Luke has 1,834 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #20 on Substack's Games Bestsellers board. 19 publications recommend them, and they recommend 4.
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
- 1,834
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1.4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 19
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- #20
- 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 | 1,834 | 1.4K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Bestsellers | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Games Rising | 80 | 11 | 11 | 20 | ▲60 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
19 publications recommend Luke. Luke recommends 4, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-03 | 3 |
| 2024-04 | 3 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Daniel Taylorstarted Apr 16, 2026
- Trials and Treasure Chestsstarted Oct 2025
- The Witch-Queen of Tsamra’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- A.’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Hexplore RPG Substackstarted Apr 2025
- brockenwitchstarted Mar 2025
- MeanwhileShane’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Sparky’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Sesgo de Confirmaciónstarted Jul 2024
- Through Otherworldly Pathsstarted Jul 2024
- Eclectic & Esotericstarted Jun 2024
- Prestidigitonium Papersstarted Apr 2024
- Chapin’s Substackstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
- Siddarth's Newsletter started Apr 2024 · mutual
- Will’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- The Stalwart Enchiridionstarted Mar 2024
Recommends
- Mad Jay1.6k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual
- Siddarth's Newsletter started Apr 2024 · mutual
- Thought Launcherstarted Mar 2024
- Chapin’s Substackstarted Mar 2024 · 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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Luke. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 4 shared
Mad JayPlay.Fearless
1.6k followers - 2 shared
James M. SpahnJames M. Spahn's RPG Musings
1.4k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Games writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (35 writers in that group), but not Luke.
- recommends 6 of themReconnect Recap
- recommends 5 of themThe Learning Arcade
- recommends 4 of themoya’s game hub
- recommends 4 of themIvo Ziskra
- recommends 4 of themLate to the LAN Party
- recommends 4 of themThe Saved Game
- recommends 4 of them
Natural 7@natural7 - recommends 4 of themJason Schweitz
- recommends 3 of them
The Video Game Storyteller@thevideogamestoryteller - recommends 3 of themZwischenzug Chess
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