Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson
@bruceivargudmundsson · The Tactical Notebook · Substack profile · History
Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson has 19,968 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #100 on Substack's History Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 51.
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
- 19,968
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
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- not shown
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- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 54
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 51
- Bestsellers rank
- #100
- History
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 |
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| Oct 31, 2026 | 19,968 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | #100 | #99 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Bestsellers | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | ▼1 |
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Recommendations
54 publications recommend Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson; 1 started in the last 30 days. Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson recommends 51, and 10 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| 2022-12 | 1 |
| 2023-01 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 3 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 3 |
| 2025-01 | 5 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
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