David Coggins has 64,628 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #1 on Substack's Travel Bestsellers board. 67 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 15.
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
- 64,628
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 52K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 67
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 15
- Bestsellers rank
- #1
- Travel
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 | 64,628 | 52K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Bestsellers | #1 | #1 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Bestsellers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
67 publications recommend David Coggins; 3 started in the last 30 days. David Coggins recommends 15, and 8 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 | 2 |
| 2022-06 | 2 |
| 2022-07 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 12 |
| 2026-05 | 9 |
| 2026-06 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
Yolanda Edwards176k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
India Hicks105k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
Michael Williams51k followers · started Apr 2022 · mutual
Matt Hranek32k followers · started Jul 2022 · mutual
Flylab30k followers · started Jul 2025
First Class Jerk29k followers · started Feb 23, 2026
The Real Sarah Miller26k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
Brett McKay24k followers · started Apr 22, 2026
PJ and Thomas23k followers · started Sep 2023
Geoff Shackelford20k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
Talking Points with TPG18k followers · started Jun 10, 2026
RILEY HARPER13k followers · started Aug 2025
Foster Huntington11k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
Michael Williams7.1k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
Luke Honey4k followers · started Dec 2023
The Timbuktu Review3.6k followers · started Jul 2025
Joshua Caldwell732 followers · started Jan 2025- Homo liberstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Korea Travel Guide by Cheolmin Jungstarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Keistarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Sam Farmerstarted Sep 28, 2026
- Priority Statusstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Waxing Illiteratestarted Sep 18, 2026
- C.A.M.I.N.O.started Sep 13, 2026
All 67
- Sylvia's Substackstarted Aug 18, 2026
- Poking Around This Worldstarted Aug 15, 2026
- Sidewalk Safaristarted Aug 14, 2026
- Benoitwithnonamestarted Aug 9, 2026
- Tim Dunnstarted Aug 6, 2026
- Books, Cats and Travelstarted Aug 2, 2026
- Museum Odysseystarted Aug 2, 2026
- The Story Roomstarted Jul 29, 2026
- Izabela's Substackstarted Jul 28, 2026
- Robyn's Substackstarted Jul 28, 2026
- gowayostarted Jul 13, 2026
- From the Bucketstarted Jul 13, 2026
- Letters from Jeanniestarted Jul 9, 2026
- duaa's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Carel's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- chip's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- Jonathan Bray's substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- The Grammar Roomstarted Jun 7, 2026
- The Heretical Readerstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Timekeeper's Storiesstarted Jun 2, 2026
- PLG's Substackstarted Jun 1, 2026
- Travis's Substackstarted May 22, 2026
- Shakespeherian Ragstarted May 21, 2026
- Deborah's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- Raoul Dukemanstarted May 20, 2026
- Igor's Substackstarted May 14, 2026
- Nick's Substackstarted May 12, 2026
- Reilly's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Thaimelessstarted May 4, 2026
- Jagyashila's Substackstarted May 2, 2026
- Stephen's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Keith's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Eric's Substackstarted Apr 27, 2026
- dishspite's Substackstarted Apr 22, 2026
- The Home Playbook's Substackstarted Apr 22, 2026
- Tatva's Substackstarted Apr 19, 2026
- Your Connected Journeystarted Apr 18, 2026
- SENDBIRDstarted Apr 15, 2026
- My Landscape Diarystarted Apr 12, 2026
- Sherry's Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- The Reluctant Advocatestarted Apr 1, 2026
- Neptous's Substackstarted Mar 10, 2026
- Christina's Substackstarted Mar 9, 2026
Recommends
- Yolanda Edwards176k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
- India Hicks105k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
- Michael Williams51k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
- Matt Hranek32k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
- The Real Sarah Miller26k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
- Geoff Shackelford20k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
- Foster Huntington11k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
Yasi Salek9.9k followers · started Sep 1, 2026- Michael Williams7.1k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
- Wish You Were Herestarted Sep 1, 2026
- Jason Stewartstarted Jun 2024
- The Material Reviewstarted Jun 2024
- SIMON MILLS MALE ON SUNDAYstarted Jun 2024
- Clementinastarted Apr 2024
- Cintra Wilson Feels Your Pain started Jan 2024
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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Travel writers with 50,000 or more followers (14 writers in that group), but not David Coggins.
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John McDonald@johnmcdonald711547 - recommends 2 of them
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