Varun Gupta has 516 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 9 publications recommend them, and they recommend 6.
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
- 516
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 498
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 9
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- 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 | 516 | 498 |
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
9 publications recommend Varun Gupta. Varun Gupta recommends 6, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
White Box Entertainment2.3k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Michael Nimmo800 followers · started Jul 2025- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 27, 2026
- Manga Deep Divestarted Jul 23, 2026
- Rachel's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- Real Japan, Inside Animestarted Apr 29, 2026
- Seiji’s Notesstarted Nov 21, 2025
- The Anime Anthropologiststarted Sep 2025
- Laura Neuzethstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
Recommends
Richardson Handjaja7.5k followers · started Jun 2025
MSX: Mangasplaining Extra4.8k followers · started May 2025- White Box Entertainment2.3k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
- Laura Neuzethstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Anime Trending Newsletterstarted May 2025
- MangaCraftstarted May 2025
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 Varun Gupta. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 4 shared
White Box EntertainmentAnime By The Numbers
2.3k followers - 3 shared
Richardson HandjajaAnimenomics
7.5k followers - 3 shared
MSX: Mangasplaining ExtraMSX - The Mangasplaining Extra Newsletter
4.8k followers - 2 shared
Dave CookDave Cook Comics
2k followers - 2 shared
Mike SongWebtoon-ish
840 followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Comics writers with under 1,000 followers (134 writers in that group), but not Varun Gupta.
- recommends 5 of themAlex Segura
- recommends 4 of themSerioComics
- recommends 4 of themNotes from the Drawing Table
- recommends 3 of themThe Webcomics Handbook
- recommends 2 of them
Brad Guigar@guigar - recommends 2 of them
Marvin Wynn@theedgecomic - recommends 2 of them
Jamie Jones@bowtiepress - recommends 2 of them
The Gutter@thecomicsgutter - recommends 2 of themGutternaut Crew Announcement
- recommends 2 of themNeoteric Wood Art
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