Lauren Sands has 13,679 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #62 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 10.
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
- 13,679
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 10K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 10
- Bestsellers rank
- #62
- 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 | 13,679 | 10K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | #62 | #62 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | 67 | 67 | 67 | 62 | ▲5 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
50 publications recommend Lauren Sands; 2 started in the last 30 days. Lauren Sands recommends 10, and 6 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 6 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 9 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
Amanda Hesser617k followers · started Jul 2, 2026
Cool Stories About Art248k followers · started Jan 25, 2026 · mutual
Jess Graves79k followers · started Jan 29, 2026
Rose Florence79k followers · started Oct 2025 · mutual
Carly Kuhn5.1k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
Natalie Catalina4.5k followers · started Oct 2025 · mutual- Rooted Studio ✦ Heather Muellerstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- Hot Gluestarted Oct 10, 2026new
- giorgistarted Sep 29, 2026
- Starstarted Sep 28, 2026
- Stéibel Scopestarted Sep 26, 2026
- Haute Musestarted Sep 20, 2026
- Grace Loverastarted Sep 14, 2026
- From Scratchstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Some Things Last by Lorna Codraistarted Sep 12, 2026
- Jada De Lucastarted Sep 9, 2026 · mutual
- Ainee Belandstarted Sep 7, 2026
- Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkinsstarted Aug 11, 2026
- Tamiistarted Aug 10, 2026
- Lucky girl Syndromestarted Jul 25, 2026
- PATR Spectrumstarted Jul 16, 2026
- The ? and the Brainstarted Jul 6, 2026
- The Raw Calmstarted Jul 4, 2026
- the 3 am clubstarted Jul 2, 2026
All 50
- Letters From an Anxious Fashion Loverstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Multi-passionate woman who can't just do one thingstarted Jun 23, 2026
- The Indexstarted May 31, 2026
- Graham Darnellstarted May 17, 2026
- Orm Embarstarted May 16, 2026
- inFURmation started May 15, 2026
- the PAINter letterstarted Apr 29, 2026
- Middle Outstarted Apr 29, 2026
- The Stellar Clubstarted Apr 15, 2026
- The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchellstarted Mar 23, 2026
- Falena Lunastarted Mar 8, 2026
- Artist Sanctuarystarted Jan 25, 2026
- Love Notes by Lauren Cermakstarted Jan 22, 2026
- By Stanzistarted Jan 14, 2026
- The Wonderlyststarted Jan 10, 2026
- Ratio & Ritualstarted Nov 20, 2025
- altracosa.started Aug 2025
- A FAMINE OF BEAUTYstarted Aug 2025
- Melissa's Bookbagstarted Aug 2025
- Shimin's Thingsstarted Jul 2025
- 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙴𝚁𝙵𝙻𝚈started Jul 2025
- Small Pleasuresstarted Jun 2025 · mutual
- Design Archives by HOMMÉS Studiostarted May 2025
- Ebel Studiostarted Apr 2025
- Hippologystarted Apr 2025
- Let's Make Sense of This started Feb 2025
Recommends
- Cool Stories About Art248k followers · started Mar 18, 2026 · mutual
- Rose Florence79k followers · started Oct 2025 · mutual
Ali LaBelle59k followers · started Apr 2025- Carly Kuhn5.1k followers · started Apr 2025 · mutual
- Natalie Catalina4.5k followers · started Mar 18, 2026 · mutual
- Jada De Lucastarted Sep 14, 2026 · mutual
- Slow Storiesstarted Apr 14, 2026
- surrealist covensstarted Feb 19, 2026
- Small Pleasuresstarted Apr 2025 · mutual
- personal canonstarted Apr 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.
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