andrew gruel has 36,687 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #86 on Substack's Food & Drink Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 36,687
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 33K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #86
- Food & Drink
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 | 36,687 | +4 | 33K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 36,683 | 33K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Bestsellers | #86 | #86 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Bestsellers | 89 | 89 | 89 | 86 | ▲3 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
50 publications recommend andrew gruel; 2 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 6 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
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- L's Substackstarted Dec 15, 2025
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- PLJstarted Nov 28, 2025
- K's Substackstarted Nov 25, 2025
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Recommends
andrew gruel doesn't recommend anyone.
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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Food & Drink writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (81 writers in that group), but not andrew gruel.
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Eric King@easygayoven - recommends 7 of themTURBO GOTH UNIVERSE
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carla lalli@lallicarla - recommends 4 of them
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