Jesse Bartel has 755 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #75 on Substack's Games Rising board. 16 publications recommend them, and they recommend 23.
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
- 755
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 282
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 16
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 23
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #75, 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 | 755 | 282 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | #75 | #25 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | 76 | 25 | 25 | 75 | ▲1 |
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Recommendations
16 publications recommend Jesse Bartel. Jesse Bartel recommends 23, and 9 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-08 | 2 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 23, 2026
- Lighthouse started May 2025
- Last Lifestarted Feb 2025
- Savvy Gaming Network started Feb 2025
- Made From What's Not Realstarted Jan 2025
- Mandi’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- BossKey // CG BOSS Gamesstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- Adventures in Indie Gamingstarted Jun 2024 · mutual
- Gamedev Relaystarted May 2024 · mutual
- Ryan's Reviewsstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- Adventures of a Booksellerstarted Feb 2024
- The Death Star Human Resources Department Newsletterstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
- Jason’s Substackstarted Dec 2023 · mutual
- Samuraipunkstarted Nov 2023 · mutual
- Wolfe’s Substackstarted Aug 2023 · mutual
- Ahch-To Babystarted Aug 2023 · mutual
Recommends
Simon Carless56k followers · started Jun 2024- Sqwerksstarted Jan 2025
- BossKey // CG BOSS Gamesstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- Jason’s Substackstarted Jul 2024 · mutual
- Ryan's Reviewsstarted Jul 2024 · mutual
- Adventures in Indie Gamingstarted Jun 2024 · mutual
- Nerd Centralstarted Jun 2024
- Schrei Guystarted Jun 2024
- Gamedev Relaystarted May 2024 · mutual
- Mitchelstarted May 2024
- Emma Straub's Newsletterstarted May 2024
- doomdeathdecaystarted Apr 2024
- The Death Star Human Resources Department Newsletterstarted Mar 2024 · mutual
- Samuraipunkstarted Nov 2023 · mutual
- Wolfe’s Substackstarted Oct 2023 · mutual
- Questisstarted Sep 2023
- courtney summers—author diarystarted Sep 2023
- Retro XPstarted Aug 2023
- macula.started Aug 2023
- Star Wars Book Clubstarted Aug 2023
- Chelsea Zukowski | Space Wizards Book Clubstarted May 2023
- Now This Is Litstarted May 2023
- Ahch-To Babystarted May 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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Games writers with under 1,000 followers (47 writers in that group), but not Jesse Bartel.
- recommends 5 of themReconnect Recap
- recommends 4 of themJogos a se Julgar
- recommends 3 of them
Jim Mander@jmander - recommends 3 of themGame Music Analysis Club
- recommends 3 of themMargot Plays Video Games
- recommends 3 of themThe Learning Arcade
- recommends 3 of themJason Schweitz
- recommends 2 of them
The Video Game Storyteller@thevideogamestoryteller - recommends 2 of themHarrison Polites@harrisonpolites
- recommends 2 of themButton Musher
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