Gavin McCracken has 10,500 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #2 on Substack's Education Bestsellers board. 39 publications recommend them, and they recommend 2.
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
- 10,500
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 10K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 39
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- #2
- Education
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 | 10,500 | 10K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Bestsellers | #2 | #2 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Bestsellers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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Recommendations
39 publications recommend Gavin McCracken. Gavin McCracken recommends 2, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-06 | 3 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 9 |
| 2026-02 | 6 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 6 |
Recommended by
- The Rostykus Reportstarted Aug 30, 2026
- Polymathorousstarted Aug 29, 2026
- Lifehighwaysstarted Aug 29, 2026
- Nick Randallstarted Aug 25, 2026
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 23, 2026
- The Leaf, The River and The Salmonstarted Aug 15, 2026
- The Story Roomstarted Jul 29, 2026
- Leadership as a verbstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Minimum Viable Dosestarted Jun 23, 2026
- The Celestial Mirrorstarted Jun 17, 2026
- The Grammar Roomstarted Jun 7, 2026
- The Seer's Mirrorstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Nobody's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Marc Bergevinstarted May 28, 2026
- El Substack de Mariastarted May 13, 2026
- Lunes de orientaciónstarted May 13, 2026
- La educación en los tiempos modernosstarted May 11, 2026
- Mark’s Substackstarted Mar 2, 2026
- Substack de RENATAstarted Feb 14, 2026
- Andrew’s Substackstarted Feb 12, 2026
- Le Substack de Chronoscopestarted Feb 10, 2026
- Proudly American, Unapologetically Sostarted Feb 6, 2026
- EduQua Nepalstarted Feb 6, 2026
- Laura's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
All 39
- @Faiz's Substackstarted Jan 28, 2026
- Joeystarted Jan 27, 2026
- The Checklist Compounderstarted Jan 26, 2026
- Colin’s Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- Stockhunterstarted Jan 17, 2026
- Bradley's Substackstarted Jan 16, 2026
- Le Substack de boucharebstarted Jan 15, 2026
- Nicholas's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- micheal's Substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- Rebecca’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
- Veils and Versesstarted Aug 2023
- Taming the Walrus Yoga & Breathworkstarted Jul 2023 · mutual
- Mcgonagle’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
- G’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
- Seth’s Substackstarted Jun 2023
Recommends
- Calvin's thoughtsstarted Jan 16, 2026
- Taming the Walrus Yoga & Breathworkstarted Jun 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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