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jay gillen has 254 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 7 publications recommend them, and they recommend 7.

Followers read

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
254
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
210
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
none shown
Recommended by
7
none new in 30 days
Recommends
7
Bestsellers rank
not on a board

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.

240245250255260265 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 254
240245250255260265 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 254
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow jay gillen on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 2026254210

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

7 publications recommend jay gillen. jay gillen recommends 7, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend jay gillen jay gillen recommends The Reading Instruction Show’…not tracked · mutualDeep Democracynot trackedThe Intellectual Investornot trackedSharon Bixby's Substacknot tracked · mutualCivics, Education, Etc.not trackedDr.'s Substacknot trackedText Savvynot tracked Kevin Stinehart3.1k followersSharon Bixby's Substacknot tracked · mutualPaul Thomasnot trackedThe Reading Instruction Show’…not tracked · mutualThe Renovatornot trackedpop tabsnot trackedMigrant Insidernot tracked jay gillen 254 followers
Recommend them They recommend The Reading Ins…not tracked · mutualDeep Democracynot trackedThe Intellectua…not trackedSharon Bixby's …not tracked · mutualCivics, Educati…not trackedDr.'s Substacknot tracked Kevin Stinehart3.1k followersSharon Bixby's …not tracked · mutualPaul Thomasnot trackedThe Reading Ins…not tracked · mutualThe Renovatornot trackedpop tabsnot tracked jay gillen 254 followers
The 7 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

1Nov 25Dec1Jan 26FebMarAprMay1Jun1Jul1Aug2SepOctNov
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2025-111
2026-011
2026-061
2026-071
2026-081
2026-092

Recommended by

  • The Reading Instruction Show’s Substackstarted Sep 30, 2026 · mutual
  • Deep Democracystarted Sep 29, 2026
  • The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 23, 2026
  • Sharon Bixby's Substackstarted Jul 30, 2026 · mutual
  • Civics, Education, Etc.started Jun 4, 2026
  • Dr.'s Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
  • Text Savvystarted Nov 26, 2025

Recommends

  • Kevin Stinehart3.1k followers · started Dec 26, 2025
  • Sharon Bixby's Substackstarted Aug 19, 2026 · mutual
  • Paul Thomasstarted May 18, 2026
  • The Reading Instruction Show’s Substackstarted May 7, 2026 · mutual
  • The Renovatorstarted Nov 24, 2025
  • pop tabsstarted Oct 2025
  • Migrant Insiderstarted Sep 2025

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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