Algis (Japan or Die) has 5,696 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #92 on Substack's Travel Bestsellers board. 16 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 8.
Last read Oct 31, 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
- 5,696
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.5K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 16
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- #92
- Travel
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 5,696 | 5.5K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Bestsellers | 94 | 94 | 94 | 92 | ▲2 |
| Travel Rising | 58 | 77 | ▼19 |
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Recommendations
16 publications recommend Algis (Japan or Die); 2 started in the last 30 days. Algis (Japan or Die) recommends 8, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
Tim Leffel23k followers · started Aug 22, 2026 · mutual- Japan News Todaystarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Kei Moristarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Where Japan Eatsstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Japan Off-Peakstarted Oct 5, 2026
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Real Osakastarted Aug 15, 2026
- Corey's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
- Tokyo Unseenstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Rusty’s Electric Dreams ⚡started Jun 5, 2026 · mutual
- Daniel's Substackstarted Jun 5, 2026
- Hidden Heuristicsstarted May 20, 2026
- Creative Thought Partnerstarted May 1, 2026 · mutual
- The Magnetstarted Apr 16, 2026 · mutual
- Martha's Substackstarted Mar 18, 2026
- Blake's Substackstarted Feb 24, 2026
Recommends
Austin Kleon385k followers · started Apr 30, 2026- Tim Leffel23k followers · started Apr 28, 2026 · mutual
- Rusty’s Electric Dreams ⚡started May 20, 2026 · mutual
- Nihongo Storytime started May 6, 2026
- Book Freakstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Recomendostarted Apr 28, 2026
- Creative Thought Partnerstarted Apr 28, 2026 · mutual
- The Magnetstarted Apr 28, 2026 · mutual
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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