Joost van Dreunen has 24,143 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #8 on Substack's Games Bestsellers board. 60 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.
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
- 24,143
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 18K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 60
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 13
- Bestsellers rank
- #8
- 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 | 24,143 | 18K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Bestsellers | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Games Rising | 7 | 99 | 99 | 7 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
60 publications recommend Joost van Dreunen; 2 started in the last 30 days. Joost van Dreunen recommends 13, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 1 |
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 5 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 8 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Simon Carless56k followers · started May 2022 · mutual
Stephen Totilo30k followers · started Jul 22, 2026 · mutual
Patrick Klepek16k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual
mobilegamer.biz15k followers · started Apr 2025
Christopher Dring13k followers · started Oct 29, 2026new
Dmitriy Byshonkov10k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
InvestGame4.6k followers · started Sep 14, 2026
Greg Landegger2k followers · started Jul 2025
Mike Mearls1.9k followers · started Sep 2024
Katya Ryabova703 followers · started Jul 2025
Filipe Urriça312 followers · started Mar 2025
Jordan Oloman169 followers · started Sep 11, 2026- Le Substack de Justinstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Universally's Substackstarted Sep 25, 2026
- No One Planned Thisstarted Sep 22, 2026
- Ben's Substackstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Why Games Paystarted Sep 15, 2026
- The Alinea Insight newsletterstarted Sep 11, 2026
- Mark Dijkstrastarted Sep 3, 2026
- OldManGaming's Substackstarted Jul 14, 2026
- Daddy_Datenite's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- El Substack de Ricardostarted Jun 11, 2026
- Ryu's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Entre-tempsstarted May 30, 2026
All 60
- Pichuzzz's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- Release Windowstarted May 17, 2026
- El Substack de Valentino_Palaciosstarted May 14, 2026
- Substack de Rosastarted May 13, 2026
- Toreh's Substackstarted Apr 25, 2026
- Colan Neesestarted Apr 24, 2026
- ZzennGamestarted Apr 21, 2026
- Kj's Substackstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Krupal's Substackstarted Apr 8, 2026
- Recognizing Patternsstarted Mar 23, 2026
- Mirabear's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
- El Substack de Camilostarted Jan 14, 2026
- besm nabizadastarted Dec 17, 2025
- James's Substackstarted Dec 9, 2025
- Professor David's Game Journalstarted Dec 9, 2025
- Le Substack de husstarted Dec 7, 2025
- Chrispystarted Nov 24, 2025
- Brahamdeep's Substackstarted Nov 11, 2025
- Amy's Substackstarted Nov 11, 2025
- Josh's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Connecting the Pixels — exploring the future of gamesstarted Oct 2025
- la cronaca leggerastarted Oct 2025
- predbrainstarted Sep 2025
- Gaddar001’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Embark’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Versaci’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Greg’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Andrew’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- David’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Niko News by Niko Partnersstarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Tyler Matheson's Writingstarted Jun 2025
- Angelina’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- scottsone’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Rafael’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Lukasz’s Substackstarted May 2025
- sdelfour’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
Recommends
Chris Tottman82k followers · started Sep 12, 2026- Simon Carless56k followers · started May 2022 · mutual
- Stephen Totilo30k followers · started Jul 22, 2026 · mutual
- Patrick Klepek16k followers · started Jul 22, 2026 · mutual
- Dmitriy Byshonkov10k followers · started May 2022 · mutual
- Let's Playstarted Jul 28, 2026
- mod.io Newsletterstarted Jul 28, 2026
- Niko News by Niko Partnersstarted Dec 6, 2025 · mutual
- speedrunstarted Mar 2024
- The UNBOXING Podcaststarted Jul 2023
- Updater, Shannon Liao's newsletterstarted Jul 2023
- Gamepraatstarted Dec 2022
- Platform Papersstarted Apr 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.
Recommended by the same publications
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- 18 shared
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10k followers - 9 shared
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8.3k followers - 8 shared
mobilegamer.bizThe mobilegamer.biz newsletter
15k followers - 4 shared
Mighty DiamondsGies | Video Games Industry Executive Summary
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Games writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (11 writers in that group), but not Joost van Dreunen.
- recommends 4 of themTürk Oyun Sektörü
- recommends 3 of themGeorge E. Osborn@georgeeosborn
- recommends 3 of them
Felix Braberg@felixbraberg - recommends 3 of them
Cartoon Ghost@cartoonghost - recommends 3 of themHaeon's Substack
- recommends 3 of themItem Crash
- recommends 3 of themDarya's Substack
- recommends 3 of thembrad's Substack
- recommends 3 of themIgor Pontes
- recommends 3 of themGameSushi's Substack
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