Ryan J. Downey has 3,072 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #70 on Substack's Music Bestsellers board. 30 publications recommend them, and they recommend 5.
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
- 3,072
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 30
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 5
- Bestsellers rank
- #70
- 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 | 3,072 | −1 | ||
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3,073 |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | 72 | 71 | 71 | 70 | ▲2 |
| Music Rising | 56 | new |
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Recommendations
30 publications recommend Ryan J. Downey. Ryan J. Downey recommends 5, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2022-06 | 2 |
| 2022-08 | 1 |
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2023-01 | 2 |
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2023-03 | 3 |
| 2023-04 | 2 |
| 2023-05 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Heavy Stonestarted May 2024
- Country Minutestarted Mar 2024
- Signals From Mars’ Substackstarted Dec 2023
- Bill Meisstarted Aug 2023
- Grave Domainstarted Jul 2023
- Bright Lights and Back Alleysstarted May 2023
- Ian’s Substackstarted Apr 2023
- Steven’s Substackstarted Apr 2023
- Zeena’s Substackstarted Mar 2023
- Music Thingsstarted Mar 2023
- US / THEMstarted Mar 2023
All 30
- .. And Out Comes The Introvertstarted Feb 2023
- LRRecords Newsletterstarted Jan 2023
- Osciladorstarted Nov 2022
- SOCIAL MEDIA ESCAPE CLUBstarted Jun 2022 · mutual
- The Song's the Thing!started Jun 2022
- The Pitch of Discontentstarted Apr 2022
Recommends
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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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