Monica Mendal has 16,484 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #14 on Substack's Travel Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, and they recommend 5.
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
- 16,484
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 11K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 5
- Bestsellers rank
- #14
- Travel
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 | 16,484 | 11K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Bestsellers | #14 | #14 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Bestsellers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend Monica Mendal. Monica Mendal recommends 5, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-11 | 3 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 6 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Yolanda Edwards176k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
laura reilly87k followers · started Mar 2025
Talking Points with TPG18k followers · started Feb 17, 2026
RILEY HARPER13k followers · started Aug 2025
Rebekah Peppler13k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
Taylor Stoddard371 followers · started Sep 27, 2026- L'Accent by Céline Sabbaghstarted Oct 6, 2026
- Harsh Agarwalstarted Oct 1, 2026
- Britney Eschelmanstarted Sep 30, 2026
- The Weekly Edit by Late Checkoutstarted Sep 23, 2026
- Side Streetsstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Waverly Stationstarted Aug 21, 2026
- Jessie Leventhalstarted Aug 17, 2026
- Poking Around This Worldstarted Aug 15, 2026
- something like thatstarted Aug 2, 2026
- Jarunee's Substackstarted Jul 25, 2026
- A Cultural Affairstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Somewhere Beautifulstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Tír Eile - A Place Apartstarted Jun 27, 2026
- Casa Antigastarted Jun 10, 2026
- The Travel, Art & Design Editstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Matty Loucasstarted May 19, 2026
- Lurking With Intentstarted May 14, 2026
- Your CPA Friendstarted Apr 28, 2026
All 53
- Let’s Be Real Therapiststarted Apr 20, 2026
- The In-Between Tablestarted Apr 13, 2026
- We Go Anywaystarted Mar 22, 2026
- the petites escapesstarted Mar 16, 2026
- My Next Trip to Italystarted Feb 28, 2026
- The Aviatingstarted Feb 24, 2026
- East of Herestarted Feb 15, 2026
- CeCe's Substackstarted Jan 30, 2026
- Emily Graffstarted Jan 29, 2026
- The Real Bohemianstarted Nov 22, 2025
- Jessica's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Alice's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- One Day Wonders by Noor Faresstarted Sep 2025
- Stephanie’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Open Studiostarted Aug 2025
- Summer Hoursstarted Aug 2025
- intrinsic selfstarted Jul 2025
- Coyote Swanstarted Jun 2025
- Out of Officestarted Jun 2025
- Wanderneststarted May 2025
- Agung’s Substackstarted May 2025
- El Substack de Laurisstarted Apr 2025
- Postcards From...started Mar 2025
- Haley’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Well Versed Judgementstarted Mar 2025
- Thobile’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- #LaCarolindaLovesstarted Mar 2025
- REW Travelstarted Feb 2025
- BE MY GUEST by Charlotte Antoniastarted Nov 2024
Recommends
- Yolanda Edwards176k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
- Rebekah Peppler13k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
- Why is this interesting?started Oct 5, 2026
- The Stanzastarted Sep 12, 2026
- Traveling Throughstarted Sep 12, 2026
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.
Recommended by the same publications
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- 7 shared
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32k followers - 3 shared
Morgan McDonaldMarked
30k followers - 3 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Travel writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (51 writers in that group), but not Monica Mendal.
- recommends 10 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 4 of them
The Fast Track@travelandleisure - recommends 4 of themTURBO GOTH UNIVERSE
- recommends 4 of themAnywhere Italy
- recommends 3 of them
David Lebovitz@davidlebovitz - recommends 3 of them
Dorie Greenspan@doriegreenspan - recommends 3 of them
Elizabeth Minchilli@elizabethminchilli - recommends 3 of them
Valerie Monroe@valmonroe - recommends 3 of themMarissa Klurstein@marissaklurstein
- recommends 3 of them
Atelier Le Monde@atelierlemonde
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