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, Rising
3,076
Smallest on the board
2
Brandon Doyle, #31
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.

Pollyanna Wilkinson

24k followers · #2 Home & Garden Bestsellers
+8 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 50 in all
16 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

paige kershaw

6.7k followers · #79 Home & Garden Bestsellers
+8 in 30 days 25 in all
15 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

India Knight

123k followers · #1 Home & Garden Bestsellers
+7 in 30 days 88 in all
18 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Farrah @Substack

139k followers · #7 Home & Garden Bestsellers
+6 in 30 days 77 in all
6 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Victoria Wolff

20k followers · #6 Home & Garden Bestsellers
+6 in 30 days 53 in all
14 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Robert Khederian

9.8k followers · #16 Home & Garden Bestsellers
+5 in 30 days · +1 in 7 days 34 in all
10 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Jo Thompson

67k followers · #3 Home & Garden Bestsellers
+5 in 30 days 86 in all
16 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

Jojo Barr

11k followers · #25 Home & Garden Bestsellers
+5 in 30 days 15 in all
7 new recommendations over 12 weeks.

New 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.

Rising

Substack ranks Rising by recent growth in paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.

BestsellersRising

Climbed most since Oct 31: Ashley Harper new at #1, Maggie Wilkerson new at #2, Julie O’Rourke new at #4, Leanne Kilroy new at #5, Cabana new at #6.

