CityBuilder has 4,172 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #52 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 28 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 12.
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
- 4,172
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 28
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 12
- Bestsellers rank
- #52
- 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 | 4,172 |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | 53 | 53 | 53 | 52 | ▲1 |
| Design Rising | 50 | 74 | 74 | 41 | ▲9 |
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Recommendations
28 publications recommend CityBuilder; 2 started in the last 30 days. CityBuilder recommends 12, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
- We Can Have Nice Thingsstarted Oct 29, 2026 · mutualnew
- Sami Bstarted Oct 24, 2026new
- The Community Consultantstarted Oct 7, 2026
- Globalized Suburbanitestarted Sep 25, 2026
- On the Legestarted Aug 27, 2026
- Construction & Capitalstarted Aug 17, 2026
- Anthony's Substackstarted Apr 30, 2026
- Build the Next Right Thingstarted Apr 23, 2026 · mutual
- Southpoint Accessstarted Mar 11, 2026
- re:Building Mercedstarted Feb 14, 2026
- THE THINKING ARCHITECTstarted Dec 26, 2025
- Skip's Substackstarted Dec 17, 2025
- A Liberal in Durhamstarted Dec 6, 2025 · mutual
- Are We Here Yet?started Nov 29, 2025
- Single Stair North Carolinastarted Nov 17, 2025 · mutual
- Housing Mattersstarted Oct 2025
- Ben Cappellaccistarted Oct 2025
- Pando Planningstarted Sep 2025
- 0xSketchesstarted Sep 2025
- IO Design Studio.started Jul 2025
- flâneurbaniststarted May 2025 · mutual
- Njathi’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- SuperDupestarted Apr 2025
- Alder Developmentstarted Apr 2025
All 28
- Build Better Placesstarted Mar 2025
- College Townsstarted Feb 2025
- onHousingstarted Feb 2025
- David’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
Recommends
- We Can Have Nice Thingsstarted Jul 9, 2026 · mutual
- YIMBY In Practicestarted Jul 9, 2026
- Jeremy's Quarterlystarted Jul 9, 2026
- A Liberal in Durhamstarted Jul 9, 2026 · mutual
- Desmond’s Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- RaleighForwardstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Theo's Thoughtsstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Build the Next Right Thingstarted Jul 9, 2026 · mutual
- Southern Urbanismstarted Jan 7, 2026
- Single Stair North Carolinastarted Nov 21, 2025 · mutual
- flâneurbaniststarted Feb 2025 · mutual
- Building Optimismstarted May 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 CityBuilder. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 3 shared
Ryan PuzyckiCity of Yes
9k followers - 2 shared
Eleanor Cording-BoothA Considered Space
30k followers - 2 shared
Addison Del MastroThe Deleted Scenes
9.2k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Design writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (66 writers in that group), but not CityBuilder.
- recommends 20 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 4 of themGood Like Bread
- recommends 3 of themRenderings
- recommends 2 of them
Jess Graves@thelovelist - recommends 2 of them
Christene Barberich@atinyapartment - recommends 2 of them
Colin King@colinkingstudio - recommends 2 of them
Charlotte Parker@charlottenparker - recommends 2 of them
Taylor Swaim@taswaim - recommends 2 of themUrbanism Speakeasy with Andy Boenau
- recommends 2 of themHomebody by Ashley Perry
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