Tom McRae

@tommcraemusic · McRaetheism · Substack profile · Music

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Tom McRae has 8,516 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #82 on Substack's Music Bestsellers board. 11 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days.

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
8,516
read Nov 1
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
8.4K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
11
+1 in 30 days
Recommends
0
Bestsellers rank
#82
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.

8.3k8.4k8.5k8.6k8.7k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 12 more days to fill this frame 8,516
8.3k8.4k8.5k8.6k8.7k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 8 more days to fill this frame 8,516
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Tom McRae on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Nov 1, 20268,516−18.4K+
Oct 31, 20268,5178.4K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Music Bestsellers#82#824 of 4
Music Rising#20#203 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Music Bestsellers88888582▲6
Music Rising363620▲16

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

11 publications recommend Tom McRae; 1 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend Tom McRae Orlanenot trackedKeith Joplingnot trackedLitigation Sciencenot trackedAkaruinot trackedjordi9 industriesnot trackedMoussa's Substacknot trackedKatie Conaglen's Substacknot trackedMirka’s Substacknot trackedMattJim’s Substacknot tracked Tom McRae 8.5k followers
Recommend them Orlanenot trackedKeith Joplingnot trackedLitigation Scie…not trackedAkaruinot trackedjordi9 industri…not trackedMoussa's Substa…not tracked Tom McRae 8.5k followers
The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Aug 24NovFebMayAugNovFebMayAugNov
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2024-081
2024-121
2025-041
2025-071
2025-111
2025-121
2026-062
2026-072
2026-101

Recommended by

  • Orlanestarted Oct 15, 2026new
  • Keith Joplingstarted Jul 5, 2026
  • Litigation Sciencestarted Jul 4, 2026
  • Akaruistarted Jun 26, 2026
  • jordi9 industriesstarted Jun 12, 2026
  • Moussa's Substackstarted Dec 7, 2025
  • Katie Conaglen's Substackstarted Nov 2025
  • Mirka’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
  • MattJim’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
  • Ian’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
  • This Little French Lifestarted Aug 2024

Recommends

Tom McRae 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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Music writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (38 writers in that group), but not Tom McRae.

  • Althea’s Substack
    recommends 7 of them
  • The Intellectual Investor
    recommends 6 of them
  • Nate Chinen@natechinen
    recommends 3 of them
  • PalCinema, Television, & Music
    recommends 3 of them
  • The Harvest Network’s Substack
    recommends 3 of them
  • Loren Schoenberg
    recommends 3 of them
  • On The Back Edge Of The Beat
    recommends 3 of them
  • Ted Gioia@tedgioia
    recommends 2 of them
  • Neko Case@nekocase
    recommends 2 of them
  • Michael Chabon@michaelchabon
    recommends 2 of them

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