James Gurney has 36,220 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #24 on Substack's Art & Illustration Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 4.
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
- 36,220
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 32K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 54
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- #24
- Art & Illustration
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 | 36,220 | +5 | 32K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 36,215 | 32K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | #24 | #24 | 4 of 4 |
| Art & Illustration Rising | #66 | #66 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| Art & Illustration Rising | 66 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
54 publications recommend James Gurney; 3 started in the last 30 days. James Gurney recommends 4. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 6 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
Recommended by
Patrick Visser25k followers · started Feb 2025
Adam Ming25k followers · started Oct 2024
The Illustration Department20k followers · started Oct 2024
Hilary White14k followers · started Jan 2024- Disegni in Tascastarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Luckastarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Michael Somerville - Authorstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- John's Substackstarted Oct 6, 2026
- Mel's Substackstarted Sep 30, 2026
- Bob's Substackstarted Sep 27, 2026
- Rachel Joy Osterman's Newsletterstarted Sep 23, 2026
- From the Palettestarted Aug 3, 2026
- Steve's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Davie Vustarted Jul 19, 2026
- Lindsey's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Tonya's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- ShaunByGouachestarted Jun 25, 2026
- My Adventures as an Illustratorstarted Jun 22, 2026
- Jill's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- mike's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Cesar's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Stacy's's Substackstarted Jun 2, 2026
- Kelly Bixler Studiostarted May 27, 2026
- Catherine's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
All 54
- marc's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Patrick J. Lynch: Always Something to Seestarted Apr 26, 2026
- Art of Starnesstarted Apr 17, 2026
- Van's Substackstarted Apr 15, 2026
- Lou's Substackstarted Apr 12, 2026
- Experiências de Lucasstarted Apr 2, 2026
- Väinö's Substackstarted Mar 20, 2026
- Iwo Widulińskistarted Mar 16, 2026
- alydaartestarted Mar 11, 2026
- 빈희's Substackstarted Mar 11, 2026
- JEREMY's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026
- Substack de Isabelstarted Feb 10, 2026
- George's Substackstarted Feb 1, 2026
- The Gentlewoman's Journalstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Tahoe51's Substackstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Soft's Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
- Jonathan's Substackstarted Jan 1, 2026
- Shelter Hopestarted Dec 27, 2025
- Notes from the Fieldstarted Dec 24, 2025
- The Currantstarted Dec 24, 2025
- Robert's Substackstarted Dec 18, 2025
- Tyesha's Substackstarted Dec 15, 2025
- Tori's Substackstarted Dec 9, 2025
- Lori's Substackstarted Nov 26, 2025
- Le Substack de Nicolasstarted Nov 24, 2025
- Gsh's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Abdul's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Agathe's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Sully's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- WILLEM’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
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- Painting to Seestarted Jan 2024
- It Does WHAT Now?started Jul 2022
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 Art & Illustration writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (54 writers in that group), but not James Gurney.
- recommends 10 of them
Cool Stories About Art@coolstoriesaboutart - recommends 5 of themBeth Spencer@bethspencer
- recommends 5 of themJack's Substack
- recommends 5 of themmoussa
- recommends 4 of them
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- recommends 4 of themThe Slow Re-membering
- recommends 4 of themJoanna's Substack
- recommends 3 of them
Nishant Jain@sneakyart - recommends 3 of themThe Intellectual Investor
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