Rebecca Makkai has 45,512 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #7 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 66 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.
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
- 45,512
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 27K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 66
- +4 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #7
- Fiction
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 | 45,512 | 27K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Fiction Rising | 5 | new |
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Recommendations
66 publications recommend Rebecca Makkai; 4 started in the last 30 days. Rebecca Makkai recommends 11, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-12 | 3 |
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 2 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 9 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
Recommended by
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Jo Piazza41k followers · started Aug 2023
Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan32k followers · started Feb 2023
Lisa Sibbett15k followers · started May 2025
Colin King11k followers · started Sep 2025
David Gutowski7.2k followers · started Dec 2022 · mutual
Jane Roper5.2k followers · started Dec 2022 · mutual
Tommy Dean4.2k followers · started Sep 2025
Jennifer Steil2.5k followers · started Mar 2024
Megan Mayhew-Bergman1.9k followers · started Feb 2024
StoryStudio Chicago955 followers · started Oct 27, 2026new
Margot McMahon180 followers · started Oct 2024- The Point of View Playbookstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- Janine's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Oh, Nothing!started Oct 5, 2026
- Atomic Kitstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Writing by Jennifer Leigh started Sep 22, 2026
- Eric's Substackstarted Sep 13, 2026
- elise randall modicastarted Sep 9, 2026
All 66
- Tina's Substackstarted Jul 25, 2026
- Shivam's Substackstarted Jul 20, 2026
- Speak Easy with The Audible Editorsstarted Jul 16, 2026
- Ashlynn's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Words by Verboten Houghtonstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Susan's Substackstarted Jul 8, 2026
- Brenda's Substackstarted Jun 24, 2026
- Substack Writers' Shop Talkstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Anthems I Have Sungstarted Jun 13, 2026
- Curlew Readsstarted Jun 8, 2026
- Patuxent's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- A Silkie Chicken & Shakespearestarted May 28, 2026
- Tuonglinh's Substackstarted May 25, 2026
- FirstReaderstarted May 13, 2026
- clover's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Solomon's Substackstarted May 1, 2026
- Kirk's Substackstarted Apr 16, 2026
- The Structural Imaginationstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Thomas Cannon Authorstarted Mar 16, 2026
- Marie's Substackstarted Mar 11, 2026
- Téa's Substackstarted Feb 4, 2026
- Martie's Substackstarted Feb 2, 2026
- Jason's Substackstarted Jan 30, 2026
- Kaylin's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- hermano's Substackstarted Jan 22, 2026
- David's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- Sapphire's Substackstarted Jan 17, 2026
- Simone's Substackstarted Jan 8, 2026
- Marcella's Substackstarted Dec 20, 2025
- Candace Angelica Walsh started Dec 19, 2025
- Substack von Linsestarted Dec 19, 2025
- KoiTheNightSilkSeaLeafSand's Substackstarted Dec 18, 2025
- The Best Magpie with Natasha Nganstarted Dec 11, 2025
- Under's Substackstarted Dec 8, 2025
- Shah's Substackstarted Dec 7, 2025
- Funny Feelingsstarted Dec 4, 2025
- Chris Bohjalian's Substackstarted Dec 2, 2025
- Aviva's Substackstarted Nov 29, 2025
- Emma's Substackstarted Nov 25, 2025
- Abdullah's Substackstarted Nov 22, 2025
- Seamus's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Ethan's Substackstarted Oct 2025
Recommends
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- Jane Roper5.2k followers · started Dec 2022 · mutual
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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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Fiction writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (28 writers in that group), but not Rebecca Makkai.
- recommends 4 of themThe Crooked Light
- recommends 2 of themLincoln Michel@thelincoln
- recommends 2 of them
Erika Dreifus@erikadreifus - recommends 2 of them
Matt Bell@mattbell - recommends 2 of them
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- recommends 2 of themThaddeus Ward
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