Mikal Gilmore has 3,547 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #43 on Substack's Music Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 25.
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
- 3,547
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 2K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 51
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 25
- Bestsellers rank
- #43
- Music
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 | 3,547 | −1 | 2K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3,548 | 2K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | 45 | 45 | 45 | 43 | ▲2 |
| Music Rising | 81 | new |
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Recommendations
51 publications recommend Mikal Gilmore; 5 started in the last 30 days. Mikal Gilmore recommends 25, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 15 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Joyce Carol Oates64k followers · started Nov 2024
Ryan J. Downey3.1k followers · started Oct 11, 2026new- GMBstarted Oct 30, 2026new
- "I Don't Love Nobody"started Oct 29, 2026new
- Adjacent Intervalsstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Bonnie’s Substackstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Sounds From The Superhighwaystarted Sep 24, 2026
- Bob Rynersonstarted Sep 23, 2026
- Paul’s Newsletterstarted Sep 17, 2026
- Marie Myung-Ok Leestarted Sep 15, 2026
- Minotaur in a Candy Shopstarted Sep 12, 2026
- Hard Rollsstarted Sep 8, 2026
- Sara Jacobellistarted Aug 19, 2026
- Sleeper Agent of the Subconscious Realmstarted Aug 3, 2026
- Josh Haden's Mémoirestarted Jul 24, 2026
- Rock 'n' Roll with Mestarted Jul 16, 2026
- PunkYogastarted Jul 10, 2026
- R.U. Siriusstarted Jul 6, 2026 · mutual
- Said Sidewaysstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Dennis Fettersstarted Jun 21, 2026
- More True Performingstarted Apr 25, 2026 · mutual
- Turn Me On, Dead Manstarted Apr 22, 2026
- Charles's Substackstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Richard Campbellstarted Apr 9, 2026
All 51
- Jeff’s Substackstarted Apr 2, 2026
- Marjorie Lewisstarted Apr 1, 2026
- Steven’s Substackstarted Mar 31, 2026
- Dianne's Substackstarted Mar 19, 2026
- THERE IS NO BOTTOMstarted Mar 15, 2026 · mutual
- Ramsland's CrimeWrite Sitestarted Mar 1, 2026 · mutual
- The New Nowstarted Feb 27, 2026
- Dan Romanstarted Feb 20, 2026
- Wordy Birdstarted Feb 6, 2026
- dennis’s Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- connie's Substackstarted Jan 22, 2026
- William Shunn’s Main Wish Nullstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Burt Kearns stories on substackstarted Jan 15, 2026
- wardostarted Jan 14, 2026
- Roger Bowermanstarted Jan 7, 2026
- David Gansstarted Jan 7, 2026
- The Beatles Review of Historystarted Jan 7, 2026
- Only A Fool Would Say Thatstarted Jan 6, 2026
- The Johnny Bacardi Substack Showstarted Jan 6, 2026
- Marianne Spellmanstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Ron Rosenbaumstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Joseph's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Linda Hopperstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Holly Starbrightstarted Jan 5, 2026
- Write Hearstarted Dec 8, 2025
- Open Access Blogsstarted May 2025
- Skip Z (VT)started Nov 2024
Recommends
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- Greg Gstarted Sep 20, 2026
- saxbodastarted Aug 24, 2026
- Sonja Bollestarted Jul 27, 2026
- Jeremy Marlowestarted Jul 14, 2026
- R.U. Siriusstarted Jul 6, 2026 · mutual
- Michaelstarted Jul 4, 2026
- Pat Irwinstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Marianne Kitsonstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Tony Drazanstarted Jun 5, 2026
- spndrftstarted May 15, 2026
- Mark Branscombestarted May 5, 2026
- gary tolesstarted Apr 30, 2026
- Michael L. Smithstarted Apr 30, 2026
- Shawna Matthewstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Michael Garnerstarted Apr 23, 2026
- Cindyleeberryhillstarted Apr 23, 2026
- Laura Dowerstarted Apr 23, 2026
- More True Performingstarted Apr 23, 2026 · mutual
- The Write Kit Newsletterstarted Mar 15, 2026
- THERE IS NO BOTTOMstarted Mar 15, 2026 · mutual
- Lucian Truscott Newsletterstarted Feb 10, 2026
All 25
- Ramsland's CrimeWrite Sitestarted Feb 6, 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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- 2 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Music writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (77 writers in that group), but not Mikal Gilmore.
- recommends 27 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 4 of themTales of Lohr
- recommends 4 of themThe Harvest Network’s Substack
- recommends 3 of themDan Epstein@danepstein
- recommends 3 of themHear Hear
- recommends 3 of themRandom Rules
- recommends 2 of them
S.W. Lauden@swlauden - recommends 2 of them
Jess Klein@jessklein - recommends 2 of themSelected Works
- recommends 2 of themPlay It Again
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