Michael Whelan
@theartofmichaelwhelan · The Art of Michael Whelan · Substack profile · Art & Illustration
Michael Whelan has 10,278 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 52 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 10,278
- read Oct 31
- 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
- 52
- +1 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 10,278 |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
52 publications recommend Michael Whelan; 1 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 5 |
| 2024-10 | 3 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 4 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 4 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
Recommended by
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All 52
- donrice.art · sketchy digital renderingsstarted Jul 2025
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- Heinrich’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Alessandra, Your Alien Nerdstarted Mar 2025
- da.casual.fotog’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
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- Debbie Hughesstarted Jan 2025
- Parrish Baker, writing under Urna Semperstarted Jan 2025
- David's Theatre Reviewsstarted Dec 2024
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- Alan’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Michael’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Oleksandr’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
- El Substack de Ivanastarted Aug 2024
- Benjamin’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
Recommends
Michael Whelan doesn't recommend anyone.
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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- 2 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Art & Illustration writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (54 writers in that group), but not Michael Whelan.
- recommends 10 of them
Cool Stories About Art@coolstoriesaboutart - recommends 7 of them
Adam Ming@adamming - recommends 5 of them
Beth Spencer@bethspencer - recommends 5 of themJack's Substack
- recommends 5 of themmoussa
- recommends 4 of them
Samantha Dion Baker@samanthadionbaker - recommends 4 of them
Patrick Visser@patrickvisser - recommends 4 of them
The Illustration Department@illusdept - recommends 4 of themThe Slow Re-membering
- recommends 4 of themJoanna's Substack
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