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Colin King has 11,137 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #26 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 4 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 51.

Followers read · Boards read

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
11,137
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
8.3K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
51
+4 in 30 days
Recommends
51
Bestsellers rank
#26
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.

10,80011,00011,20011,400 Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 11,137
10,80011,00011,20011,400 Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 11,137
One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Colin King on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 202611,1378.3K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Design Bestsellers#26#254 of 4
Design Rising#11#113 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Design Bestsellers25252526▼1
Design Rising202011▲9

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

51 publications recommend Colin King; 4 started in the last 30 days. Colin King recommends 51, and 10 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

7Sep 255Oct6Nov4Dec6Jan 263Feb3Mar2Apr2May1Jun7JulAug1Sep4OctNov
Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Sep 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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Recommendations started per month
MonthStarted
2025-097
2025-105
2025-116
2025-124
2026-016
2026-023
2026-033
2026-042
2026-052
2026-061
2026-077
2026-091
2026-104

Recommended by

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  • Rose Florence79k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
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  • Wrong House3.6k followers · started Nov 2025 · mutual
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  • STUDIO LHDstarted Oct 12, 2026new
  • A Sense of Plentystarted Sep 18, 2026
  • Spatial Instinctsstarted Jul 27, 2026
  • Cat Hair On the Cutting Boardstarted Jul 21, 2026 · mutual
  • Rocha's Substackstarted Jul 21, 2026
  • Realtor / Renovation Designerstarted Jul 15, 2026
  • The Art of Revivalstarted Jul 11, 2026
  • House L Notesstarted Jul 1, 2026
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  • Made by Patchistarted May 18, 2026
  • Intérieur(s)started May 17, 2026
  • Frida Ramstedtstarted Apr 27, 2026
  • Why You Should Carestarted Apr 17, 2026 · mutual
  • What AI Isn'tstarted Mar 16, 2026
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All 51
  • The Things We Holdstarted Feb 16, 2026
  • Hallie Rose Designstarted Feb 12, 2026
  • New York Magazinestarted Feb 12, 2026 · mutual
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  • Jenna's Substackstarted Jan 21, 2026
  • Melissa's Bookbagstarted Jan 11, 2026
  • In Plain Bluestarted Jan 5, 2026
  • Christopher's Substackstarted Jan 3, 2026
  • Yilin's Substackstarted Dec 17, 2025
  • SUBSTANTIALstarted Dec 13, 2025 · mutual
  • bagage littérairestarted Dec 4, 2025
  • Caroline Levenson Designstarted Dec 1, 2025
  • Inside/Outside My Apartmentstarted Nov 28, 2025
  • Design Schoolstarted Nov 25, 2025
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  • The Cultivated Interiorstarted Nov 8, 2025
  • Daun's Substackstarted Nov 2025
  • The Mess Is The Musestarted Oct 2025
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  • Noelia's Substackstarted Oct 2025
  • Mary Robin Jurkiewiczstarted Oct 2025
  • Designing Joystarted Oct 2025
  • Secret Strategiststarted Sep 2025 · mutual
  • Private Writings of Menstarted Sep 2025
  • Scandistarted Sep 2025
  • Around The Tablestarted Sep 2025 · mutual

Recommends

All 51
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  • Wrong House3.6k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
  • Clqssiquestarted Sep 2025
  • Secret Strategiststarted Sep 2025 · mutual
  • Love Historiesstarted Sep 2025
  • Salad for President Substackstarted Sep 2025
  • Absolument !started Sep 2025
  • SUBSTANTIALstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
  • New York Magazinestarted Sep 2025 · mutual
  • Mindful Mondaysstarted Sep 2025
  • Why You Should Carestarted Sep 2025 · mutual
  • platonic lovestarted Sep 2025
  • The Voice of Reason with Carole Radziwillstarted Sep 2025
  • The Culture We Deservestarted Sep 2025
  • Around The Tablestarted Sep 2025 · mutual
  • The Twitter Filesstarted Sep 2025
  • Snapsstarted Sep 2025
  • Dad Bodstarted Sep 2025
  • Garden Scenerystarted Sep 2025
  • oldoldoldoldnewstarted Sep 2025
  • Canal Street Dreamsstarted Sep 2025
  • Cat Hair On the Cutting Boardstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
  • SPACES OF MY DREAMSstarted Sep 2025
  • AND ANOTHER THINGstarted Sep 2025
  • Baron Creative: Letters From My Mindstarted Sep 2025

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.

Who recommends writers like this one

Publications that recommend at least two other Design writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (45 writers in that group), but not Colin King.

  • Cool Stories About Art@coolstoriesaboutart
    recommends 7 of them
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    recommends 5 of them
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    recommends 4 of them
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    recommends 4 of them
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  • India Knight@indiaknight
    recommends 3 of them
  • Lucy Williams@lucywilliams02
    recommends 3 of them
  • Kate Watson-Smyth@katewatsonsmyth
    recommends 3 of them

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