Gabriel Kahane
@gabrielkahane · Gabriel Kahane: Words & Music · Substack profile · Music
Gabriel Kahane has 6,398 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #94 on Substack's Music Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, and they recommend 7.
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
- 6,398
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5.4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- Bestsellers rank
- #94
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 6,398 | −5 | 5.4K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 6,403 | 5.5K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | #94 | #90 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | 91 | 90 | 90 | 94 | ▼3 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend Gabriel Kahane. Gabriel Kahane recommends 7, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-12 | 2 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 4 |
| 2024-03 | 2 |
| 2024-04 | 2 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 2 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 7 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
Nate Chinen13k followers · started Mar 10, 2026 · mutual
Joshua Kosman4.8k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
Tom Moon1.6k followers · started Sep 2025- niko's Substackstarted Aug 31, 2026
- The Side Peoplestarted May 24, 2026
- The Porcelain Pitchstarted May 14, 2026
- Philip Huffs Gedichtenapotheekstarted Apr 14, 2026
- Jody's Substackstarted Feb 26, 2026
- Josh Ottum: Sounds Like Youstarted Feb 14, 2026
- Vive Nueva Yorkstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Rick Herrickstarted Jan 4, 2026
- Words on Music and Creativitystarted Dec 3, 2025
- Daniel's Substackstarted Nov 20, 2025
- James's Substackstarted Nov 15, 2025
- Pášșíòņ Pįťstarted Oct 2025
- Luke's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Spin it Or Bin Itstarted Oct 2025
- Conversations with Musicians with Leah Roseman Substackstarted Oct 2025
- By Naturestarted Sep 2025
- Alanna Maharajh Stonestarted Jul 2025
- Jonathan Wollenbergerstarted Jun 2025
- Heavenly Recordings: an informal in-house insightstarted May 2025
- Uncurated Chaosstarted May 2025
- Den Kontemplative Højskoles Nyhedsbrevstarted Mar 2025
All 52
- False Azure Recordsstarted Mar 2025
- Travis’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Drake’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Tamsin’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Watering the Grassstarted Dec 2024
- Cello Writesstarted Dec 2024
- Tony’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- EWstarted Dec 2024
- Denk Againstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- davy bones is in hellstarted Dec 2024
- NR MINT started Nov 2024 · mutual
- My personal Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Rachel’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Big "If"started Aug 2024
- Sage’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- tapley’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Mackenzie’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Headphones Onstarted Apr 2024
- Megan’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
- from the waterstarted Mar 2024
- Daniel Orsen CD Reviewsstarted Mar 2024
- city link: writing home and about homestarted Feb 2024
- Eric’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
- Alan’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
- Angela’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
- Christina’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Garlic Propagandastarted Dec 2023
- Joel’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
Recommends
- Nate Chinen13k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
- Joshua Kosman4.8k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual
- NR MINT started Sep 2025 · mutual
- Critical Driftstarted May 2025
- Denk Againstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Night After Nightstarted Oct 2024
- The Kitchen Shrinkstarted Mar 2024
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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Publications that recommend at least two other Music writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (38 writers in that group), but not Gabriel Kahane.
- recommends 7 of themAlthea’s Substack
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- recommends 2 of them
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