Home & Garden on Substack
The top 100 Home & Garden writers on Substack's Bestsellers and Rising boards, with moves between my reads, follower counts, who's gaining recommendations and who recommends them. Boards read once a day.
Board read · moves compare with the read at Oct 31 19:47 UTC
- Writers on the two boards
- 157
- Median followers, Bestsellers
- 5,955
- Smallest on the board
- 254
- Jonathan Rosen, #72
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 191
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Home & Garden: new recommendations
Writers in this category who picked up the most new recommenders in the last 30 days. A new recommendation puts a writer in front of another publication's readers.
paige kershaw
6.7k followers · #79 Home & Garden Bestsellers
India Knight
123k followers · #1 Home & Garden Bestsellers
Farrah @Substack
139k followers · #7 Home & Garden Bestsellers
Victoria Wolff
20k followers · #6 Home & Garden Bestsellers
Robert Khederian
9.8k followers · #16 Home & Garden Bestsellers
Jo Thompson
67k followers · #3 Home & Garden Bestsellers
Jojo Barr
11k followers · #25 Home & Garden BestsellersNew recommenders per week, last 12 weeks; the orange bar is this week to date. Same scale in every panel. Dated by Substack; only recommendations still live.
Bestsellers
Substack ranks Bestsellers by paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.
Climbed most since Oct 31: Laura Fenton new at #19, Ashley Harper new at #26, Twig Hutchinson #88 to #74, Angie Peladeau #93 to #84, Emily Bell #92 to #89.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  India KnightHome |
122,876 | 88 +7 | Thousands | |
| 2 | 0 |  Pollyanna WilkinsonThe Well-Dressed Garden |
24,248 | 50 +8 | Thousands | |
| 3 | 0 |  Jo ThompsonThe Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson |
66,536 | 86 +5 | Thousands | |
| 4 | 0 |  Lisa DawsonJoie De Vivre |
31,299 | 61 +4 | Thousands | |
| 5 | 0 |  Julie O’RourkeNever Done |
23,721 | 53 +1 | Thousands | |
| 6 | 0 |  Victoria WolffOur Amagansett House |
20,210 | 53 +6 | Thousands | |
| 7 | 0 |  Farrah @SubstackThings Worth Knowing with Farrah Storr |
138,808 | 77 +6 | 100+ badge | |
| 8 | 0 |  Cabana@cabanamagazine |
13,161 | 54 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 9 | 0 |  Delaney LundquistTremont Home |
18,950 | 41 +2 | Thousands | |
| 10 | 0 |  Leanne KilroyThe Good Bones Life |
21,019 | 50 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 11 | 0 |  Katie 'come down to the' WoodsWords From The Woods |
8,772 | 16 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 12 | 0 |  Erin BoyleMake / Do by Erin Boyle |
30,249 | 62 | Thousands | |
| 13 | 0 |  Clara ParkesThe Daily Respite |
10,302 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 14 | 0 |  Jess WarnerThe Only Girl in the House by Jess Warner |
13,176 | 31 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 15 | 0 |  Willow CrossleyThe Seedling |
26,519 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 16 | 0 |  Robert KhederianSecond Story |
9,750 | 34 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 17 | 0 |  Johanna Bradford@johannabradford |
5,941 | 11 | 100+ badge | |
| 18 | 0 |  Studio KPMaking Good Design Affordable |
3,457 | 8 | 100+ badge | |
| 19 | new |  Laura FentonLIVING SMALL |
pending | ? | none shown | |
| 20 | ▼1 |  Charlie QuartleyThe Flower Field |
772 | 4 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 21 | ▲1 |  Ann-Marie PowellMy Real Gardens |
8,255 | 43 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 22 | ▼1 |  India CardonaEDITED by India Cardona |
14,519 | 55 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 23 | ▼3 |  JP ClarkHOME & HORT |
15,243 | 58 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 24 | ▼1 |  Rebecca McMackinGrow Like Wild! |
14,584 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 25 | ▲1 |  Jojo BarrNo Place Like Home by Jojo Barr |
11,254 | 15 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 26 | new |  Ashley Harperat last |
10,901 | 54 | 100+ badge | |
| 27 | ▼3 |  Maddy Brannon@maddybrannon |
10,952 | 30 | 100+ badge | |
