Dan Rafael has 17,788 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #63 on Substack's Sports Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 1.
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
- 17,788
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 15K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 1
- Bestsellers rank
- #63
- Sports
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 | 17,788 | +12 | 15K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 17,776 | 15K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Bestsellers | #63 | #63 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Bestsellers | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend Dan Rafael; 1 started in the last 30 days. Dan Rafael recommends 1, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 2 |
| 2024-03 | 3 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 5 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 3 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 5 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Frank's Substackstarted Dec 11, 2025
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- Rica’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
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All 52
- Nathaniel’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Neil’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Truth’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Michael’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Martin’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Jag’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Carlos’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- michael’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Olga’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Agustine's’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- patrick’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Jody’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Sebastião’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Duff Bloggingstarted Aug 2024
- Clwb’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Joe’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Landis’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Tommy’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Eight Countstarted May 2024
- Frank’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Joseph’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
- The Corner Stoolstarted Mar 2024
- Jeffrey’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Woman In The Cornerstarted Mar 2024
- Adam’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
- Boxing’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
- Eddie’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Unnamed publicationstarted Apr 2022
Recommends
- Marc Stein73k followers · started Apr 2023 · 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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- recommends 7 of them
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- recommends 5 of them
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- recommends 4 of them
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