Max Bolen has 593 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 2 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 7.
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
- 593
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 479
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 2
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 7
- 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.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 593 | 479 |
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
2 publications recommend Max Bolen; 1 started in the last 30 days. Max Bolen recommends 7, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
- Caroline Madeirastarted Oct 29, 2026new
Peter Raleighstarted Sep 24, 2026 · mutual
Recommends
John Ganz74k followers · started Apr 2025
Ministry of Pop Culture9k followers · started Dec 31, 2025- Just Atadstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Electric Dreamsstarted Apr 2025
- Will Sloan's Brilliant Thoughtsstarted Apr 2025
- The Janitor Diaries started Apr 2025
- Peter Raleighstarted Apr 2025 · 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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Film & TV writers with under 1,000 followers (85 writers in that group), but not Max Bolen.
- recommends 14 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 9 of themThe Rostykus Report
- recommends 2 of them
Dario Llinares@dariollinares - recommends 2 of themNothing Bogus
- recommends 2 of themSee You At The Movies
- recommends 2 of themFilmStack Daily Digest
- recommends 2 of themFilmstack UK
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