Dave Lu has 6,945 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. 45 publications recommend them, and they recommend 6.
Last read Nov 1, 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
- 6,945
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 3.8K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 45
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 6,945 | +7 | 3.8K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 6,938 | 3.8K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
45 publications recommend Dave Lu. Dave Lu recommends 6, and 5 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-11 | 4 |
| 2023-12 | 2 |
| 2024-01 | 2 |
| 2024-02 | 2 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 2 |
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 4 |
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 3 |
| 2025-04 | 4 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
Recommended by
Jay1.9k followers · started Jun 2024- Good for you techstarted Aug 31, 2026
- Palate Boosterstarted Aug 12, 2026
- The Early-Stage Marketerstarted Aug 12, 2026
- Emma's Substackstarted Jul 1, 2026
- Gene’s Core Dumpstarted Mar 30, 2026
- A Chef At Laststarted Feb 17, 2026 · mutual
- Monica's Substackstarted Dec 28, 2025
- D's Substackstarted Dec 21, 2025
- Big Bold Ideasstarted Dec 5, 2025
- The Art of Venturingstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- Prachi’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Growth Decodestarted Sep 2025
- Mei’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Jeanny’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- 参差荇菜’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Marvin’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Nidhi’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Perspectivesstarted Apr 2025 · mutual
- Narayan’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Inside the Arena: Growing Through Businessstarted Apr 2025
- Parenting Anxiety in the Age of AIstarted Jan 2025
- @stevenlinstarted Jan 2025
- Victor’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
All 45
- The Uncommon Executivestarted Nov 2024 · mutual
- Happy Asian Womanstarted Sep 2024
- In Real Life - The power of physical presence: Work & Lifestarted Sep 2024
- Wes Kao's Newsletterstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- NEW ECONOMIESstarted Sep 2024
- Hello’s Substackstarted Jul 2024
- PAUSE: Stories of tech, marketing, fairness, hormonesstarted Jun 2024
- The Agency of Youstarted May 2024
- golden guidestarted May 2024
- To Look Within (Career & Life Tales)started Apr 2024
- Let's Grab a Beerstarted Mar 2024
- The Climate Workforce Bulletinstarted Feb 2024
- Sam’s Substackstarted Feb 2024
- Carolyn’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Marian’s Substackstarted Jan 2024
- Surya’s Substackstarted Dec 2023
- Yali’s Think Shopstarted Dec 2023
- Toby’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
- AI & Mental Healthstarted Nov 2023
- Darwin’s Substackstarted Nov 2023
- Searching for Purpose, Resilience, and Connectionsstarted Nov 2023
Recommends
Lenny Rachitsky1.4M followers · started Nov 2023- The Art of Venturingstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- The Uncommon Executivestarted Jul 2025 · mutual
- Perspectivesstarted Sep 2024 · mutual
- Wes Kao's Newsletterstarted Dec 2023 · mutual
- A Chef At Laststarted Nov 2023 · mutual
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.
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