Dan Epstein

@danepstein · Jagged Time Lapse · Substack profile · Music

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Dan Epstein has 5,846 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #93 on Substack's Music Bestsellers board. 58 publications recommend them, and they recommend 51.

Followers read 6 days ago · Boards read 2 h 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: 5,846; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 3K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: 100+; bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by: 58; none new in 30 days
Recommends: 51
Bestsellers rank: #93; Music

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 Dan Epstein on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	5,846	−1	3K+
Oct 31, 2026	5,847		3K+

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Music Bestsellers	#93	#93	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
Music Bestsellers	94	94	94	93	▲1

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

58 publications recommend Dan Epstein. Dan Epstein recommends 51, and 19 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 Nov 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
2022-09	1
2023-01	1
2023-06	2
2023-07	1
2023-09	1
2023-10	2
2023-11	2
2024-02	1
2024-03	1
2024-04	2
2024-05	2
2024-06	1
2024-07	1
2024-08	1
2024-09	3
2024-10	2
2024-11	1
2024-12	3
2025-01	2
2025-02	2
2025-03	1
2025-04	1
2025-06	1
2025-07	2
2025-08	1
2025-09	1
2025-10	3
2025-11	2
2025-12	4
2026-01	2
2026-04	1
2026-05	2
2026-06	1
2026-08	2
2026-09	1
2026-10	1

Recommended by

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The Careful Listenerstarted Jun 1, 2026
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Paperback Zerostarted Dec 14, 2025 · mutual
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All 58

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Painted Dayglo Smilesstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
Kris’s Substackstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
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The Record Store Yearsstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
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The Green Room : Derek Seestarted May 2024 · mutual
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robneyerstarted Feb 2024 · mutual
David’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
73 Notebooksstarted Oct 2023
Suggadelic Speaksstarted Oct 2023 · mutual
your’s Substackstarted Sep 2023

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Tony Fletcher3.4k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
Jeff Miers3.4k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
Ryan J. Downey3.1k followers · started Aug 2022 · mutual
Howard Bryant2k followers · started Jul 25, 2026 · mutual
Nick Digilio1.2k followers · started Apr 2025
Fun For All Agesstarted May 12, 2026
Paperback Zerostarted Dec 14, 2025 · mutual
Rock and Roll Girl started Dec 14, 2025 · mutual
Painted Dayglo Smilesstarted Dec 14, 2025 · mutual
Brad Tolinskistarted Oct 2025 · mutual
Howard Salmonstarted Oct 2025
Poplar Mucilagestarted Sep 2025 · mutual
What Jack Boulware Fails to Realizestarted Jul 2025 · mutual
ICEbreaker Newsstarted Jul 2025
This Modern Worldstarted Feb 2025
The Record Store Yearsstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
Kris’s Substackstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
The Twelve Inchstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
Rock 'n' Roll with Mestarted Dec 2024 · mutual

All 51

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robneyerstarted Feb 2024 · mutual
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foxettemoxystarted Sep 2023
No Such Thing As Wasstarted Sep 2023
The Other Sidestarted Sep 2023
The Name of the Place Is I Like It Like Thatstarted Sep 2023
When the Needle Droppedstarted Aug 2023
Kibitzing with Lincolnstarted May 2023
The Inside Edge started May 2023

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.