Brian Crecente has 6,710 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #99 on Substack's Games Rising board. 39 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.
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
- 6,710
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 6.5K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 39
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #99, Games
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 | 6,710 | 6.5K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | #99 | #73 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | 73 | 80 | 80 | 99 | ▼26 |
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Recommendations
39 publications recommend Brian Crecente; 1 started in the last 30 days. Brian Crecente recommends 4, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-04 | 2 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 2 |
| 2024-05 | 2 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 7 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Santa Pazienza2.9k followers · started Aug 4, 2026
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Jordan Oloman169 followers · started Sep 3, 2026- The Socratic Leadershipstarted Oct 31, 2026new
- Post Gamesstarted Oct 1, 2026 · mutual
- Jolly/ジョリー（ゲーム配信者/streamer）started Sep 25, 2026
- Reversestarted Sep 22, 2026
- The Platform Layerstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Jason Schweitzstarted Sep 10, 2026
- KOUB’s Newsletterstarted Sep 5, 2026
- Wagner James Au's New World Notesstarted Aug 27, 2026
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Josh's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- AI4Gamesstarted Mar 22, 2026
- IFHA Councilstarted Mar 4, 2026
- Elizabeth's Substackstarted Feb 10, 2026
- Save Statesstarted Feb 9, 2026
- Game Music Analysis Clubstarted Jan 6, 2026
- Owolabi’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Plain Sight Photostarted Aug 2025
- Drew Litton's Beyond the Drawing Board Substackstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Avalon Academystarted Jun 2025
- The PopBlast Press Newsletterstarted Jun 2025
- Brittany’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
All 39
- CTRL + ALT + Billstarted Mar 2025
- Kyle’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Jean’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- LakeSunset’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Charlie’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Ideator’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Lizzie’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Kate’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- DBFig’s Substackstarted May 2024
- Dave’s Substackstarted May 2024
- 3rd Pathstarted Apr 2024
- Gamedev Relaystarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- jameosn’s Newsletterstarted May 2023
- Gamefi’s Newsletterstarted Apr 2023
- VileZerostarted Apr 2023
Recommends
The Paris End13k followers · started May 2025- Post Gamesstarted Oct 1, 2026 · mutual
- Drew Litton's Beyond the Drawing Board Substackstarted Sep 25, 2026 · mutual
- Gamedev Relaystarted Feb 16, 2026 · 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 2 of them
Ben Milton@questingbeast - recommends 2 of them
Christian Lindke@geekeratimedia - recommends 2 of themMighty Diamonds@mightydiamonds
- recommends 2 of themO Substack de Eduardo
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- recommends 2 of themAndrew’s Substack
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