Chuck Cruz has 60,873 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #100 on Substack's Food & Drink Bestsellers board. 57 publications recommend them, 9 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.
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
- 60,873
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 48K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- band shown by Substack
- Recommended by
- 57
- +9 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 13
- Bestsellers rank
- #100
- Food & Drink
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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 60,873 | +41 | 48K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 60,832 | 48K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Bestsellers | #100 | #99 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Bestsellers | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
57 publications recommend Chuck Cruz; 9 started in the last 30 days. Chuck Cruz recommends 13, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 8 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 9 |
Recommended by
Ben Lippett155k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Sara Tane92k followers · started Sep 2024
Ella Henry82k followers · started Aug 2023
Jesse Jenkins78k followers · started Oct 13, 2026 · mutualnew
Alfie Steiner67k followers · started May 14, 2026
Kristen Faith Eats45k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
Aiyana Gabrielle18k followers · started Nov 19, 2025- Powoli Life with Natstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Substack von Nikolastarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Manila Buistarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Christian Nolanstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Holden Bear Kitchenstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Barney's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Le Substack de Tanianstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Aashee's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Tatistarted Sep 10, 2026
- Chuck's Substackstarted Jul 14, 2026
- Mbanal30's Substackstarted Jul 14, 2026
- Lowkita's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
- chorknifespoon's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Nadeem's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Aman's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- JARESON'S KITCHENstarted Jun 13, 2026
- Lungile's Substackstarted Jun 12, 2026
All 57
- Substack van Nennesstarted Jun 8, 2026
- NewRadDan's Substackstarted Jun 8, 2026
- Harry's Substackstarted Jun 6, 2026
- Jericube's Substackstarted Jun 2, 2026
- MarkJavstarted Jun 1, 2026
- mrcoolas's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- Clarens Philippestarted May 19, 2026
- Virginia's Substackstarted May 15, 2026
- Jonathan Kurianstarted May 15, 2026
- Inés's Substackstarted May 14, 2026
- Amber's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Yasunori's Substackstarted Apr 26, 2026
- For Referencestarted Apr 12, 2026
- Janine's Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- Melenie's Substackstarted Mar 20, 2026
- Nelson's Substackstarted Mar 2, 2026
- alex's cooking diariesstarted Feb 23, 2026
- Arjun's Substackstarted Feb 15, 2026
- (ind)SPISTstarted Feb 13, 2026
- Chuck and Haileestarted Feb 11, 2026 · mutual
- Mukti's Substackstarted Feb 10, 2026
- Zoe's Substackstarted Feb 9, 2026
- Olivia's Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
- Kyle's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Hana's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
- Huzzah's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Sarkar's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- jonnie's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- Hannah's Substackstarted Jan 7, 2026
- Jacob's Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
- Karen's Substackstarted Dec 30, 2025
- ana's Substackstarted Dec 24, 2025
- Adrian's Substackstarted Dec 23, 2025
Recommends
Sohla El-Waylly173k followers · started Feb 4, 2026- Ben Lippett155k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
carla lalli82k followers · started Feb 4, 2026- Jesse Jenkins78k followers · started Feb 19, 2026 · mutual
- Kristen Faith Eats45k followers · started Feb 19, 2026 · mutual
street night live27k followers · started Feb 2025- All Things Food started Feb 19, 2026
- Real Good Food by @bshnuezstarted Feb 19, 2026
- Cake Zinestarted Feb 19, 2026
- Chuck and Haileestarted Feb 17, 2026 · mutual
- Don't Skip The Dip!started Feb 13, 2026
- The Farm Diariesstarted Apr 2025
- The Flowering Hearth, Simple Cooking//Enthusiastic Eating started Feb 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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Food & Drink writers with 50,000 or more followers (72 writers in that group), but not Chuck Cruz.
- recommends 17 of them
Liz Prueitt@lizprueitt - recommends 14 of them
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Dorie Greenspan@doriegreenspan - recommends 11 of them
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