| 28 | ▼3 |  Heather EvansDesign Your Wild |
48,300 | 52 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 29 | ▼2 |  TheInstallPodcastThe Install Edit |
6,843 | 9 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 30 | ▼2 |  Duncan CockingLeaf, Root & Fruit |
7,935 | 37 | 100+ badge | |
| 31 | ▼2 |  The Home EditThe Home Edit Group Chat |
298,429 | 50 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 32 | ▼2 |  Ditte SvanfeldtBrev från Ditte |
4,746 | 1 | 100+ badge | |
| 33 | ▼2 |  The Living Standard@thelivingstandard |
13,550 | 18 +1 | none shown | |
| 34 | ▼1 |  Zim FloresThe Long Way by Zim Flores |
15,208 | 4 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 35 | ▼3 |  Greg PennMan with a Hammer |
5,459 | 16 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 36 | ▼2 |  Carmen in the Garden@carmeninthegarden |
39,515 | 55 | 100+ badge | |
| 37 | ▼2 |  Huw RichardsThe Edible Garden by Huw Richards |
29,466 | 56 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 38 | ▼2 |  D. Michele PerryThe Wonder Habit™ with D. Michele Perry |
18,478 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 39 | ▼2 |  Cait FlandersHow to Stay with Cait Flanders |
15,703 | 53 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 40 | ▼2 |  Jack WallingtonWild Way: habitat gardening for nature by Jack Wallington |
9,433 | 52 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 41 | ▼2 |  Fred HoffmanBeyond The Garden Basics |
3,595 | 28 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 42 | ▼2 |  Clare FosterBud to Seed |
6,228 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 43 | ▲2 |  Alison MayBrocanteHome |
4,605 | 26 | 100+ badge | |
| 44 | ▼2 |  James T. Farmer@jamestfarmer |
2,329 | 5 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 45 | ▼4 |  Lorene Edwards ForknerCultivating Color |
9,019 | 52 | 100+ badge | |
| 46 | ▼3 |  Jodie Hazlewood Notes from Upstairs |
6,261 | 22 | 100+ badge | |
| 47 | ▼3 |  Jessica DamianoThe Weekly Dirt with Jessica Damiano |
5,226 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 48 | ▼2 |  Whitney Leigh MorrisRightsizing |
9,221 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 49 | ▼2 |  Hannon DoodyHannon House |
784 | 2 | 100+ badge | |
| 50 | ▼2 |  The Garden Mixer Podcast@thegardenmixerpodcast |
2,009 | 17 | 100+ badge | |
| 51 | ▼2 |  Zinzi EdmundsonTreehouse |
4,885 | 22 | 100+ badge | |
| 52 | ▼2 |  Ashley AdamantPractical Self Reliance |
91,043 | 54 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 53 | ▼2 |  Peyton DaviesThe Cabinista |
3,076 | 11 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 54 | ▼2 |  Gabby Llewellyngabby writes things |
4,027 | 47 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 55 | ▼2 |  KellyKindred Creatives |
1,266 | 13 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 56 | ▼2 |  Kamille LongstreetOnce Upon a Castle |
7,197 | 30 +2 | none shown | |
| 57 | ▼2 |  Elizabeth White CookElizabeth W. Cook |
4,751 | 10 | none shown | |
| 58 | ▼2 |  Blossom and Branch FarmThe Good Ground with Blossom & Branch Farm |
5,495 | 6 +2 | none shown | |
| 59 | ▲2 |  Loui BurkeActually Chic by Loui Burke |
1,818 | 1 +1 | none shown | |
| 60 | ▼2 |  Horticulturalish@horticulturalish |
5,955 | 39 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 61 | ▼2 |  Gabby DeemingThings That Go Together |
1,622 | 13 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 62 | ▼2 |  Annalise HolaszThe Trove |
1,482 | 5 +1 | none shown | |
| 63 | ▼6 |  Mary Ann Rollano RNQuiet Acts of Healing |
14,296 | 47 +1 | none shown | |
| 64 | ▼1 |  Maggie WilkersonCollected Home by Maggie Wilkerson |
3,501 | 0 | none shown | |
| 65 | ▼3 |  Hannah | A Feral HousewifeDispatches of a Feral Housewife |
6,503 | 45 +1 | none shown | |
| 66 | ▼2 |  Maggie PounceyCloser to Home |
376 | 3 | none shown | |
| 67 | ▼2 |  Bailey Van TasselTended |
11,199 | 32 +2 | none shown | |
| 68 | ▼2 |  Benjamin BrambleThe Fox Holler Almanac |
3,502 | 45 +1 | none shown | |
| 69 | ▼2 |  Marissa CoxRue Rodier |
9,123 | 53 +2 | none shown | |
| 70 | ▼2 |  Rachel Golding BarrettThe Dahlia Diaries |
