RILEY HARPER has 12,822 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #23 on Substack's Travel Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 12.
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
- 12,822
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 10K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 12
- Bestsellers rank
- #23
- Travel
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 | 12,822 | 10K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Bestsellers | #23 | #23 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Bestsellers | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend RILEY HARPER; 4 started in the last 30 days. RILEY HARPER recommends 12, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 6 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Michael Williams51k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
First Class Jerk29k followers · started Feb 23, 2026 · mutual
Atelier Le Monde7.6k followers · started Aug 21, 2026 · mutual
Taylor Stoddard371 followers · started Sep 27, 2026
Andrea Henty359 followers · started Jul 2, 2026- the work of seeingstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- WORDMANstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Kelsey Harperstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Ivan Sliusarchukstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- SALUS Debrief started Oct 5, 2026
- Building in Real Lifestarted Sep 30, 2026
- Small Hoursstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Field Notesstarted Aug 9, 2026
- ChenStackstarted Jul 28, 2026
- BE A TRAVELLERstarted Jul 27, 2026
- The Playbookstarted Jul 27, 2026
- On Sprezzaturastarted Jul 22, 2026
- Peter colby A curious lifestarted Jul 1, 2026
- After Hours Logstarted Jun 19, 2026
- Mozz's Substackstarted Jun 11, 2026
- elefantestarted Jun 6, 2026
- By Azzam Jamilstarted May 27, 2026
- To Fly For | Josie Mstarted Apr 13, 2026
- The Daley Methodstarted Apr 6, 2026
All 53
- Francisco's Substackstarted Apr 1, 2026
- Aliza's Substackstarted Mar 26, 2026
- Speedwell Inside Linestarted Mar 18, 2026
- seg's Substackstarted Mar 17, 2026
- The Aviatingstarted Feb 24, 2026
- Robert's Substackstarted Feb 20, 2026
- Michelin Madelinestarted Jan 28, 2026
- Lucas C. Liberatostarted Dec 8, 2025
- SuitAndTighestarted Oct 2025
- Andy Sewell: The Life and Times of a Full-Time Artist.started Oct 2025
- Sam's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- El Substack de Santistarted Oct 2025
- Erick's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Adolfo's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Tim’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- William’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Matt’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Wine Lorestarted Aug 2025
- Alan’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- The Range Journal by Agustin Arellanostarted Aug 2025
- Tieu the Pointstarted Aug 2025
- Samuel’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Substack von Markusstarted Jul 2025
- More Than a Feelingstarted Jul 2025
- Summer’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- periyasamy’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- The Unlimited PTO Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Eric’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Conor’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
Recommends
Yolanda Edwards176k followers · started Aug 2025
David Coggins65k followers · started Aug 2025- Michael Williams51k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
Matt Hranek32k followers · started Aug 2025- First Class Jerk29k followers · started Jul 2, 2026 · mutual
Monica Mendal16k followers · started Aug 2025- Atelier Le Monde7.6k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
Michael Williams7.1k followers · started Aug 2025- The Fade started Aug 2025
- Paige Harperstarted Aug 2025
- The Material Reviewstarted Aug 2025
- Fisher’s Island started Aug 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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- 6 shared
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29k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Travel writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (51 writers in that group), but not RILEY HARPER.
- recommends 10 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 8 of them
Talking Points with TPG@talkingpointstpg - recommends 4 of them
The Fast Track@travelandleisure - recommends 4 of themTURBO GOTH UNIVERSE
- recommends 4 of themAnywhere Italy
- recommends 3 of them
David Lebovitz@davidlebovitz - recommends 3 of them
Dorie Greenspan@doriegreenspan - recommends 3 of them
Elizabeth Minchilli@elizabethminchilli - recommends 3 of them
Valerie Monroe@valmonroe - recommends 3 of them
Marissa Klurstein@marissaklurstein
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