Melvin has 5,146 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #37 on Substack's Business Rising board. 32 publications recommend them, 10 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 5.
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
- 5,146
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 4.5K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 32
- +10 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 5
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #37, Business
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 | 5,146 | +15 | 4.5K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 5,131 | 4.5K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Rising | #37 | #19 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Rising | 19 | 44 | 44 | 37 | ▼18 |
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Recommendations
32 publications recommend Melvin; 10 started in the last 30 days. Melvin recommends 5, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 11 |
Recommended by
Chris Tottman82k followers · started Aug 27, 2026 · mutual
BOSS29k followers · started Sep 4, 2026 · mutual
Conquer28k followers · started Aug 20, 2026 · mutual
Alex McFarland19k followers · started Oct 26, 2026 · mutualnew- By Way Ofstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- Anjeanetta Thomasstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Hermes Socraticusstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Mohamed elsagestarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Field Notes from an ITSM Practitionerstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Hans Engel Buysstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Scott Placestarted Oct 11, 2026new
- John Snowstarted Oct 11, 2026new
- Muhi Xo.started Oct 9, 2026new
- ReTitledstarted Oct 1, 2026
- Not Famous But Knownstarted Sep 28, 2026
- Amazone’s Substackstarted Sep 23, 2026
- For the Love of Contentstarted Sep 12, 2026
- LIMINALstarted Aug 26, 2026
- Andy Reynoldsstarted Aug 25, 2026
- Workflows with Hrishistarted Aug 22, 2026
- Climate Insidersstarted Aug 11, 2026
- Vincent L. Cartellstarted Aug 7, 2026
- Aubrey Coonstarted Aug 3, 2026
- BitFinance with Matthew Sniderstarted Jul 22, 2026
All 32
- CuriousPenguins Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Tillman’s Newsletterstarted Jul 18, 2026
- Ujjwal Basnetstarted Jul 18, 2026
- WiFi Wealth by Tom Blakestarted Jul 12, 2026 · mutual
- Aly | Unscheduled 🗓️started Jul 4, 2026
- An Inquisitive Mindstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Ingeniería de Capitalstarted Jun 26, 2026
- Chris Hunterstarted Jun 20, 2026
Recommends
- Chris Tottman82k followers · started Aug 26, 2026 · mutual
- BOSS29k followers · started Jul 19, 2026 · mutual
- Conquer28k followers · started Aug 21, 2026 · mutual
- Alex McFarland19k followers · started Oct 30, 2026 · mutualnew
- WiFi Wealth by Tom Blakestarted Jul 14, 2026 · 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.
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