Lincoln Michel has 40,894 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #26 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 61 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 20.
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
- 40,894
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 23K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 61
- +6 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 20
- Bestsellers rank
- #26
- Fiction
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 | 40,894 | 23K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | #26 | #26 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction Bestsellers | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | ▲2 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
61 publications recommend Lincoln Michel; 6 started in the last 30 days. Lincoln Michel recommends 20, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-07 | 2 |
| 2022-08 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 7 |
| 2026-03 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 9 |
| 2026-06 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
Recommended by
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Jami Attenberg93k followers · started Dec 27, 2025 · mutual
Courtney Maum71k followers · started Aug 2022
Brian Merchant63k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Simon K Jones23k followers · started Jul 2025
Matt Bell19k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
Karin Gillespie13k followers · started Jul 2025
Tim Goodman5.6k followers · started Apr 19, 2026
Jeremy D Johnson5.2k followers · started Aug 2023
Tommy Dean4.2k followers · started Jul 2022
Surabhi Pudasaini425 followers · started May 10, 2026- Kyle Minorstarted Oct 30, 2026new
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- Sara Simone Bennettstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- The Comebackstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Lots of Thingsstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- malachimulliganstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Atomic Kitstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Забравени мислиstarted Sep 20, 2026
- JF's Substackstarted Sep 18, 2026
- A Screaming Comes Across the Skystarted Sep 12, 2026
- The Archnemesisstarted Aug 21, 2026
- Syd Chapiscostarted Aug 12, 2026
All 61
- Letters to a Friendstarted Aug 11, 2026
- The Attic Detectivestarted Aug 7, 2026
- Mary's Substackstarted Jul 30, 2026
- Special Intereststarted Jul 17, 2026
- The C-Suite Hubstarted Jul 3, 2026
Tucker Maystarted Jun 27, 2026- Dispatches from Ever Mountainstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Lorena's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Max Reval - Australian noveliststarted Jun 19, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- *Endnotestarted Jun 16, 2026
- Deborah Roethler's Novel Notesstarted Jun 14, 2026
- Danielle Lynne's Newsletterstarted May 30, 2026
- Modern Publishing with Paul Millerdstarted May 24, 2026
- El Substack de Luisstarted May 18, 2026
- sakeagave's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- The Story Machinestarted May 15, 2026
- FirstReaderstarted May 13, 2026
- It's Complicated with Jeff Kirvinstarted May 7, 2026
- What You Love Is Your Fatestarted May 2, 2026
- Odgis: Design and Happinessstarted Apr 29, 2026
- The Structural Imaginationstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Leo Must Writestarted Mar 25, 2026
- Harder Than It Looksstarted Mar 25, 2026
- The Substack Reviewstarted Mar 15, 2026
- ___space_man__started Mar 12, 2026
- Patricia's Substackstarted Mar 4, 2026
- Pestle&Mortarstarted Feb 25, 2026
- The Vast Skiesstarted Feb 22, 2026
- The Next Chapter Collectivestarted Feb 20, 2026
- Sarah's Serotonin Space started Feb 11, 2026
- Legs McNeilstarted Feb 9, 2026
- Homo Machinastarted Feb 4, 2026
- The Monthly Reading Mood Reportstarted Feb 3, 2026
- Cindi's Substackstarted Jan 23, 2026
- Love Letters to Lyricstarted Jan 15, 2026
- Florals and Fablesstarted Dec 22, 2025
Recommends
- Jami Attenberg93k followers · started Sep 17, 2026 · mutual
Sam Kriss92k followers · started Jul 2025- Brian Merchant63k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Strange Pilgrims43k followers · started Feb 5, 2026
Carmen Maria Machado38k followers · started Apr 2023- Matt Bell19k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
- The Dizziesstarted Sep 17, 2026
- Dear Head of Minestarted Sep 17, 2026
- Fisher the Booksellerstarted Nov 7, 2025
- Baby Monster Story Machinestarted Jul 2025
- Opaque Hourglassstarted Feb 2025
- David Smallstarted Sep 2024
- highfalutin thotstarted May 2024
- The Biblioracle Recommendsstarted Mar 2024
- Notebookstarted Jul 2023
- Ayesha A. Siddiqistarted Apr 2023
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- The Melt by Jason Diamond started Apr 2023
- CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN'S DIARYstarted Apr 2023
- sweater weatherstarted 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.
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Publications that recommend at least two other Fiction writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (28 writers in that group), but not Lincoln Michel.
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