Home & Garden Rising
#MoveWriterFollowersRecommended byWatch
1 new 10,901 54
2 new
Maggie WilkersonCollected Home by Maggie Wilkerson
3,501 0
3 ▼1
Loui BurkeActually Chic by Loui Burke
1,818 1 +1
4 new 23,721 53 +1
5 new
Leanne KilroyThe Good Bones Life
21,019 50 +2
6 new
Cabana@cabanamagazine
13,161 54 +3
7 ▼1
Robert KhederianSecond Story
9,750 34 +5
8 new
Maddy Brannon@maddybrannon
10,952 30
9 new
LaceyThe Community Gardener
pending ?
10 new
Mariah Mpls@mariahmpls
pending ?
11 new
India CardonaEDITED by India Cardona
14,519 55 +2
12 new
Clara ParkesThe Daily Respite
10,302 51 +1
13 ▼10
TheInstallPodcastThe Install Edit
6,843 9 +2
14 new
Laura FentonLIVING SMALL
pending ?
15 ▲6
Emily BellObsessed With
884 7 +4
16 new
Gabby DeemingThings That Go Together
1,622 13 +3
17 new
Amy Motroni@geniusmomhacks
pending ?
18 ▲70 4,885 22
19 ▼9
The Home EditThe Home Edit Group Chat
298,429 50 +3
20 new
Blossom and Branch FarmThe Good Ground with Blossom & Branch Farm
5,495 6 +2
21 new
Heather EvansDesign Your Wild
48,300 52 +1
22 ▼9
Charlie QuartleyThe Flower Field
772 4 +2
23 new pending ?
24 ▲21
Pip RichHouse Style
497 8 +4
25 new
Alison MayBrocanteHome
4,605 26
26 new
Plantemagerens værksted@kristinecazalisfenger
pending ?
27 new
Carmen in the Garden@carmeninthegarden
39,515 55
28 new
Hannah | A Feral HousewifeDispatches of a Feral Housewife
6,503 45 +1
29 ▼10
The Living Standard@thelivingstandard
13,550 18 +1
30 new
Twig Hutchinson@twighutchinson
651 5 +4
31 ▼4
Brandon Doyle@goatvillesalvagedgardens
2 0
32 new
Tom MatthewsThe Practical Prepper
pending ?
33 ▲37
Beatrice | Embroidery ArtistJoyful Soul Stitching
1,409 10
34 ▲8 15,954 8 +1
35 new
JLDBetter Homes & Garbage
pending ?
36 new
Lee Ann Thornton InteriorsThe Heritage of Home
1,376 6 +1
37 ▲4
Angela K. NickersonWild Revival Gardening with Angela K. Nickerson
8,384 23
38 new
The Manic Botanic@themanicbotanic
1,061 4 +2
39 new
Diana PierceBloom With Diana Pierce
1,570 6
40 ▲39
Julie WitmerJulie Witmer Gardens Newsletter
2,742 37 +1
41 ▼23
Jess WarnerThe Only Girl in the House by Jess Warner
13,176 31 +1
42 new
Marissa CoxRue Rodier
9,123 53 +2
43 new
Hannah BenakWorth It
pending ?
44 new
Huw RichardsThe Edible Garden by Huw Richards
29,466 56 +3
45 new
Benjamin BrambleThe Fox Holler Almanac
3,502 45 +1
46 new
Dario Cortese@livingsoildario
pending ?
47 new
Tamara GoodwinDesign + Alchemy
pending ?
48 ▼33
Whitney | Conard & Co AntiquesWhitney | Conard & Co.
261 1
49 new
Mary Hutto FruchterMary’s Pocketful of Prose
pending ?
50 ▼36
Hannon DoodyHannon House
784 2
51 ▲36
Claire FranklinThe Harmonious Home Approach
2,583 17 +1
52 ▼17 15 0
53 new
Cait FlandersHow to Stay with Cait Flanders
15,703 53 +2
54 new 11,199 32 +2
55 new
Denielle@TheCarieHomesteadThe Carie Homestead
pending ?
56 new
Rich HeathcoteThe English Country Garden
1,210 8 +3
57 new
Julie MayfieldLittle Notebook | Julie Mayfield
pending ?
58 ▼8
Sue SengerThe Naturalized Human
2,427 17
59 new
AUCTION PIG@auctionpig
pending ?
60 ▼52 25,466 50 +3
61 new
Kelly MosherStudio Journal
7 0
62 new
Fiber and Field NotesFiber Field Notes
pending ?
63 new
Sharon Funderburk@sharonfunderburk
pending ?
64 new
paige kershawOpen House
6,710 25 +8
65 ▼27
Rebecca Hepp@rebeccahepp
2 0
66 new
Diane G.A Narrative Nature
pending ?
67 new
Day Full of Blessings@dayfullofblessings
pending ?
68 new
Mr Plant GeekGrow This, Not That
7,957 50
69 new
Cassandra Noel@interiorgirls
pending ?
70 new
Anne WarehamThe Not So Bad Tempered Gardener
pending ?
71 ▼14
eric smith@erixmith
3 0
72 new
York Avenue Studio@yorkavestudio
6 1
73 new pending ?
74 new
Devin HansonUnfurling Words
pending ?
75 new
Marylee Pangman, AuthorKnowing Yourself Through Fiction
4,842 30 +1
76 new pending ?
77 new
Myriam | Vier VandaagVier Vandaag 🎉
279 9
78 new
ewebeak Adventures & AcademiaAdventures and Academia
458 5
79 new
Notes on Interiors@kylienicolestudio
pending ?
80 new
Emily - Sent From My PhoneSent From My Phone
4 0
81 new
Carrie WentzelFrom Around Here
pending ?
82 new
Carla ShellisCarla's Substack
pending ?
83 ▲2
My Thyme Gardens@mythymegardens
868 18 +1
84 new
Elegant Living@elegantliving
pending ?
85 new
House of Dreams@wendipainter
5 0
86 new
Sally MorganClimate Change Garden
pending ?
87 new
Kathleen Hart - PoshpedlarWords From The Hart
1,385 12 +4
88 new
AudreyThe Sunny Garden Gal
pending ?
89 ▼73
KellyKindred Creatives
1,266 13 +4
90 new
Cynthia BrianStarStyle® Empowerment
2,378 23
91 new
Jak MajorCountry Mouse
pending ?
92 new
Angela | House of AitkenThe Heritage of Home
pending ?
93 new pending ?
94 new
Jane KellyThe Stitch Cafe
pending ?
95 new pending ?
96 new
Matt Phillippi@mattphillippi
pending ?
97 ▼20
ShanieceThe Social Brunch Club
1,394 0
98 new
Peyton DaviesThe Cabinista
3,076 11 +1
99 new
Anne of BaggeboHome by the Beech Trees
pending ?
100 new
Duncan CockingLeaf, Root & Fruit
7,935 37

The top 20 on every read

Rank on each read of the Rising board. Darker is higher. A gap means the writer was outside the top 100 on that read.

Home & Garden Rising, rank on each read. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Ashley Harper1new
Maggie Wilkerson2new
Loui Burke2223▼1
Julie O’Rourke4new
Leanne Kilroy5new
Cabana6new
Robert Khederian12667▲5
Maddy Brannon8new
Lacey9new
Mariah Mpls10new
India Cardona11new
Clara Parkes12new
TheInstallPodcast43313▼9
Laura Fenton14new
Emily Bell36212115▲21
Gabby Deeming16new
Amy Motroni17new
Zinzi Edmundson888818▲70
The Home Edit15101019▼4
Blossom and Branch Farm1620▼4

History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.

Who recommends Home & Garden writers

Publications with the most live recommendations pointing at writers whose main category is Home & Garden. If you write in this category, these are the readers' lists worth being on.

The Rostykus Report51 writers
The Intellectual Investor45 writers
Althea’s Substack10 writers
JP Clark9 writers
Anne Wareham8 writers
Jo Thompson8 writers
Garden Masterclass Substack7 writers
Pam's English Garden in PA6 writers
NATASHA MORGAN5 writers

Other categories