L. Machete

@lmachete · PhD in People Watching · Substack profile · Culture

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L. Machete has 4,160 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 8 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 1.

Followers read

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
4,160
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
4.1K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
none shown
Recommended by
8
+2 in 30 days
Recommends
1
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.

4,0504,1004,1504,2004,250 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 4,160
4,0504,1004,1504,2004,250 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 4,160
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 L. Machete on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 20264,1604.1K+

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

8 publications recommend L. Machete; 2 started in the last 30 days. L. Machete recommends 1, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend L. Machete L. Machete recommends Lindsey Mackereth79k followers · mutualNancy Chadwicknot trackedSubstack von Mollynot trackedLife Adventuresnot trackedWild Alexnot trackedJennifer's Substacknot trackedMizSpending's Substacknot trackedLiving Like a F***ing Mortalnot tracked Lindsey Mackereth79k followers · mutual L. Machete 4.2k followers
Recommend them They recommend Lindsey Mackere…79k followers · mutualNancy Chadwicknot trackedSubstack von Mo…not trackedLife Adventuresnot trackedWild Alexnot trackedJennifer's Subs…not tracked Lindsey Mackere…79k followers · mutual L. Machete 4.2k followers
The 8 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

2May 26Jun3JulAug1Sep2OctNov
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.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2026-052
2026-073
2026-091
2026-102

Recommended by

  • Lindsey Mackereth79k followers · started May 19, 2026 · mutual
  • Nancy Chadwickstarted Oct 25, 2026new
  • Substack von Mollystarted Oct 10, 2026new
  • Life Adventuresstarted Sep 16, 2026
  • Wild Alexstarted Jul 16, 2026
  • Jennifer's Substackstarted Jul 12, 2026
  • MizSpending's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
  • Living Like a F***ing Mortalstarted May 25, 2026

Recommends

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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Culture writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (30 writers in that group), but not L. Machete.

  • The Intellectual Investor
    recommends 8 of them

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