Michael Gerber
@theamericanbystander · The American Bystander's Viral Load · Substack profile · Humor
Michael Gerber has 7,518 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #64 on Substack's Humor Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 27.
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
- 7,518
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 3.4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 51
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 27
- Bestsellers rank
- #64
- Humor
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 | 7,518 | 3.4K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | #64 | #63 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor Bestsellers | 63 | 63 | 63 | 64 | ▼1 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
51 publications recommend Michael Gerber; 1 started in the last 30 days. Michael Gerber recommends 27, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
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| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 2 |
| 2024-03 | 3 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 3 |
| 2024-09 | 3 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 5 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
Collins5.8k followers · started Mar 2024
Bev Potter1.6k followers · started Aug 2023- Bellasthoughtsstarted Oct 15, 2026new
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- Lightstarted Jun 25, 2026 · mutual
- Attitude Adjustmentstarted Jun 4, 2026 · mutual
- Jeff Taylorstarted May 15, 2026
- Edward's Substackstarted Apr 14, 2026
- Andy Newtonstarted Apr 8, 2026
- Drew Sheneman's Cartoon Cavalcadestarted Mar 31, 2026 · mutual
- Some Of The Cats by Bob Powersstarted Feb 26, 2026
- Stephen's Substackstarted Feb 24, 2026
- CorpZo's Substackstarted Feb 20, 2026
- BlackPapers by Bill Blackstarted Feb 8, 2026
- RITUALS SERIESstarted Dec 9, 2025
- nagashree's Substackstarted Nov 21, 2025
- Wendy's Substackstarted Nov 15, 2025
- Tyson's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- MATT KOWALICKstarted Oct 2025
- PAUL’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
- The Community Hecklerstarted Sep 2025
- eddy’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- "Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen" Substackstarted May 2025
- Tony Noon Just Saying…started Apr 2025
All 51
- SUBSTACK LIGHTNINGstarted Apr 2025
- Boston Comedy Radiostarted Mar 2025
- Mike Johnsonstarted Mar 2025
- Wallace Wennstarted Mar 2025
- James’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Hayden’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Karen’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Peter Doyle Substack-erystarted Feb 2025
- Susanstarted Feb 2025
- Ruminationsstarted Jan 2025
- Unu stràniu in Siciliastarted Dec 2024
- Sharon’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Paris, City of Litstarted Sep 2024
- Jeffrey’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- LuluLovesDemocracystarted Sep 2024
- Breaking Fiction™started Aug 2024
- Boing Boingstarted Aug 2024
- Sarah Hutto's Substackstarted Aug 2024
- Quentin Hardy's Curiosity Shopstarted Jul 2024
- Marisa’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- Ali’s Substackstarted Mar 2024
- Outrageous Liesstarted Mar 2024
- Analytical Leftstarted Jan 2024
- ANDREW’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- St. Whimsy Publicationsstarted Dec 2023
- Part-Time Sunshine's Backyard Views Substackstarted Nov 2023
- Schmiolencestarted Oct 2023
Recommends
Jason Chatfield79k followers · started Nov 2022
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Scott Dikkers17k followers · started May 2023- Lightstarted Jun 25, 2026 · mutual
- :lowerblackpainstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Attitude Adjustmentstarted May 26, 2026 · mutual
- Drew Sheneman's Cartoon Cavalcadestarted Mar 31, 2026 · mutual
- Beautiful Liesstarted Mar 2025
- The Tom the Dancing Bug Reviewstarted Jun 2024
- Cranky Old Man Yells at Internetstarted Jan 2024
- Food is Stupidstarted Sep 2023
- Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Mestarted Jun 2023
- Scarfolk Councilstarted Apr 2023
- Still looking for the Jokestarted Apr 2023
- The Virtual Memories Show Newsstarted Mar 2023
- Situation Normalstarted Mar 2023
- Mortifiedstarted Mar 2023
- The Dandy's Noosestarted Mar 2023
- Adventure Snackstarted Jan 2023
- The Bobstarted Jan 2023
- Escape from Clowntown | Comics of E.R. Flynnstarted Dec 2022
- Exclusive Contentstarted Nov 2022
- Drawn by Tomstarted Nov 2022
- The Greater Quietstarted Nov 2022
All 27
- Here's Somethingstarted Nov 2022
- The Chatnerstarted Nov 2022
- ToonStackstarted Nov 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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- 2 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Humor writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (36 writers in that group), but not Michael Gerber.
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Scott Dikkers@scottdikkers - recommends 2 of them
Lucy Sweet@lucysweet - recommends 2 of them
Mary Flannery@maryflannery - recommends 2 of them
Kathleen Donahoe@kathleenicanrah - recommends 2 of themColin’s Substack
- recommends 2 of themVivek’s Substack
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