Mad Jay has 1,587 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #43 on Substack's Games Rising board. 34 publications recommend them, 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
- 1,587
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 1.3K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 34
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 12
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #43, 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 | 1,587 | 1.3K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | #43 | #43 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | 74 | 46 | 46 | 43 | ▲31 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
34 publications recommend Mad Jay. Mad Jay recommends 12, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 2 |
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2022-07 | 2 |
| 2022-09 | 2 |
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2023-03 | 2 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 2 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 2 |
| 2024-04 | 3 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Erikstarted Sep 2025
- Along the Leylinestarted May 2025
- Sarah’s Substackstarted Jan 2025 · mutual
- Sarah Doomstarted Dec 2024
- Through Otherworldly Pathsstarted Jul 2024
- Prestidigitonium Papersstarted Apr 2024
- Daniel’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
- Fragments from...R.L. Gloverstarted Apr 2024
- Art Washstarted Mar 2024
- IGRC Newsletterstarted Feb 2024
- DM’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- HWWKstarted Dec 2023
- Savvy Goes Solostarted Oct 2023
- Radar Sweepsstarted Sep 2023
- Corey’s Indie RPG Notebookstarted Aug 2023
- asede’s Substackstarted Aug 2023
- Brandon’s Substackstarted Jul 2023
- Ralph’s Substackstarted Apr 2023
- Thomas’s Substackstarted Mar 2023
All 34
- MML’s Substackstarted Mar 2023
- Indie Games eXplosion Newsletterstarted Feb 2023
- Missives from the Far Horizonsstarted Nov 2022
- Mythos's Unverified Personal Gnosisstarted Sep 2022
- Throwing Irregular Shapes started Sep 2022
- Reading University Library and Pocket Universitystarted Jul 2022
- Play by post is dead!started Jul 2022
- The Prose Scorestarted May 2022
- Little Mouse Lettersstarted Apr 2022
- The Indie RPG Newsletterstarted Apr 2022 · mutual
Recommends
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- RobinPlaysstarted Aug 2025
- Dollars & Dragonsstarted Jul 2025
- Sarah’s Substackstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- Mike’s Substackstarted Apr 2024
- Skeleton Code Machinestarted Mar 2024
- Win Conditionsstarted Jan 2023
- The Indie RPG Newsletterstarted Apr 2022 · 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 Mad Jay. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 4 shared
LukeLudological Alchemy
1.8k followers - 2 shared
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9.1k followers - 2 shared
B.J. KeetonBJK Games
571 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 Mad Jay.
- 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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