Katherine Needleman
@katherineneedlemanoboist · Katherine Needleman Oboist's Substack · Substack profile · Music
Katherine Needleman has 7,517 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #17 on Substack's Music Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 5.
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
- 7,517
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 6.9K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 5
- Bestsellers rank
- #17
- 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 | 7,517 | +15 | 6.9K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 7,502 | 6.9K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | #17 | #17 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
50 publications recommend Katherine Needleman; 1 started in the last 30 days. Katherine Needleman recommends 5, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-07 | 7 |
| 2024-11 | 3 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Tom McIverstarted Sep 2, 2026
- Per Broman on AI and Musicstarted Aug 15, 2026
- My Spirituality Experimentstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Kathleen's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Sarah Stephensstarted May 17, 2026
- David’s Substackstarted May 14, 2026
- Jeanne's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Nancy's Substackstarted Apr 25, 2026
- Michael's Substackstarted Apr 14, 2026
- Ken's Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- Melissa's Substackstarted Apr 6, 2026
- Alison Hadleystarted Jan 30, 2026
- William's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- The Sports Economics Playbookstarted Jan 3, 2026
- Esther's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- The Queen of Wandsstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- Kristi's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Annettealainestarted Sep 2025
- Lara St Johnstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Neil Gladdstarted Sep 2025
All 50
- Katherine's Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Sara’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- John Oliver on Social Justice and My Musicstarted Aug 2025
- A View From The Pitstarted Aug 2025
- Le Substack de Béatricestarted Jul 2025
- Rick Ferguson Musicstarted Jul 2025
- Shih-wei’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Harpsichords’s Substackstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Eliza Rodriguezstarted May 2025
- Bridges and Fault Linesstarted May 2025
- The Woes of Wendy McWafflestarted Apr 2025
- Zora Margolisstarted Feb 2025
- Lily’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Conversations with Musicians with Leah Roseman Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Mark Phillipsstarted Dec 2024
- robert’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- amanda’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Katmuss’s Writesstarted Nov 2024
- Katie’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- The Eden Showstarted Jul 2024
- Helen’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Simon’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Kathleen’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- SPARK Practice | Find your Sparkstarted Jul 2024
- Alyssa’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Liz’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
Recommends
Kate Manne81k followers · started Sep 2025
Celeste Davis53k followers · started Aug 2025- Lara St Johnstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Harpsichords’s Substackstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- The Queen of Wandsstarted Jul 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.
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Publications that recommend at least two other Music writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (38 writers in that group), but not Katherine Needleman.
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- recommends 2 of them
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