Dave Cook has 1,999 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 30 publications recommend them, and they recommend 3.
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
- 1,999
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1.5K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 30
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 3
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1,999 | 1.5K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
30 publications recommend Dave Cook. Dave Cook recommends 3, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-03 | 2 |
| 2023-04 | 5 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 2 |
| 2023-09 | 2 |
| 2024-01 | 3 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 2 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
Recommended by
ComicScene11k followers · started Jul 2024
Ryan Cummins830 followers · started Feb 4, 2026
Michael Nimmo800 followers · started May 29, 2026- Ianoverherestarted Sep 5, 2026
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 22, 2026
- Alexander Gordonstarted Feb 17, 2026
- ThatEli7's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
- Tom's Unresolved Issuesstarted Feb 12, 2026
- Tom Shannon Drawsstarted Dec 1, 2025
- Alpha Guardstarted May 2025
- Charlene’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Feff’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- D. V. Bishop's author newsletterstarted Apr 2024
- Tuco's Comicsstarted Apr 2024
- Gary Chud | Comic Writerstarted Feb 2024 · mutual
- Andy’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- TALES TO ENLIGHTENstarted Jan 2024
- Julie Campbell Drawsstarted Jan 2024
- The Data-Driven Creatorstarted Sep 2023
- Hunter’s Substackstarted Sep 2023
- Gustaffo Vargas - The Spicy Peruvianstarted Jul 2023 · mutual
- The Knackered Brushstarted Jul 2023
- David Taylor | 313 Comicsstarted May 2023
- Samuel George Londonstarted Apr 2023
All 30
- Manu’s comics and other fun projectsstarted Apr 2023
- Ian’s Substackstarted Apr 2023
- Nick’s Substackstarted Apr 2023
- An approximate knowledge of many thingsstarted Apr 2023
- A Yearstarted Mar 2023
- Hot Off The Stressstarted Mar 2023 · mutual
Recommends
- Gary Chud | Comic Writerstarted Feb 2024 · mutual
- Gustaffo Vargas - The Spicy Peruvianstarted Jun 2023 · mutual
- Hot Off The Stressstarted Mar 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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Dave Cook. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 4 shared
ComicScene@comicscene
11k followers - 4 shared
Altruist Comics@altruistcomics
857 followers - 3 shared
Yanick PaquetteYanick's Art News
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Jason LatourNewsLatour
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Victor SantosBROKEN ENGLISH Victor Santos’ Newsletter
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MSX: Mangasplaining ExtraMSX - The Mangasplaining Extra Newsletter
4.8k followers - 2 shared
The Worst Idea of All Time@twioat
4.5k followers - 2 shared
Mike HawthorneDraw is Life with Mike Hawthorne
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Comics writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (69 writers in that group), but not Dave Cook.
- recommends 11 of themSerioComics
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- recommends 7 of them
Margreet de Heer@margreetdeheer - recommends 7 of themUnofficial Indie Comics Creator Con Newsletter
- recommends 6 of themMike del Mundo
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- recommends 5 of themHandbuzzer Studio Exposes . . . MS Ricketts’ Stash
- recommends 4 of them
Steve Sack@stevesack - recommends 4 of them
Nathan Lueth@nathanlueth - recommends 4 of them
Gary Scott Beatty@garyscottbeatty
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