Lindsay O’Brien

@lindsayobrien · binzie · Substack profile · Design

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Lindsay O’Brien has 6,650 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #66 on Substack's Design Rising board. 20 publications recommend them, and they recommend 5.

Followers read 7 days ago · Boards read 2 h ago

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: 6,650; read Oct 31
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 4.1K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: none shown
Recommended by: 20; none new in 30 days
Recommends: 5
Bestsellers rank: none; Rising #66, 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.

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 Lindsay O’Brien on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	6,650		4.1K+

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Design Rising	#66	#66	2 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.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Design Rising	72			66	▲6

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

20 publications recommend Lindsay O’Brien. Lindsay O’Brien recommends 5, and 4 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

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.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2024-07	1
2024-12	3
2025-01	2
2025-10	1
2025-11	2
2026-01	2
2026-03	1
2026-04	2
2026-06	1
2026-07	2
2026-08	1
2026-09	2

Recommended by

Amanda Hesser617k followers · started Mar 10, 2026
Erika Veurink85k followers · started Jan 20, 2026
Ali LaBelle59k followers · started Oct 2025 · mutual
Virginia Chamlee30k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
Kettle and Chaosstarted Sep 15, 2026
Circle of Friendsstarted Sep 2, 2026 · mutual
The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 24, 2026
Taylorstarted Jul 30, 2026
Sam Mundelstarted Jul 24, 2026
Live Your Magic with Tory Ruststarted Jun 29, 2026
April Rose's Homestarted Apr 21, 2026
coup de feustarted Apr 2, 2026
space to dwellstarted Jan 3, 2026
Design Schoolstarted Nov 18, 2025
Emma Straub's Newsletterstarted Nov 2025
le processstarted Jan 2025
Nest Filesstarted Jan 2025
molly's editstarted Dec 2024
Noelani’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
LET IT OUT LISTSstarted Jul 2024 · mutual

Recommends

Ali LaBelle59k followers · started Oct 2025 · mutual
Virginia Chamlee30k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
Circle of Friendsstarted Sep 2, 2026 · mutual
LET IT OUT LISTSstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
gr8 collabstarted Jul 2024

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.