Richard Baird has 56,691 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #83 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 2.
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
- 56,691
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 54K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 2
- Bestsellers rank
- #83
- 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 | 56,691 | 54K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | 84 | 85 | 85 | 83 | ▲1 |
| Design Rising | 48 | 71 | 71 | 50 | ▼2 |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend Richard Baird; 2 started in the last 30 days. Richard Baird recommends 2. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 4 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 10 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
Recommended by
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- El Substack de ROBERTOstarted Jun 12, 2026
- Meraki-ulousstarted Jun 10, 2026
- Michael's Substackstarted Jun 1, 2026
- Scott's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- Robbie's Substackstarted May 8, 2026
- Lana's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- Damo's Substackstarted Apr 27, 2026
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All 53
- El Substack de Mariastarted Mar 28, 2026
- Oleksandra's Substackstarted Feb 27, 2026
- Asima's Substackstarted Feb 23, 2026
- Substack de vitorinhasestarted Feb 2, 2026
- El Substack de Víctorstarted Jan 23, 2026
- El Substack de migmat-upon-Kanasínstarted Jan 14, 2026
- Il Substack di Fabriziostarted Jan 3, 2026
- Il Substack di Lucastarted Dec 29, 2025
- yswn's Substackstarted Dec 17, 2025
- The DeMo Roomstarted Nov 26, 2025
- Il Substack di Luciastarted Nov 25, 2025
- maria's Substackstarted Nov 24, 2025
- Oliwia's Substackstarted Nov 20, 2025
- Joshua's Substackstarted Nov 19, 2025
- Erik's Substackstarted Nov 8, 2025
- Andrew's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- TLPstarted Nov 2025
- Neuza's Substackstarted Nov 2025
- Le Substack de geemstarted Nov 2025
- Patience's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Brands with Tastestarted Oct 2025
- Greg’s Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Il Substack di giovannastarted Oct 2025
- El Substack de lalastarted Sep 2025
- Persephone’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Sophon’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- The Center Corp.’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Will’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- The Dean's Diarystarted Aug 2025
Recommends
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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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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Design writers with 50,000 or more followers (13 writers in that group), but not Richard Baird.
- recommends 3 of them
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