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mort the write or die vulture has 67,979 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #5 on Substack's Fiction Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 11 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 3.

Followers read · Boards read

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
67,979
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
65K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
53
+11 in 30 days
Recommends
3
Bestsellers rank
#5
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.

66k67k68k69k70k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 67,979
66k67k68k69k70k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 67,979
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 mort the write or die vulture on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 202667,97965K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Fiction Bestsellers#5#54 of 4
Fiction Rising#4#14 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
Fiction Bestsellers55550
Fiction Rising1114▼3

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

53 publications recommend mort the write or die vulture; 11 started in the last 30 days. mort the write or die vulture recommends 3, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend mort the write or die… mort the write or die… recommends a literary mole | sub club101k followers · mutualKathy Fish20k followersKarin Gillespie13k followersShirazeh's Substacknot trackedWest Gatenot trackedOlivia Morinnot trackedEric C Rossnot trackedSpiraling Metamorphosisnot trackedDoug Coatesnot tracked a literary mole | sub club101k followers · mutualThings We Do While Waiting to…not trackedNovel Writers Networknot tracked mort the write or die vul… 68k followers
Recommend them They recommend a literary mole…101k followers · mutualKathy Fish20k followersKarin Gillespie13k followersShirazeh's Subs…not trackedWest Gatenot trackedOlivia Morinnot tracked a literary mole…101k followers · mutualThings We Do Wh…not trackedNovel Writers N…not tracked mort the writ… 68k 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

Jan 24AprJulOctJan 25AprJulOctJan 26AprJulOct
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. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Jun 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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MonthStarted
2024-011
2024-051
2026-021
2026-0612
2026-0715
2026-084
2026-095
2026-1014

Recommended by

  • a literary mole | sub club101k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
  • Kathy Fish20k followers · started May 2024
  • Karin Gillespie13k followers · started Feb 6, 2026
  • Shirazeh's Substackstarted Oct 31, 2026new
  • West Gatestarted Oct 27, 2026new
  • Olivia Morinstarted Oct 26, 2026new
  • Eric C Rossstarted Oct 24, 2026new
  • Spiraling Metamorphosisstarted Oct 23, 2026new
  • Doug Coatesstarted Oct 23, 2026new
  • Jennifer's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
  • Amal Muhammedstarted Oct 21, 2026new
  • The Black Toadstarted Oct 21, 2026new
  • Shokouhi's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
  • J.'s Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
  • Philip Jay Marlin, Substackstarted Oct 3, 2026
  • Hobo Davestarted Oct 3, 2026
  • The Bench — Life’s a Bench, Then You Diestarted Oct 1, 2026
  • J's Cornerstarted Sep 27, 2026
  • Muhammed's Substackstarted Sep 24, 2026
  • The Vertical Filesstarted Sep 22, 2026
  • Gautam's Substackstarted Sep 11, 2026
  • Scribbled's Substackstarted Sep 6, 2026
  • Navigating the Humanitiesstarted Aug 30, 2026
  • Seana's Substackstarted Aug 28, 2026
All 53
  • Kathy's Substackstarted Aug 26, 2026
  • Closing the Booksstarted Aug 8, 2026
  • Helen's Substackstarted Jul 30, 2026
  • SHJUI's Substackstarted Jul 23, 2026
  • Daresaystarted Jul 22, 2026
  • Mariam's Substackstarted Jul 19, 2026
  • Caleb's Substackstarted Jul 18, 2026
  • Ariadne's Substackstarted Jul 16, 2026
  • Artello's Librarystarted Jul 14, 2026
  • The Harraldversestarted Jul 14, 2026
  • Creative Writing PhD: Behind the Scenesstarted Jul 14, 2026
  • nirvanastarted Jul 12, 2026
  • Zeedah's Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
  • Johnathan's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
  • TJ's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
  • eldritch's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
  • Unapologetically Loud Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
  • bookgeek's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
  • Until Next Time, Abbiestarted Jun 30, 2026
  • Roma's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
  • Hors Champstarted Jun 26, 2026
  • Natasha's Substackstarted Jun 26, 2026
  • Mark: My Wordsstarted Jun 24, 2026
  • My Dream Book Clubstarted Jun 23, 2026
  • Peace & Sanitystarted Jun 22, 2026
  • NickHoltWritingstarted Jun 22, 2026
  • Ray's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
  • Patrick's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
  • Shift Drinkstarted Jun 19, 2026

Recommends

  • a literary mole | sub club101k followers · started Jun 2024 · mutual
  • Things We Do While Waiting to Diestarted Jun 4, 2026
  • Novel Writers Networkstarted Oct 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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Fiction writers with 50,000 or more followers (10 writers in that group), but not mort the write or die vulture.

  • SWWIM Every Day@swwimeveryday
    recommends 2 of them
  • Olivia Lauren
    recommends 2 of them
  • Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian
    recommends 2 of them
  • Billy F
    recommends 2 of them
  • Jason Peck
    recommends 2 of them

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