David Browne

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David Browne has 1,100 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 10 publications recommend them, and they recommend 15.

Followers read 6 days ago

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: 1,100; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 907; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: none shown
Recommended by: 10; none new in 30 days
Recommends: 15
Bestsellers rank: not on a board

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.

One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow David Browne on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	1,100	+1	907
Oct 31, 2026	1,099		907

Leaderboard positions

Not on a category leaderboard right now

Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.

Recommendations

10 publications recommend David Browne. David Browne recommends 15, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2026-05	5
2026-06	3
2026-08	2

Recommended by

brittany spanos4.2k followers · started May 22, 2026 · mutual
David Knickerbocker3.3k followers · started May 22, 2026 · mutual
Tim Appelostarted Aug 28, 2026
Sounds From The Superhighwaystarted Aug 2, 2026
David Gansstarted Jun 6, 2026 · mutual
Dark Forces Swing Blind Punchesstarted Jun 3, 2026 · mutual
Jeremy Reesstarted Jun 1, 2026 · mutual
Front Row & Backstagestarted May 23, 2026 · mutual
GrooveSeekerstarted May 22, 2026 · mutual
Thom Duffystarted May 22, 2026

Recommends

Robert Reich1.7M followers · started Jun 4, 2026
Ray Padgett25k followers · started May 18, 2026
Steven Hyden25k followers · started May 18, 2026
Alan Paul9k followers · started May 18, 2026
brittany spanos4.2k followers · started May 18, 2026 · mutual
David Knickerbocker3.3k followers · started Jun 4, 2026 · mutual
Tom Junodstarted Jun 28, 2026
Switching Codes w/Eric Deggansstarted Jun 16, 2026
David Gansstarted Jun 8, 2026 · mutual
Jeremy Reesstarted Jun 4, 2026 · mutual
Dark Forces Swing Blind Punchesstarted Jun 4, 2026 · mutual
Front Row & Backstagestarted May 28, 2026 · mutual
GrooveSeekerstarted May 28, 2026 · mutual
The Nonlinear Lifestarted May 18, 2026
Critical Conditions by Wayne Robinsstarted May 18, 2026

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 Music writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (77 writers in that group), but not David Browne.

The Intellectual Investor
recommends 27 of them
Tales of Lohr
recommends 4 of them
The Harvest Network’s Substack
recommends 4 of them
Dan Epstein@danepstein
recommends 3 of them
Hear Hear
recommends 3 of them
Random Rules
recommends 3 of them
S.W. Lauden@swlauden
recommends 2 of them
Jess Klein@jessklein
recommends 2 of them
Selected Works
recommends 2 of them
Play It Again
recommends 2 of them

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