Gandalv has 6,645 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 27 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.
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
- 6,645
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 4.6K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 27
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 6,645 | +21 | 4.6K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 6,624 | 4.6K+ |
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
27 publications recommend Gandalv; 1 started in the last 30 days. Gandalv recommends 11, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 9 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Claire Berlinski102k followers · started Jun 9, 2026- Bernard's Substackstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Scenaricastarted Oct 2, 2026
- Michael Balesstarted Sep 29, 2026
- Maryannestarted Sep 20, 2026
- Markusstarted Sep 18, 2026
- Austere Aerospace & Defensestarted Sep 18, 2026 · mutual
- Senior Threadsstarted Sep 5, 2026
- Lorrainestarted Aug 23, 2026
- PG Kroegerstarted Jun 22, 2026
- The Sanity Project (Canadian Edition)started Jun 11, 2026
- Il Substack di fabristarted May 30, 2026
- John D 🇨🇦started May 29, 2026
- leemin_hoo0729's Substackstarted May 24, 2026
- Priyanshu’s Substackstarted May 22, 2026 · mutual
- Marijn Markusstarted May 22, 2026 · mutual
- The Power Games - the real state of global sportstarted May 20, 2026 · mutual
- NP Singhstarted May 19, 2026
- Tiger Capital Researchstarted May 18, 2026 · mutual
- Amin Ajamistarted May 8, 2026
- Vlado's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- David Murdochstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Substack van Monicastarted Apr 28, 2026
- Maggie/Jstarted Apr 27, 2026
All 27
- Substack von Stefanstarted Apr 21, 2026
- Janus Dispatchstarted Apr 21, 2026 · mutual
- Jaci's Boxstarted Apr 18, 2026 · mutual
Recommends
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Phillips P. OBrien230k followers · started May 2, 2026- Austere Aerospace & Defensestarted Sep 23, 2026 · mutual
- The Power Games - the real state of global sportstarted May 25, 2026 · mutual
- Marijn Markusstarted May 25, 2026 · mutual
- Priyanshu’s Substackstarted May 25, 2026 · mutual
- Tiger Capital Researchstarted May 21, 2026 · mutual
- Janus Dispatchstarted May 2, 2026 · mutual
- Jaci's Boxstarted May 2, 2026 · mutual
- Last Week in AIstarted Apr 16, 2026
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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other World Politics writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (23 writers in that group), but not Gandalv.
- recommends 3 of themThe Intellectual Investor
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