Chris McDowall has 9,036 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #68 on Substack's Games Rising board. 56 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 1.
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
- 9,036
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 56
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 1
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #68, Games
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 | 9,036 | 8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | #68 | #39 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | 63 | 39 | 39 | 68 | ▼5 |
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Recommendations
56 publications recommend Chris McDowall; 3 started in the last 30 days. Chris McDowall recommends 1, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-06 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 4 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
Recommended by
Ben Milton27k followers · started Oct 2022 · mutual
Dave Thaumavore9.1k followers · started Jan 13, 2026
Murkdice4.4k followers · started Nov 2024
Christian Lindke4k followers · started Apr 2023
Mike Mearls1.9k followers · started Sep 2024
Copy/Paste Co-Op1.4k followers · started Jun 2023
Cole Baker5 followers · started Jul 3, 2026- Orc Solostarted Oct 26, 2026new
- Zubi's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Thoughts on Table Topstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Risk & Ruin Gamesstarted Oct 7, 2026
- Joozey's Substackstarted Oct 6, 2026
- Benjamin Louis Howkinsstarted Oct 1, 2026
- The Ludic Lighthousestarted Sep 24, 2026
- Road to Tommsworldstarted Sep 7, 2026
- Lunellarium Studiostarted Sep 7, 2026
- Tallow Barkstarted Sep 6, 2026
- House of Nerdery and Curiosstarted Sep 5, 2026
- Cockedstarted Aug 7, 2026
- Timoth's Substackstarted Jul 23, 2026
- The Unfound Librarystarted Jul 23, 2026
- Morning Shortsstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Thoughts of the Wicked Boys: SM Hillmanstarted Jul 15, 2026
- g00se's Substackstarted May 29, 2026
All 56
- offninestarted May 7, 2026
- Session Zerostarted May 3, 2026
- Ethan's Journalstarted Apr 6, 2026
- Seidmann Games Substackstarted Apr 5, 2026
- Terry Tibkestarted Apr 4, 2026
- Roll D To Diestarted Jan 26, 2026
- Kwatermistrz's Substackstarted Jan 21, 2026
- Mountain Missivestarted Jan 12, 2026
Natural 7started Dec 13, 2025- Logan's Substackstarted Nov 17, 2025
- Anjo's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Docniner's TTRPG Musingsstarted Oct 2025
- Global's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Chris Cinderstarted Sep 2025
- Dreaming Dragonslayerstarted Sep 2025
- Udy’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Andrew’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Owlbeasrs94’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Another Hobbyiststarted Jul 2025
- El Substack de JRDMstarted Jul 2025
- Jeff Scott Screams Into the Dungeonstarted Jul 2025
- Circle of One Dispatchstarted Jul 2025
- Jonathan’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- FaeErrant’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Jean’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Daft Muse Gamesstarted May 2025
- John’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Cody’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Metamythosstarted Apr 2025
- One-Eyed Griffonstarted Apr 2025
- Peasantry TTRPGstarted Mar 2025
- Dying Earth Cataloguestarted Mar 2025
Recommends
- Ben Milton27k followers · started Nov 2022 · 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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Chris McDowall. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 15 shared
Ben MiltonThe Glatisant: A Questing Beast Newsletter
27k followers - 9 shared
Dave ThaumavoreThaumavoria
9.1k followers - 8 shared
MurkdiceMurkMail
4.4k followers - 5 shared
Mike MearlsArcane Mutterings
1.9k followers - 4 shared
Patrick BuechnerThe Soloist - an indie RPG newsletter
13k followers - 2 shared
Copy/Paste Co-OpDavid B.'s Newsletter
1.4k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Games writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (8 writers in that group), but not Chris McDowall.
- recommends 3 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 3 of themThe Socratic Leadership
- recommends 3 of themThe Platform Layer
- recommends 2 of them
Mighty Diamonds@mightydiamonds - recommends 2 of them
Jordan Oloman@postmode - recommends 2 of themO Substack de Eduardo
- recommends 2 of themMargot Plays Video Games
- recommends 2 of themThe ReadGraves Society
- recommends 2 of themJason Schweitz
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