Gary Bolyer has 18,041 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #42 on Substack's Food & Drink Rising board. 27 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 8.
Last read Nov 1, 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
- 18,041
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 12K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 27
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #42, Food & Drink
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 18,041 | +16 | 12K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 18,025 | 12K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Rising | #42 | #39 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink Rising | 56 | 39 | 39 | 42 | ▲14 |
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Recommendations
27 publications recommend Gary Bolyer; 2 started in the last 30 days. Gary Bolyer recommends 8, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
- Carnell Knowledgestarted Oct 17, 2026new
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- Shari’s Newsletterstarted Jun 25, 2026 · mutual
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- The Tribal Dream-Stackers started May 3, 2026
- Nita's Substackstarted Jan 12, 2026
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- Lu's Substackstarted Dec 27, 2025
- Joseph James Habibstarted Dec 26, 2025
- Love VKstarted Nov 25, 2025
- Patriotic Historian 76started Oct 2025
- Carl's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Why We're All Doomedstarted Oct 2025
- Professor Tom's Commentariesstarted Sep 2025
- USA Everydaystarted Sep 2025
- Nicaury’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Awaken’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Jon’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Ira Krakow's Thoughtsstarted Jun 2025
- Unbelievable True Storiesstarted Apr 2025
- ✝️ BIBLE BASHER 1980started Feb 2025
All 27
- THE RESISTANCE!started Oct 2024
- Etubon’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- Geoff’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
Recommends
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- Remotely Inclinedstarted Jan 2024
- Stone Cold Truth with Roger Stonestarted Jan 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.
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Food & Drink writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (81 writers in that group), but not Gary Bolyer.
- recommends 10 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 8 of themTURBO GOTH UNIVERSE
- recommends 7 of them
Eric King@easygayoven - recommends 7 of themTURBO GOTH UNIVERSE
- recommends 6 of themSweet Violets
- recommends 5 of them
Hetty Lui McKinnon@hettymckinnon - recommends 5 of themFoodoKitchenz’s Substack
- recommends 5 of themThe Secret Ingredient
- recommends 4 of them
carla lalli@lallicarla - recommends 4 of them
Alfie Steiner@alfiecooks
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