2,599 | 10 +1 | none shown | |
| 71 | ▼2 |  Gardening with CharlaGardening With Charla |
2,274 | 12 +1 | none shown | |
| 72 | ▼1 |  Jonathan Rosen@onedayhomemakeovers |
254 | 3 | none shown | |
| 73 | ▼3 |  Bex PartridgeThe Drying Room Diaries |
2,953 | 12 | none shown | |
| 74 | ▲14 |  Twig Hutchinson@twighutchinson |
651 | 5 +4 | none shown | |
| 75 | ▼3 |  Angela K. NickersonWild Revival Gardening with Angela K. Nickerson |
8,384 | 23 | none shown | |
| 76 | ▼3 |  Julie WitmerJulie Witmer Gardens Newsletter |
2,742 | 37 +1 | none shown | |
| 77 | ▼3 |  Kathleen Hart - PoshpedlarWords From The Hart |
1,385 | 12 +4 | none shown | |
| 78 | ▼3 |  Gayla TrailGrow Curious |
2,912 | 26 | none shown | |
| 79 | ▼3 |  paige kershawOpen House |
6,710 | 25 +8 | none shown | |
| 80 | ▼3 |  Alex ZeidnerFarmer's Notes |
2,737 | 18 | none shown | |
| 81 | ▼1 |  Rich HeathcoteThe English Country Garden |
1,210 | 8 +3 | none shown | |
| 82 | ▼4 |  Lee Ann Thornton InteriorsThe Heritage of Home |
1,376 | 6 +1 | none shown | |
| 83 | ▼4 |  Beccalynne | Grow With MeGrowing With Beccalynne |
4,717 | 24 +2 | none shown | |
| 84 | ▲7 |  Angie Peladeau@fromsoiltosanctuary |
4,542 | 12 +4 | none shown | |
| 85 | ▼3 |  Marylee Pangman, AuthorKnowing Yourself Through Fiction |
4,842 | 30 +1 | none shown | |
| 86 | ▼5 |  Mr Plant GeekGrow This, Not That |
7,957 | 50 | none shown | |
| 87 | ▼4 |  Anna Sofie JacobsenAnnas havebreve |
620 | 3 | none shown | |
| 88 | ▼4 |  Megan GilgerThrough The Seasons with Megan Gilger |
5,701 | 50 | none shown | |
| 89 | ▲3 |  Emily BellObsessed With |
884 | 7 +4 | none shown | |
| 90 | ▼5 |  Hannah AsheChez Hanny |
5,274 | 51 +1 | none shown | |
| 91 | ▼2 |  Claire FranklinThe Harmonious Home Approach |
2,583 | 17 +1 | none shown | |
| 92 | ▼6 |  Bernardo Bacalhau@bbacalhau |
430 | ? | none shown | |
| 93 | ▼6 |  Mary BuriMars Kitchen Garden |
1,063 | 4 | none shown | |
| 94 | ▼4 |  Yuko McMahonLUCY GLEN Inspired Living |
1,012 | 5 | none shown | |
| 95 | ▼1 |  Renata GoossenRenata’s Garden |
790 | 4 | none shown | |
| 96 | ▼3 |  Kali Ramey MartinNotes du Potager |
1,602 | 4 | none shown | |
| 97 | ▼2 |  Dr. Z & Mama ZNatural Living Family — A Bible Health Ministry |
4,605 | 9 | none shown | |
| 98 | ▲2 |  kyla jamessilvered threads |
7,828 | 23 +3 | none shown | |
| 99 | ▼1 |  Ayana Madrone 🍁🍂ROOT & RITUAL |
25,466 | 50 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 100 | ▼4 |  Sue ReedRIPE |
4,443 | 50 +3 | none shown |
The top 20 on every read
Rank on each read of the Bestsellers board. Darker is higher. A gap means the writer was outside the top 100 on that read.
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India Knight | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pollyanna Wilkinson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jo Thompson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Lisa Dawson | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Julie O’Rourke | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Victoria Wolff | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Farrah @Substack | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Cabana | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Delaney Lundquist | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Leanne Kilroy | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Katie 'come down to the' Woods | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Erin Boyle | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Clara Parkes | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Jess Warner | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Willow Crossley | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Robert Khederian | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Johanna Bradford | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Studio KP | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Laura Fenton | 19 | new | |||
| Charlie Quartley | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | ▼1 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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