Michael East

@michaeleast · Front Page Detectives · Substack profile

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Michael East has 43,419 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 14 publications recommend them, and they recommend 2.

Followers read

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
43,419
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
43K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
14
none new in 30 days
Recommends
2
Bestsellers rank
not on a board

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.

42,50043,00043,50044,00044,500 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 43,419
42,50043,00043,50044,00044,500 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 43,419
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Michael East on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 202643,419−443K+
Oct 31, 202643,42343K+

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

14 publications recommend Michael East. Michael East recommends 2, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Michael East Michael East recommends Emma's Substacknot trackedVane's Substacknot trackedMilli's Substacknot trackedpxrullllll's Substacknot trackedTuryaijuka's Substacknot trackedno's Substacknot trackedTHE FALLOUT REPORTnot trackedDr.'s Substacknot trackedDiana's Substacknot tracked The Group Chatnot tracked · mutualKeeping Tabsnot tracked · mutual Michael East 43k followers
Recommend them They recommend Emma's Substacknot trackedVane's Substacknot trackedMilli's Substacknot trackedpxrullllll's Su…not trackedTuryaijuka's Su…not trackedno's Substacknot tracked The Group Chatnot tracked · mutualKeeping Tabsnot tracked · mutual Michael East 43k followers
The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

3Jan 263Feb3Mar1Apr1May1Jun2JulAugSepOctNov
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2026-013
2026-023
2026-033
2026-041
2026-051
2026-061
2026-072

Recommended by

  • Emma's Substackstarted Jul 29, 2026
  • Vane's Substackstarted Jul 15, 2026
  • Milli's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
  • pxrullllll's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
  • Turyaijuka's Substackstarted Apr 9, 2026
  • no's Substackstarted Mar 18, 2026
  • THE FALLOUT REPORTstarted Mar 14, 2026
  • Dr.'s Substackstarted Mar 13, 2026
  • Diana's Substackstarted Feb 19, 2026
  • Jesse's Substackstarted Feb 16, 2026
  • Helena's Substackstarted Feb 10, 2026
  • Aisha's Substackstarted Jan 27, 2026
  • The Group Chatstarted Jan 26, 2026 · mutual
  • Keeping Tabsstarted Jan 20, 2026 · mutual

Recommends

  • The Group Chatstarted Dec 18, 2025 · mutual
  • Keeping Tabsstarted Dec 18, 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.

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