Caroline Donahue has 7,574 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #72 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, and they recommend 36.
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
- 7,574
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 5K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 36
- Bestsellers rank
- #72
- Design
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 | 7,574 | 5K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | #72 | #72 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | 74 | 74 | 74 | 72 | ▲2 |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend Caroline Donahue. Caroline Donahue recommends 36, and 7 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 8 |
| 2024-10 | 3 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-02 | 6 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 5 |
| 2025-08 | 5 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
Recommended by
Louise Tilbrook19k followers · started Jul 2024 · mutual
Holly A Brown16k followers · started Dec 2023 · mutual
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- Dr Kimbologystarted Jun 2, 2026 · mutual
- AtulAnand's Substackstarted May 11, 2026
- TURBO GOTH UNIVERSEstarted Apr 19, 2026
- Using Words to Bring Lightstarted Mar 3, 2026
- Kristen's Substackstarted Feb 13, 2026
- Anne-Mariestarted Feb 1, 2026
- All Weather Lovestarted Jan 16, 2026
- Sarah's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- olivia's weekly chapterstarted Sep 2025
- Amiralam’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Mateeka Writesstarted Aug 2025
- Angela Thevenotstarted Aug 2025
- Grant’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Nicole Martenstarted Aug 2025
- Shanaaz’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Kim S Joy Studio Shenanigansstarted Jun 2025
- Stephstarted Jun 2025
- Roshynphinastarted Jun 2025
- khadija’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Open Access Blogsstarted May 2025
All 53
- The Moonlight Reader Societystarted May 2025
- Your Writing Year: Intensivesstarted Apr 2025
- Fragments of a Manuscript started Apr 2025
- 50 Snowflakes on my Tonguestarted Mar 2025
- Olivia’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Claire’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- RETURNINGstarted Feb 2025
- Jessica’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Hannah Dennisonstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Natasha’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Sue’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Taninos e Textosstarted Feb 2025
- Sally’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Louise’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- head beyond homestarted Jan 2025
- Saumya’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Diane’s Substackstarted Nov 2024
- Terry’s Substackstarted Oct 2024
- Creative Joy Clubstarted Oct 2024 · mutual
- Bloeistarted Sep 2024
- Walking - and writing - with Suestarted Sep 2024
- T’Lissa’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- What If I Trusted Myself?started Sep 2024
- Robyn Neilsenstarted Sep 2024
- Smut & Scrolls: Ink-Stained Tales of Bold Womenstarted Sep 2024
- #100 Days Of Writingstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- NOREEN’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Invoking Creative Magickstarted Jul 2024
- Joanna’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
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- Holly A Brown16k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
Kate Spicer10k followers · started Sep 2024- Katherine Clements2.5k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual
- Whatever Worksstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Dr Kimbologystarted Dec 5, 2025 · mutual
- A reading lifestarted Oct 2025
- Writers' Hour Magazinestarted Oct 2025
- The Daisy Mailstarted May 2025
- On Writing, History, Creativity, and Lifestarted May 2025
- Hannah Dennisonstarted May 2025 · mutual
- Creative Joy Clubstarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Shenanigans and Stuffstarted Oct 2024
- #100 Days Of Writingstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
All 36
- Stop Hiding Under the Deskstarted Sep 2024
- Joy(ful) Growth Club with Russell & Claire started Sep 2024
- The Publishing Spectrumstarted Aug 2024
- The Foibles of a Floriststarted Aug 2024
- The Metaphysical Author’s Confidentialstarted Jul 2024
- The Hapitalist podcaststarted Jun 2024
- Small Stories with Laura Pashbystarted May 2024
- Diary Of A Black Woman In A White World started Feb 2024
- Kern Carterstarted Feb 2024
- yarnstormstarted Jan 2024
- Raising Mylesstarted Jan 2024
- oh susannah*started Dec 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 Caroline Donahue. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 4 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Design writers with 5,000 to 10,000 followers (28 writers in that group), but not Caroline Donahue.
- recommends 9 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 4 of themJournal
- recommends 3 of them
Natalie Catalina@nataliecatalina - recommends 3 of themUNDONE by Megan Karp
- recommends 2 of them
Charlotte Parker@charlottenparker - recommends 2 of them
Melissa Forbes@senseofspencer - recommends 2 of themApril Rose's Home
- recommends 2 of themSoft Focus
- recommends 2 of themGovernance Cybernetics
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