Michael Williams

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Michael Williams has 7,078 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #24 on Substack's Travel Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, and they recommend 2.

Followers read 7 days ago · Boards read 6 days ago

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: 7,078; read Oct 31
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 5.2K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: 100+; bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by: 52; none new in 30 days
Recommends: 2
Bestsellers rank: #24; Travel

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.

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 Michael Williams on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	7,078		5.2K+

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Travel Bestsellers	#24	#24	4 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Travel Bestsellers	24	24	24	24	0

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

52 publications recommend Michael Williams. Michael Williams recommends 2, and 2 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. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Mar 2023 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2022-04	1
2022-06	1
2023-03	2
2023-04	3
2023-06	2
2023-07	1
2023-08	2
2023-09	3
2023-10	3
2023-11	2
2023-12	1
2024-01	3
2024-04	2
2024-05	2
2024-06	1
2024-07	2
2024-10	2
2024-11	1
2025-01	2
2025-02	2
2025-03	1
2025-07	1
2025-08	3
2025-09	1
2025-10	1
2025-11	1
2025-12	1
2026-01	1
2026-02	2
2026-04	1
2026-05	1

Recommended by

David Coggins65k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
Michael Williams51k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
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23's Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
Necessary Wolvesstarted Jan 27, 2026
Steve's Substackstarted Dec 19, 2025
FotoDiary Studiostarted Nov 20, 2025
Thoughts by NDRstarted Oct 2025
harber reviewstarted Sep 2025
Matt’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
The Evening Zonestarted Aug 2025
Big Timestarted Jul 2025
Highway Notesstarted Mar 2025
Richard’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
Jeffrey’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
100mL’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
Kevin’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
VNDERSTATEDstarted Nov 2024
Booth’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
The Second Mountainstarted Oct 2024
Jason’s Substackstarted Jul 2024

All 52

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The Material Reviewstarted Jun 2024
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The Tight Editstarted Jan 2024
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Blamo! Notesstarted Nov 2023
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Ryan’s Substackstarted Oct 2023
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A New Commissionstarted Sep 2023
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The Crystal Keepstarted Aug 2023
Sublime Prosaicstarted Jul 2023
DC Cavalierstarted Jun 2023
Aaron’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
Barnstormerstarted Apr 2023
Indies and Microsstarted Apr 2023
Unguided’s Substackstarted Apr 2023
David’s Substackstarted Mar 2023
Thoughts and Considerationsstarted Mar 2023

Recommends

David Coggins65k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
Michael Williams51k followers · started Jun 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.

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