Christopher Schwarz
@christopherschwarz · The American Peasant · Substack profile · Design
Christopher Schwarz has 40,695 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #3 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 55 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 10.
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
- 40,695
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 36K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 55
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 10
- Bestsellers rank
- #3
- 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 | 40,695 | 36K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Design Rising | 49 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
55 publications recommend Christopher Schwarz; 5 started in the last 30 days. Christopher Schwarz recommends 10, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2023-07 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 10 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 9 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Jared Henderson62k followers · started Jul 2023
Peter Galbert11k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
Shea Alexander3.2k followers · started Jun 2024
Brian Boggs3.2k followers · started Mar 27, 2026 · mutual
David Lopez-Kurtz248 followers · started Feb 2023- Chris Cameronstarted Oct 27, 2026new
- Field Notes from the Black Boxstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Kaia's Substackstarted Oct 15, 2026new
- Beyond Pridestarted Oct 14, 2026new
- AusWorkshopstarted Oct 13, 2026new
- Ancyentmarinerstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Our Holly Philosophystarted Sep 14, 2026
- Eating Out in Little Rockstarted Sep 4, 2026
- Crime in the booksstarted Aug 16, 2026
- Wilder Countrystarted Aug 16, 2026
- Daniel's Substackstarted Aug 15, 2026
- Pontus's Substackstarted Aug 14, 2026
- Scott's Substackstarted Aug 7, 2026
- Tim Orlowskistarted Aug 5, 2026
- Crane & Bloom from Japanstarted Jul 21, 2026
- Letters from Moonlitestarted Jul 19, 2026
- Cliff's Substackstarted Jun 20, 2026
- Bradford's Substackstarted Jun 7, 2026
- The Top Dstarted Jun 2, 2026
All 55
- The Collective Sighstarted May 21, 2026
- Mike's Substackstarted May 16, 2026
- Erik's Substackstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Rick's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Chris's Substackstarted Mar 28, 2026
- James's Substackstarted Mar 25, 2026
- John's Substackstarted Mar 24, 2026
- Gu Braghstarted Mar 15, 2026
- Benedek's Substackstarted Mar 12, 2026
- The Western Flyerstarted Mar 9, 2026
- Daniel Ian Smithstarted Mar 3, 2026
- Stephen's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026
- Khethelo's Substackstarted Feb 23, 2026
- 瀬井龍尚 の Substackstarted Feb 11, 2026
- Craig's Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
- TEXTS FOR NOTHING started Jan 30, 2026
- Steve's Substackstarted Jan 25, 2026
- Joel's Substackstarted Jan 19, 2026
- A Woodworking Journeystarted Jan 19, 2026
- Bill's Substackstarted Jan 18, 2026
- Quiet Powerstarted Jan 16, 2026
- Viral's Substackstarted Jan 16, 2026
- Min's Substackstarted Jan 13, 2026
- The Things We'll Buildstarted Jan 12, 2026
- MIND's Substackstarted Jan 11, 2026
- ARC's Substackstarted Dec 31, 2025
- Juan's Substackstarted Dec 28, 2025
- Record TV Newsstarted Dec 28, 2025
- Farbod's Substackstarted Dec 26, 2025
- Cory's Substackstarted Dec 1, 2025
- The Solo travel historianstarted Nov 13, 2025
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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 Christopher Schwarz. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 10 shared
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98k followers - 2 shared
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3.2k followers
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- recommends 3 of them
India Knight@indiaknight
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