Michael Motley has 8,785 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #8 on Substack's History Rising board. 50 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 21.
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
- 8,785
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 6.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 21
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #8, History
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 | 8,785 | 6.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| History Rising | #8 | #8 | 2 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Rising | 89 | 8 | ▲81 |
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Recommendations
50 publications recommend Michael Motley; 5 started in the last 30 days. Michael Motley recommends 21, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 7 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
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- Tall Take on Lifestarted Jan 24, 2026
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- Pattern Huntersstarted Jan 9, 2026 · mutual
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- Life Anansi-atedstarted Dec 5, 2025 · mutual
- The World According to Misty Raestarted Nov 30, 2025 · mutual
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- Leslye Joy Allen, Historianstarted Nov 2025
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- REALM EMPIRE INDUSTRIESstarted Oct 2025
- History, Actually started Jun 2025 · mutual
- Rob's History Notesstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Black History Nuggetsstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
- Soul-Searching Mysteriesstarted Jan 2024 · mutual
- Leslie’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
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- The World According to Misty Raestarted Jan 10, 2026 · mutual
- BlkPodNews™ started Oct 2025
- Soul-Searching Mysteriesstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Potentially Interesting Roman Historystarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Rob's History Notesstarted May 2025 · mutual
- History, Actually started May 2025 · mutual
- Black History Nuggetsstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Creators Getting Paidstarted May 2025
- The Garrison Stackstarted Feb 2025
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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