Armistead Maupin
@armisteadmaupin · Barbary Lane Dispatches · Substack profile · Fiction
Armistead Maupin has 7,727 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #39 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 31 publications recommend them, and they recommend 11.
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
- 7,727
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 31
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #39
- Fiction
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 | 7,727 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | #39 | #38 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | 38 | 38 | 38 | 39 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
31 publications recommend Armistead Maupin. Armistead Maupin recommends 11, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 6 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Rowan Beck Andersonstarted Jan 22, 2026
- Geoff's Substackstarted Jan 7, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Dec 28, 2025
- Queer Futuresstarted Dec 15, 2025
- Peter's Substackstarted Dec 13, 2025
- Larry E. Stuckey IIstarted Dec 13, 2025
- James M. Branumstarted Dec 11, 2025
- Michael A. Horvich - Memoirs, Meanderings, & Morestarted Dec 3, 2025 · mutual
- The Half Century Homosexualstarted Oct 2025
All 31
- ☕️The Caffeinated Writerstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- COLLIDE PRESSstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Brett’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Vincent Santillostarted Sep 2025
- Teal Skiesstarted Aug 2025
- Qstack | The LGBTQIA+ Community of Substacksstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Ford Knows Booksstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
Recommends
Roxane Gay308k followers · started Sep 2025
Erin Reed229k followers · started Sep 2025- Kevin Sessums14k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- COLLIDE PRESSstarted Dec 2, 2025 · mutual
- Michael A. Horvich - Memoirs, Meanderings, & Morestarted Dec 2, 2025 · mutual
- ☕️The Caffeinated Writerstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- @ Home in the Worldstarted Sep 2025
- Ford Knows Booksstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Qstack | The LGBTQIA+ Community of Substacksstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- The Caftan Chronicles started Aug 2025 · mutual
- BAD FAIRYstarted Aug 2025
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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Publications that recommend at least two other Fiction writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (35 writers in that group), but not Armistead Maupin.
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