Justin Gary has 39,738 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #19 on Substack's Games Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 7.
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
- 39,738
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 21K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 51
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- Bestsellers rank
- #19
- 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 | 39,738 | 21K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Bestsellers | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | ▲2 |
| Games Rising | 31 | 78 | 78 | 2 | ▲29 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
51 publications recommend Justin Gary; 2 started in the last 30 days. Justin Gary recommends 7, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 8 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Ethan Mollick603k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
Brian Schneider2.4k followers · started Oct 2025 · mutual- Steven Halversonstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- Giulia Ciccottistarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Aidan Bowersstarted Sep 24, 2026
- Gameful Happiness Clubstarted Sep 17, 2026
- Ryu's Substackstarted Aug 5, 2026
- FunFabstarted Jul 28, 2026
- James's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Beyond Devices started Jul 17, 2026
- zhangyuqian's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Ann's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- The Mastheadsstarted Jun 22, 2026
- Classroom, Garden, Scripture & LIfestarted Jun 17, 2026
- Peter's Substackstarted Jun 5, 2026
- Shagun's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- William's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- Alexandros's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
- Ronnie's Substackstarted May 18, 2026
- Gregory's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
- Christopher's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- Jesse Dunnstarted May 11, 2026
- Making Games by Chris Backestarted May 7, 2026
- Diego's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
All 51
- Bruce's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Ardak's Substackstarted Apr 25, 2026
- Hidden in Plain Sightstarted Apr 3, 2026
- Landed Cost - US Market Intelligence for Game Publishersstarted Mar 29, 2026
- Games by Mondostarted Mar 19, 2026
- Curtiss's Substackstarted Feb 17, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Feb 8, 2026
- Jeremy's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Jing's Substackstarted Jan 29, 2026
- Tommy's Substackstarted Jan 12, 2026
- The Human Side of Work's Substackstarted Jan 12, 2026
- Wolfgang's Substackstarted Jan 6, 2026
- Gabby's Substackstarted Dec 2, 2025
- Tebila's Substackstarted Dec 2, 2025
- Substack von Wolfgangstarted Nov 29, 2025
- Ryan Migalla - RAM Gamesstarted Oct 2025
- CodeMyHealthstarted Oct 2025
- Notes to Selfstarted Oct 2025
- replayablestarted Sep 2025
- 周华香’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Renaud’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Minru’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Lucy’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- The Gallowglass Rat’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Sagren’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Crystal’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Jesse’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
Recommends
- Ethan Mollick603k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
Simon Carless56k followers · started Mar 2024- Brian Schneider2.4k followers · started Mar 23, 2026 · mutual
- The Scribblers Toolbox Substackstarted May 29, 2026
- The War of Artstarted Jan 2024
- The Speculativestarted Nov 2023
- RPG Design Theoriesstarted Sep 2023
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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Stephen Totilo@stephentotilo - recommends 3 of them
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