Michael Chesley Johnson
@mchesleyjohnson · Painting to See · Substack profile · Art & Illustration
Michael Chesley Johnson has 4,940 followers on Substack as of Nov 7, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 8, 2026, they were #80 on Substack's Art & Illustration Rising board.
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 Nov 7, 2026; Substack publishes nothing earlier.
- Followers
- 4,940
- read Nov 7
- Last 7 days
- needs 7 days
- Last 30 days
- needs 30 days
- Subscribers
- 3.4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
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- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #80, Art & Illustration
Followers by day
Tracking since Nov 7, 2026. This is the first reading. Substack doesn't publish past follower counts, so history starts the day I first read a writer. The 7-day change needs a reading 7 days old; the 30-day change needs one 30 days old. Recommendation dates below go further back: they're Substack's own.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | 4,940 | 3.4K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Rising | #80 | #66 | 5 of 10 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Nov 705:13 | Nov 713:00 | Nov 719:00 | Nov 801:00 | Nov 810:00 | Nov 819:00 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Rising | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 80 | ▼14 |
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Don Giannatti@dongiannatti - recommends 2 of themSubstack for Artists
- recommends 2 of themIdeas and questions
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