Melissa Forbes

@senseofspencer · Singular by Sense of Spencer · Substack profile · Design

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Melissa Forbes has 5,441 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #54 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 19 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, 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: 5,441; read Oct 31
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 4K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: 100+; bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by: 19; +1 in 30 days
Recommends: 5
Bestsellers rank: #54; 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 Melissa Forbes on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	5,441		4K+

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Design Bestsellers	#54	#54	4 of 4
Design Rising	#10	#10	4 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 Bestsellers	59	59	59	54	▲5
Design Rising	12	35	35	10	▲2

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

19 publications recommend Melissa Forbes; 1 started in the last 30 days. Melissa Forbes recommends 5, and 3 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
2025-02	1
2025-03	2
2025-06	1
2025-07	1
2025-08	1
2025-10	2
2026-02	1
2026-03	2
2026-06	2
2026-08	1
2026-09	3
2026-10	2

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Journalstarted Mar 5, 2026
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House on Penny Lanestarted Oct 2025
Soft Focusstarted Oct 2025
Conversation Piecesstarted Aug 2025
House of Originstarted Jun 2025
DRESSED by Robynstarted Feb 2025 · mutual

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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.