Michael Kao has 37,248 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 53 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
- 37,248
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 17K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 15
- 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 | 37,248 | 17K+ |
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
53 publications recommend Michael Kao; 3 started in the last 30 days. Michael Kao recommends 15, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-03 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 2 |
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 7 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Rory Johnston55k followers · started Mar 2023
The Credit Strategist26k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
Santiago Capital23k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Lobster1k followers · started Oct 2025- Tao of Tradingstarted Oct 22, 2026 · mutualnew
- Le Substack de Yassinestarted Oct 21, 2026new
- Nomamesstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Scenaricastarted Oct 5, 2026
- BlacklionCTA Substackstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Fixed + Floatingstarted Sep 18, 2026
- TraMe&Techstarted Aug 21, 2026
- ramasesha's Substackstarted Jul 25, 2026
- Financial Marketsstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Zach's Substackstarted Jun 23, 2026
- 7omstarted Jun 7, 2026
- Thematic Insightsstarted Jun 6, 2026
- Ashish's Substackstarted May 4, 2026
- Sallama's Substackstarted Apr 26, 2026
- The Commodity Compassstarted Apr 11, 2026 · mutual
- Yosep's Substackstarted Apr 4, 2026
- Finace's Substackstarted Mar 24, 2026
- The Electric Grandmastarted Feb 17, 2026 · mutual
- Chu Diligencestarted Feb 9, 2026
- Le Substack de elassalstarted Jan 30, 2026
All 53
- Loki's Substackstarted Jan 26, 2026
- The 27th Letter.started Jan 21, 2026
- Flash1978started Jan 21, 2026
- The Dream started Jan 16, 2026
- Full EV Vehicles are Bad for the Environment--Prove me Wrongstarted Jan 7, 2026
- Russ's Substackstarted Jan 1, 2026
- gentlemanmark's Substackstarted Dec 12, 2025
- Whalen Financial Researchstarted Dec 9, 2025
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Marketstarted Nov 2025
- William's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Connor’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Valinor Wealth Managementstarted Sep 2025
- Make Boards Workstarted Sep 2025
- The Artificial Regulation Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Fairlight Researchstarted May 2025
- Joe’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Bleeding Edge Macrostarted Apr 2025
- Michael’s Substackstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Respice Finem Macrostarted Jan 2025
- Charlie’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- The Market House started Nov 2024
- Edward’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- notes from the deskstarted Sep 2024
- Recency Biasstarted Jul 2024
- Geopolitics Incorporatedstarted Jul 2024
- Holden’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- Vincent’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
- fgfg’s Substackstarted May 2024
- HermanJin’s Substackstarted May 2024
Recommends
Bill Bishop569k followers · started Jun 2023
Doomberg487k followers · started Feb 2023
Capital Flows90k followers · started Jul 2023
Eliant54k followers · started Jul 2023
junkbondinvestor33k followers · started Aug 2025- The Credit Strategist26k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
Herb Greenberg26k followers · started Jul 2023- Santiago Capital23k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- Tao of Tradingstarted Oct 26, 2026 · mutualnew
- The Commodity Compassstarted Oct 22, 2026 · mutualnew
- Off The Chartsstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- The Electric Grandmastarted Feb 16, 2026 · mutual
- Michael’s Substackstarted Nov 2025 · mutual
- The Boock Reportstarted Feb 2024
- China Boss Newsstarted Nov 2023
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
Writers who share the most recommenders with Michael Kao. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 3 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Finance writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (91 writers in that group), but not Michael Kao.
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- recommends 13 of them
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Macro Charts@macrocharts - recommends 11 of themAdam Taggart@adamtaggart
- recommends 10 of them
Jesse Colombo@jessecolombo - recommends 10 of themMohamed elsage
- recommends 9 of themLe Shrub@leshrub
- recommends 9 of them
Eliant@eliantcapital - recommends 9 of them
SixSigmaCapital@sixsigmacapital - recommends 8 of them
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