David Gutowski

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David Gutowski has 7,239 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 52 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 50.

Followers read 6 days ago

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: 7,239; read Oct 31
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 2.2K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: none shown
Recommended by: 52; +1 in 30 days
Recommends: 50
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.

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 David Gutowski on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	7,239		2.2K+

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

52 publications recommend David Gutowski; 1 started in the last 30 days. David Gutowski recommends 50, and 14 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 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

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. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Dec 2022 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2022-11	1
2022-12	3
2023-01	2
2023-04	3
2023-05	2
2023-06	2
2023-07	4
2023-08	3
2023-09	2
2023-10	1
2023-11	3
2023-12	4
2024-01	5
2024-02	2
2024-03	2
2024-09	1
2024-10	1
2024-11	1
2025-04	1
2025-05	2
2025-06	1
2025-12	2
2026-03	1
2026-06	1
2026-10	2

Recommended by

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March Xness1.5k followers · started Jul 2023 · mutual
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The Mask and Mantlestarted Jan 2024

All 52

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Lynne’s Bookish Substackstarted Dec 2023
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Marie Cloutier Writesstarted Aug 2023 · mutual
Kurt Vonnegut Radiostarted Aug 2023
Pop Culture Is Historystarted Aug 2023 · mutual
Hillary Leftwich's Substack Sitestarted Jul 2023 · mutual
Brooklyn Girl Books (etc.)started Jul 2023 · mutual
Brooklyn Was Minestarted Jul 2023
Dark Fablesstarted Jun 2023
TODAY YOU WILL WRITE started May 2023 · mutual
riley rock reportstarted May 2023
AnEarfulstarted Apr 2023 · mutual
So Much Stuffstarted Apr 2023 · mutual
STAY BRAVE with Leah Umanskystarted Jan 2023 · mutual
Justin’s Substackstarted Jan 2023
Dear Diarystarted Dec 2022 · mutual
Hi, it's Whitneystarted Nov 2022 · mutual

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Pop Culture Is Historystarted Aug 2023 · mutual
What's Good? started Aug 2023
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All 50

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The 7am Noveliststarted Jul 2023
Brooklyn Girl Books (etc.)started Jul 2023 · mutual
Ready for Nothingstarted Jul 2023
So Much Stuffstarted Jul 2023 · mutual
AnEarfulstarted Jul 2023 · mutual
Submission Sundaystarted Jun 2023
Dear Diarystarted Jun 2023 · mutual
The Culture We Deservestarted May 2023
The Tumbleweedstarted May 2023
TODAY YOU WILL WRITE started May 2023 · mutual
Prisons, Prose & Proteststarted May 2023
So Glad I'm Mestarted May 2023
Wordnessstarted May 2023
Witnessstarted May 2023
Tao Linstarted Apr 2023
Sophiastarted Apr 2023
Bookstore Quest 2021started Apr 2023
STAY BRAVE with Leah Umanskystarted Jan 2023 · mutual
Close Readingsstarted Jan 2023
The Author Mindsetstarted Jan 2023
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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.