Julie Zhuo has 154,428 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #38 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 11.
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
- 154,428
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 96K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 52
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 11
- Bestsellers rank
- #38
- 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 | 154,428 | 96K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | #38 | #37 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | 38 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 0 |
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Recommendations
52 publications recommend Julie Zhuo; 2 started in the last 30 days. Julie Zhuo recommends 11, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-11 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 10 |
| 2026-06 | 17 |
| 2026-07 | 14 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
Aakash Gupta349k followers · started Nov 2023 · mutual
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- azceci's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Jeff's Substackstarted Jul 16, 2026
- The Lens Betweenstarted Jul 14, 2026
- Paweł's Substackstarted Jul 13, 2026
- anex's Substackstarted Jul 12, 2026
- M.'s Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Ani's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Request Kyestarted Jul 7, 2026
- Waack's Opinions Are My Ownstarted Jul 6, 2026
- Shiv's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Nofi's Substackstarted Jul 4, 2026
- Pedro's Substackstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Substack de Mayrastarted Jul 2, 2026
- doublefun's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Katie's Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026
All 52
- pearlstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Listen To Your Lifesongstarted Jun 22, 2026
- Phoenix's Substackstarted Jun 18, 2026
- Monique's Substackstarted Jun 17, 2026
- Sanjoli's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
- Raven's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- Substack de Jadsstarted Jun 13, 2026
- Raphael's Substackstarted Jun 8, 2026
- reyu-samastarted Jun 8, 2026
- shark's Substackstarted Jun 6, 2026
- Krishna's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Design Modestarted Jun 4, 2026
- Ashish's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Vishwanath's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Seoul Signalstarted Jun 2, 2026
- Rishika's Substackstarted Jun 2, 2026
- DrPhred's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
- Craig's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- Dex's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- Substack de Lucasstarted May 25, 2026
- Webmojo's Substackstarted May 25, 2026
- Zidny's Substackstarted May 23, 2026
- AI Fieldnotesstarted May 12, 2026
- Sabina's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Decision Gap Healthstarted May 3, 2026
- Yasir's Substackstarted May 3, 2026
- Ravi's Substackstarted Apr 28, 2026
- Life to Legacy with Doministarted Apr 28, 2026
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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.
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- 3 shared
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- recommends 3 of them
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