Jon Cleary has 3,920 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #92 on Substack's Music Bestsellers board. 21 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 6.
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
- 3,920
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 21
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- #92
- Music
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 | 3,920 | +1 | ||
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3,919 |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | 90 | 93 | 93 | 92 | ▼2 |
| Music Rising | 29 | new |
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Recommendations
21 publications recommend Jon Cleary; 1 started in the last 30 days. Jon Cleary recommends 6, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 4 |
| 2025-03 | 4 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Cuba on Recordstarted Jun 28, 2026 · mutual
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- The Productive Messstarted Feb 9, 2026
- The Outside Desk's Substackstarted Jan 31, 2026
- YourLocalSaintstarted Aug 2025
- Resonance-Joe Stobaughstarted Aug 2025
- john’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Anne’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- What a piece of Work is Man! started May 2025 · mutual
- Greg Krousestarted May 2025
- Penni Milesstarted Mar 2025
- TS’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Reggie’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- The Bricklayer's Daughterstarted Mar 2025
- Reed Watson's Well Kept Secretsstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Yes And: Essays in the Age of Improvstarted Feb 2025
- Papersurferstarted Feb 2025
- Craig’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
Recommends
Ted Gioia381k followers · started Feb 2025- Down The Dirt Roadstarted Sep 28, 2026
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- Cuba on Recordstarted May 31, 2026 · mutual
- What a piece of Work is Man! started May 2025 · mutual
- Reed Watson's Well Kept Secretsstarted Jan 2025 · 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.
Recommended by the same publications
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- 2 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Music writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (77 writers in that group), but not Jon Cleary.
- recommends 4 of themTales of Lohr
- recommends 4 of themThe Harvest Network’s Substack
- recommends 3 of them
Dan Epstein@danepstein - recommends 3 of themHear Hear
- recommends 3 of themRandom Rules
- recommends 2 of them
S.W. Lauden@swlauden - recommends 2 of them
Jess Klein@jessklein - recommends 2 of themSelected Works
- recommends 2 of themPlay It Again
- recommends 2 of themPaul’s Newsletter
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