Michelle Kuo has 9,694 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #58 on Substack's International Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 45.
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
- 9,694
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 9.4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 52
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 45
- Bestsellers rank
- #58
- International
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 | 9,694 | 9.4K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Bestsellers | #58 | #58 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Bestsellers | 60 | 60 | 60 | 58 | ▲2 |
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Recommendations
52 publications recommend Michelle Kuo; 2 started in the last 30 days. Michelle Kuo recommends 45, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 5 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 5 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
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- Kateryna's Substackstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Renee's Substackstarted Mar 31, 2026
- Krupal's Substackstarted Mar 28, 2026
- Margie's Substackstarted Mar 20, 2026
- Leaving the Straight Roadstarted Mar 9, 2026 · mutual
- Hsinwei's Substackstarted Mar 1, 2026
- Anastasia's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- Stone Soup Journalstarted Dec 24, 2025
- Roger's Substackstarted Dec 2, 2025
- Kylie's Substackstarted Nov 9, 2025
All 52
- FilmStack Daily Digeststarted Nov 2025
- The Taipei Edit Newsletterstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- Tormenta's Substackstarted Oct 2025
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- Robinson’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Henry’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Lao Ren Chastarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Cecelia Hagenstarted Aug 2025
- Der Vayter Mizrekhstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Evelyn & Steven's Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Jess’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Catherine’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- James’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- David’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Seagull's Wingsstarted Mar 2025
- undercurrent.xyz 伏流暗湧started Mar 2025
- Triple S Writing Clubstarted Feb 2025
- Lynn Chiustarted Feb 2025
- Anne’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Anthony’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Peiting’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Days of being wildstarted Oct 2024
- wontoncookie@gmail.com’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- The Melodiable Journeystarted Aug 2024
- JT’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- glassfish’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- iris’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Patrick’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
Recommends
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- Alberto Penadésstarted Aug 5, 2026 · mutual
- Leaving the Straight Roadstarted Mar 17, 2026 · mutual
- Unmusablestarted Feb 18, 2026
- Minotaure started Oct 2025
- The Taipei Edit Newsletterstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- Lao Ren Chastarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Der Vayter Mizrekhstarted Aug 2025 · mutual
- Leona Chen ê Field Notesstarted Aug 2025
- Thoughtful Wandersstarted Jul 2024
- Small Bitesstarted Jul 2024
- Tocqueville 21started Jul 2024
- Semiconductor Things™started Jul 2024
- Jumbled in the Common Boxstarted Jun 2024
All 45
- Canal Town Teacherstarted Jun 2024
- New Bloom 破土started Mar 2024
- Yun Hai Taiwan Storiesstarted Mar 2024
- Prisons, Prose & Proteststarted Feb 2024
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- 凝視這一刻started Jan 2024
- Parachute Hong Konger 香港人started Jan 2024
- Another Democratic Futurestarted Jan 2024
- well, actuallystarted Dec 2023
- The World's Taiwan, The Taiwan Worldstarted Oct 2023
- Landscape of Transcreationstarted May 2023
- The Girl Who Begrudgingly Cooked Everythingstarted May 2023
- Winchester Avestarted May 2023
- Benerkenswertstarted May 2023
- Dream of a Better Worldstarted Apr 2023
- Residuumstarted Nov 2022
- Taiwan in World History 台灣與世界歷史started Nov 2022
- hyperdisciplinarystarted Nov 2022
- 嘉儀，加油！started Aug 2022
- Movable Worldsstarted Aug 2022
- In The Long Runstarted Aug 2022
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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