Nick Visel has 947 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #9 on Substack's Games Rising board. 9 publications recommend them, and they recommend 9.
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
- 947
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 769
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 9
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 9
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #9, Games
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 | 947 | 769 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | #9 | #9 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | 54 | 57 | 57 | 9 | ▲45 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
9 publications recommend Nick Visel. Nick Visel recommends 9, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
Recommended by
Chris Wainscott313 followers · started Nov 2025 · mutual- Christianity and Skepticismstarted Jul 1, 2026
- False Reflectionsstarted Mar 22, 2026
- Zwischenzug Chessstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- Schaaknotitiesstarted Aug 2025
- Steven Vickers: SF and Fantasystarted Nov 2024
- The Queen's Pawnstarted May 2024
- The Badger's Settstarted Dec 2023
- flakefly’s substackstarted Jul 2023
Recommends
Junta Ikeda3.1k followers · started Oct 2, 2026
Dalton Perrine1.5k followers · started Oct 2, 2026- Chris Wainscott313 followers · started Oct 2, 2026 · mutual
- Chess Engine Labstarted Oct 2, 2026
- The Chess Improvement Labstarted Mar 2025
- Chess in Small Dosesstarted Mar 2025
- Zwischenzug Chessstarted Dec 2024 · mutual
- Say Chessstarted May 2024
- Perpetual Chess Link-Feststarted Apr 2024
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
Writers who share the most recommenders with Nick Visel. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 2 shared
Jennifer ShahadeSee the Sideways Move
18k followers - 2 shared
Junta IkedaInfinite Chess
3.1k followers - 2 shared
Dalton PerrineChess Chatter
1.5k followers - 2 shared
Nick SloanMoRE Chess
1k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Games writers with under 1,000 followers (47 writers in that group), but not Nick Visel.
- recommends 16 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 5 of themReconnect Recap
- recommends 4 of themGamedev Relay
- recommends 4 of themJogos a se Julgar
- recommends 3 of them
Jim Mander@jmander - recommends 3 of themGame Music Analysis Club
- recommends 3 of themMargot Plays Video Games
- recommends 3 of themThe Learning Arcade
- recommends 3 of themJason Schweitz
- recommends 2 of them
The Video Game Storyteller@thevideogamestoryteller
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