Nate Chinen has 12,759 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #26 on Substack's Music Bestsellers board. 59 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 21.
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
- 12,759
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 9.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 59
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 21
- Bestsellers rank
- #26
- 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 | 12,759 | +5 | 9.8K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 12,754 | 9.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | #26 | #26 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
59 publications recommend Nate Chinen; 3 started in the last 30 days. Nate Chinen recommends 21, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 5 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 7 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
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Gabriel Kahane6.4k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
Vinnie Sperrazza5.2k followers · started Nov 2022 · mutual
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- Lloyd Petersonstarted Aug 20, 2026
- Sounds Like Americastarted Aug 2, 2026
- Tom's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
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- Soul Countrystarted May 27, 2026
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- Soprano Sax Talk (Substack Edition)started May 12, 2026
- WILL's Substackstarted May 8, 2026
- Ron's Substackstarted May 3, 2026
All 59
- Nick Moystarted Apr 18, 2026
- Unlikely by John Z Sadlerstarted Apr 11, 2026
- Lee's Substackstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Ken's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026
- Watching Rome Burnstarted Mar 2, 2026 · mutual
- Notes from the American Jazz Museumstarted Feb 20, 2026
- Phillip's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
- Melodious Thunk Storiesstarted Jan 27, 2026
- El Substack de saulstarted Jan 26, 2026
- Allan's Substackstarted Jan 23, 2026
- Bert's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- Bruno's Substackstarted Jan 9, 2026
- Throwing Straysstarted Dec 31, 2025
- Loveland's Substackstarted Dec 31, 2025
- Huw V Williamsstarted Dec 15, 2025
- UnKosher Notesstarted Nov 29, 2025
- Sean's Substackstarted Nov 24, 2025
- Vic's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- The Salsa Diariesstarted Oct 2025
- JazzWaxstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Pascal Savelonstarted Aug 2025
- Stephane’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- whylinwildinstarted Aug 2025
- 可薇’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Cultivorestarted Jul 2025
- Janna’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Visioni di Jazzstarted Jul 2025
- Aggelos’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Wynton Kelly's Liner Notesstarted Apr 2025
- Talking Through Music: Listeners' Clubstarted Apr 2025
- Andy’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Josh’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Alex’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Jason’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Josh Ottum: Sounds Like Youstarted Feb 2025
Recommends
- Harmony Holiday29k followers · started Dec 2022 · mutual
- Will Hermes13k followers · started Sep 2024 · mutual
- Damon Krukowski11k followers · started Nov 2022 · mutual
Lewis Porter7.3k followers · started Jun 2, 2026- Gabriel Kahane6.4k followers · started Mar 10, 2026 · mutual
- Vinnie Sperrazza5.2k followers · started Nov 2022 · mutual
- Musings on Music by The Milkmanstarted Jun 2, 2026
- Nowhere Streetstarted May 18, 2026
- Watching Rome Burnstarted Mar 10, 2026 · mutual
- JazzWaxstarted Dec 27, 2025 · mutual
- Carl Wilson, 'Crrritic!'started Jun 2025
- Notes from The Edgestarted May 2025
- That Million Dollar Bashstarted Jan 2025
- Jazz and Coffeestarted Dec 2024
- NR MINT started Dec 2024
- Dark Forces Swing Blind Punchesstarted Feb 2024
- Night After Nightstarted Sep 2023
- Call & Responsestarted Apr 2023
- The Nelson George Mixtapestarted Dec 2022
- Transitional Technologystarted Nov 2022
- Burning Ambulancestarted May 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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