Jeststarted Mar 5, 2026
- Mark's Substackstarted Mar 1, 2026
- 23's Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
- Your Brand is a Liestarted Feb 5, 2026
- El Substack de Dustarted Jan 25, 2026
- Aryah's Substackstarted Jan 21, 2026
- Jim's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
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- RCS Substackstarted Dec 30, 2025
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- Red River Raconteur started Dec 6, 2025
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- Justin's Substackstarted Nov 19, 2025
- Mark's Substackstarted Nov 16, 2025
- jonathan's Substackstarted Nov 11, 2025
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Recommends
- Yolanda Edwards176k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
- FOUND152k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
- Becky Malinsky142k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
- David Coggins65k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
- Matt Hranek32k followers · started Jul 2022 · mutual
Brett McKay24k followers · started Feb 2025- Geoff Shackelford20k followers · started Jan 2023 · mutual
- RILEY HARPER13k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
- Foster Huntington11k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
- John Thompson9.3k followers · started Jun 23, 2026 · mutual
- American Weekender7.8k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
- Michael Williams7.1k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
- Nicolle Yaron3.9k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
- Managed Declinestarted Nov 2025
- The Eye with Ken Sakatastarted Jul 2025
- Blamo! Notesstarted Feb 2025
- FOUND NYstarted Jun 2024
- The Material Reviewstarted Jun 2024
- Mensweirdstarted Feb 2024
- The Search Continues started Dec 2023
- Why is this interesting?started Jul 2022
- A Small and Simple Thingstarted May 2022
- Meditations in an Emergencystarted Apr 2022
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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- 12 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Fashion & Beauty writers with 50,000 or more followers (27 writers in that group), but not Michael Williams.
- recommends 9 of them
Emilia Petrarca@shoprat - recommends 9 of them
Plum Sykes@plumsykes - recommends 8 of them
laura reilly@magasin - recommends 8 of them
Melanie Masarin@melaniemasarin - recommends 8 of them
Mia Rigden@miarigden - recommends 7 of them
Alisha Ramos@alisharamos - recommends 7 of them
Kelly Wearstler@wearstlerworld - recommends 7 of them
Hey Mrs. Solomon on Style@heymrssolomon - recommends 7 of them
Jessie Randall@jessieloves - recommends 6 of them
Anna Newton@annanewton
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