Ted Gioia has 380,818 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #1 on Substack's Music Bestsellers board. 105 publications recommend them, 18 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 26.
Followers read · Boards read
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
- 380,818
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 299K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- band shown by Substack
- Recommended by
- 105
- +18 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 26
- Bestsellers rank
- #1
- 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 | 380,818 | +30 | 299K+ | Thousands |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 380,788 | 299K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | #1 | #1 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Bestsellers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Recommendations
105 publications recommend Ted Gioia; 17 started in the last 30 days. Ted Gioia recommends 26, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-05 | 1 |
| 2022-06 | 1 |
| 2022-07 | 1 |
| 2022-10 | 1 |
| 2022-11 | 2 |
| 2022-12 | 2 |
| 2023-01 | 3 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-05 | 2 |
| 2023-08 | 2 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 3 |
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 4 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 10 |
| 2026-08 | 12 |
| 2026-09 | 13 |
| 2026-10 | 19 |
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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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