Matt Gottesman has 26,023 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #36 on Substack's Philosophy Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 14 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 3.
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
- 26,023
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 22K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +14 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 3
- Bestsellers rank
- #36
- Philosophy
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 | 26,023 | 22K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Bestsellers | #36 | #36 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Bestsellers | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
53 publications recommend Matt Gottesman; 13 started in the last 30 days. Matt Gottesman recommends 3. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 9 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 8 |
| 2026-10 | 17 |
Recommended by
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- Unraveled started Oct 27, 2026new
- Unconventional Thinkin’started Oct 27, 2026new
- Karin Schmitstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- de la Fouchardièrestarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Your Creative Voicestarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Honed Publicationstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Unbound Stanzasstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Cultured Interiorsstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Carol Frazierstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Malren Suitestarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Kellye Woodardstarted Oct 10, 2026new
- Justin Jonesstarted Oct 7, 2026
- Gina Straight Upstarted Oct 6, 2026
- Job Xtine Chasestarted Oct 4, 2026
- Really Livingstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Ashstarted Sep 28, 2026
- Olajazzstarted Sep 25, 2026
- Elena Rockingerstarted Sep 23, 2026
- Marie-France Sambastarted Sep 21, 2026
All 53
- Dear Ordinary Thingstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Redeeming Timestarted Sep 12, 2026
- Lesly's Substackstarted Sep 10, 2026
- N of Herstarted Sep 7, 2026
- SLOAF - Spiritual Lens of a Founderstarted Aug 13, 2026
- El Substack de Lizethstarted Aug 7, 2026
- Say More About Thatstarted Aug 3, 2026
- Lina Abou Ibrahimstarted Aug 2, 2026
- More Lifestarted Jul 19, 2026
- Stop Playing Smallstarted Jul 15, 2026
- Laoisha's Substackstarted Jul 14, 2026
- Substack von Yasminstarted Jul 14, 2026
- The Professional Entrepreneurstarted Jul 14, 2026
- Art of Modern Belonging started Jul 12, 2026
- KavitaYvette's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Paty Soaresstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Dr3x's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Kathleen's Substackstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Footnotes on Belongingstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Untold Stories from the Fieldstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Aliesha's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Validate Sales™started Jun 9, 2026
- Divine Writer started May 26, 2026
- Substack von Anna-Teresastarted May 25, 2026
- The Light Insidestarted May 19, 2026
- You are the Mapstarted May 14, 2026
- Lucus's Substackstarted May 13, 2026
- Ben's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- Becoming Stillstarted Apr 29, 2026
Recommends
Austin Kleon385k followers · started Feb 2025- The Love That You Arestarted Mar 2025
- Lauren Ungeldistarted Mar 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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Philosophy writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (81 writers in that group), but not Matt Gottesman.
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- recommends 3 of them
Dan Williams@conspicuouscognition - recommends 3 of themPriyanshu’s Substack
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- recommends 3 of themTheEnlightenedWriter
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- recommends 2 of them
Colin Wright@colinwright - recommends 2 of them
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