Harrison Polites has 1,310 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #45 on Substack's Games Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.
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
- 1,310
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 912
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 50
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 13
- Bestsellers rank
- #45
- 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 | 1,310 | 912 |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Bestsellers | 46 | 46 | 45 | 45 | ▲1 |
| Games Rising | 14 | 74 | 74 | 93 | ▼79 |
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Recommendations
50 publications recommend Harrison Polites; 3 started in the last 30 days. Harrison Polites recommends 13, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 5 |
| 2025-06 | 4 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
The Video Game Storyteller2.9k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
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Sey1.3k followers · started Dec 21, 2025 · mutual
Lawrence 'Scanlines' Lichfield920 followers · started Mar 4, 2026
Katya Ryabova703 followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
Trip Harrison530 followers · started Feb 2025- The Socratic Leadershipstarted Oct 31, 2026new
- The Game Enjoyerstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- OldManGaming's Substackstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Fire Quest Reviewsstarted Sep 10, 2026
- Savvy Gaming Network started Sep 9, 2026
- Mario R. Kroll, MBAstarted Sep 8, 2026
- Jump Scarestarted Sep 7, 2026
- Gregstarted Sep 3, 2026
- Chester’s Substackstarted May 25, 2026
- The Platform Layerstarted Apr 21, 2026
- H Does Gamingstarted Apr 10, 2026
- Play Moorestarted Apr 3, 2026
- Viral's Substackstarted Mar 17, 2026
- Nandologíastarted Mar 13, 2026
- Between Two Savesstarted Mar 9, 2026
- Twisted Wonderlandstarted Mar 5, 2026
- Side Questionstarted Feb 26, 2026
- The Save Filestarted Feb 16, 2026
All 50
- The Drifterstarted Feb 10, 2026
- Late to the LAN Partystarted Jan 4, 2026
- oya’s game hubstarted Dec 29, 2025
- @ all creaturesstarted Nov 27, 2025
- Off Mikestarted Nov 2025
- OldScotlandstarted Oct 2025
- Couch Companystarted Aug 2025
- Torben’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- The Saved Gamestarted Jun 2025
- Gabrielle’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Nicolette’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- The Boss Levelstarted May 2025
- The Melbourne Snapstarted May 2025
- Button Musherstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Margot Plays Video Gamesstarted May 2025
- Attack. Item. Run.started May 2025
- The Learning Arcadestarted Apr 2025
- Ivar’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Just One More Turnstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- Sega Doesstarted Nov 2024
- Reconnect Recapstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- Geek Fitstarted Sep 2024
- Metro Restauradores Direção Cassiopeiastarted Sep 2024
- Gamedev Relaystarted Aug 2024 · mutual
- Pitch Clubstarted Jun 2024
- BossKey // CG BOSS Gamesstarted Jun 2024
Recommends
Stephen Totilo30k followers · started Mar 2024
Patrick Klepek16k followers · started Feb 17, 2026- The Video Game Storyteller2.9k followers · started Sep 6, 2026 · mutual
- Sey1.3k followers · started Sep 6, 2026 · mutual
- Katya Ryabova703 followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
Tim Biggs479 followers · started Apr 2024- Multiplierstarted Sep 6, 2026
- Button Musherstarted Apr 3, 2026 · mutual
- Reconnect Recapstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Adventures in Indie Gamingstarted Sep 2024
- Just One More Turnstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- Gamedev Relaystarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- Mehdeekastarted 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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Harrison Polites. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 15 shared
The Video Game Storyteller@thevideogamestoryteller
2.9k followers - 14 shared
SeyGood Game Lobby
1.3k followers - 13 shared
Katya RyabovaPlaying This Week
703 followers - 11 shared
Dylan CorneliusNintendo is Great
1.3k followers - 5 shared
The Video Game LibraryThe Video Game Library’s Substack
8.3k followers - 5 shared
George E. OsbornVideo Games Industry Memo
8.3k followers - 5 shared
Lawrence 'Scanlines' LichfieldScanlines’ Journal
920 followers - 4 shared
Trip HarrisonThe Spieler
530 followers
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