Matt Bell has 19,346 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #23 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 54 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 6.
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
- 19,346
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 14K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 54
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- #23
- Fiction
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 | 19,346 | 14K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | #23 | #23 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | 26 | 26 | 26 | 23 | ▲3 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
54 publications recommend Matt Bell; 2 started in the last 30 days. Matt Bell recommends 6, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 5 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Lincoln Michel41k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
Nina Schuyler12k followers · started Oct 2022 · mutual
Jennifer Steil2.5k followers · started Sep 2025
Dr. Alaina Szlachta1.9k followers · started Jul 2024- Kyle Minorstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- whimsies & other memoriesstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- I'm No Shakespeareanstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Leah Newsomstarted Sep 20, 2026
- Sreeram Mstarted Sep 20, 2026
- The Inkwrightstarted Aug 15, 2026
- How's the writing going?started Jul 15, 2026
- The Next Sentence » by Erin L. McCoystarted Jul 3, 2026
- Gaybreala's Substackstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Stormbound Storiesstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Haunted Pages by Christina Ellisstarted Jun 15, 2026
- Typed in Triplicatestarted Jun 10, 2026
- WWE: Writing Well Enoughstarted May 28, 2026
- The Meandering Pathstarted May 17, 2026
- FirstReaderstarted May 13, 2026
- BiblioBitchstarted Apr 23, 2026
- Laura's Substackstarted Apr 8, 2026
- He Writes At Nightstarted Mar 18, 2026
- M.'s Substackstarted Mar 12, 2026
- Artists in History Substackstarted Mar 9, 2026
All 54
- Joe's Substackstarted Mar 4, 2026
- Steph Nelson, Authorstarted Jan 31, 2026
- Maybe Someday A Bookstarted Jan 21, 2026
- Reincarnated Letter (Megan Loverde Savage)started Jan 12, 2026
- Jung's Substackstarted Dec 30, 2025
- Joe's Substackstarted Dec 26, 2025
- The Best Magpie with Natasha Nganstarted Dec 11, 2025
- Alpenstockstarted Dec 1, 2025
- Elliott's Substackstarted Nov 19, 2025
- Michael's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Bookmark My Worldstarted Oct 2025
- Vania’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
- El Substack de Truststarted Sep 2025
- Sean Harrahy - Storying into the Abyssstarted Sep 2025
- Thaddeus Wardstarted Sep 2025
- All-Natural Intelligencestarted Sep 2025
- sofia’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Allyson’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Jacob’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Julie's Plot Twiststarted Jun 2025
- Light of Some Kindstarted Jun 2025
- Carlos Arcestarted Jun 2025
- K. S. Nielsstarted May 2025
- Memento Moristarted Apr 2025
- Leigh’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Beautiful Work, Terrible Worldstarted Mar 2025
- Chris’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Discombobulated’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Kent Merrellstarted Mar 2025
- Maude’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
Recommends
- Lincoln Michel41k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
- Nina Schuyler12k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
Aaron Burch5.4k followers · started Jan 2025
March Xness1.5k followers · started Mar 2024- First Breathstarted Mar 9, 2026
- A Word About . . . started Apr 2024
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 Matt Bell. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 3 shared
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Nina SchuylerStunning Sentences
12k followers - 2 shared
Patti Smith@pattismith
398k followers - 2 shared
Lincoln MichelCounter Craft
41k followers - 2 shared
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20k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Fiction writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (28 writers in that group), but not Matt Bell.
- recommends 4 of them
Tommy Dean@tommydeanwriter - recommends 4 of themThe Crooked Light
- recommends 3 of themAtomic Kit
- recommends 2 of them
Courtney Maum@courtneymaum - recommends 2 of them
Erika Dreifus@erikadreifus - recommends 2 of them
Meg Pokrass@megpokrass1 - recommends 2 of them
Surabhi Pudasaini@backupasec - recommends 2 of themSPAM on Rye
- recommends 2 of themPrivate Writings of Men
- recommends 2 of themThe Naked Viking
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