Designer has 20,316 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 32 publications recommend them, 11 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 6.
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
- 20,316
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 18K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 32
- +11 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 6
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 20,316 | 18K+ |
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
32 publications recommend Designer; 11 started in the last 30 days. Designer recommends 6, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 15 |
Recommended by
Cool Stories About Art248k followers · started Oct 22, 2026 · mutualnew- Ashenstarted Oct 26, 2026new
- VAIRALITYstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Visual Thinkerstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- Carlo Llacarstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- The Accessible Businessstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Design DNA: From Letterforms to Lorestarted Oct 18, 2026new
- clipnotestarted Oct 17, 2026new
- Fabio Roberto de Moraes Vieirastarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Judgement_2004started Oct 14, 2026new
- applestarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Maria K. Danielsstarted Oct 6, 2026
- Spirit Labels Ltdstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Daily Trending newsstarted Oct 3, 2026
- meggaagencystarted Oct 1, 2026
- Charl's Theorysstarted Sep 29, 2026
- Asidestarted Sep 28, 2026
- Eva Craftstarted Sep 26, 2026
- Micah Vaughnstarted Sep 23, 2026
- Antes da Execuçãostarted Sep 3, 2026
- Emerald's Substackstarted Sep 2, 2026
- The World of Mellanviastarted Aug 26, 2026
- Ethem Onur Bilgiçstarted Aug 26, 2026
- Nana Publicationstarted Aug 22, 2026
All 32
- SunHawk's Substackstarted Aug 16, 2026
- The Architecture Editstarted Aug 12, 2026
- MC Publicationstarted Aug 11, 2026
- La Solteronastarted Aug 10, 2026
- Lisha Publicationstarted Aug 3, 2026
- Kaori_Nstarted Jul 27, 2026
- The Challenger Journal's Substackstarted Jul 25, 2026
- gunjan's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
Recommends
The Curiosity Department293k followers · started Feb 21, 2026- Cool Stories About Art248k followers · started Oct 23, 2026 · mutualnew
Richard Baird57k followers · started May 24, 2026- Pencils Downstarted May 24, 2026
- The Rogue Art Historian started Feb 22, 2026
- Designer From Nowherestarted Feb 12, 2026
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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