Taylor Swaim has 1,077 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 4 publications recommend them, and they recommend 8.
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
- 1,077
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 835
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 4
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 1,077 | 835 |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
4 publications recommend Taylor Swaim. Taylor Swaim recommends 8, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
Recommended by
- Align by Kait Santosstarted Sep 21, 2026
- Good Like Breadstarted Sep 14, 2026
- The RONA READerstarted Feb 12, 2026 · mutual
- Carlynn’s Substackstarted Jan 2, 2026
Recommends
W Design Collective18k followers · started Nov 18, 2025
Josh Young8.1k followers · started Nov 18, 2025
Natalie Catalina4.5k followers · started Jul 28, 2026
Elizabeth Damrich3.6k followers · started Mar 4, 2026- Fewer & Better: The Staplestarted May 11, 2026
- Journalstarted Mar 4, 2026
- The RONA READerstarted Mar 4, 2026 · mutual
- Life Wellstarted Nov 21, 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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Design writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (66 writers in that group), but not Taylor Swaim.
- recommends 20 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 3 of themRenderings
- recommends 2 of them
Jess Graves@thelovelist - recommends 2 of them
Christene Barberich@atinyapartment - recommends 2 of them
Colin King@colinkingstudio - recommends 2 of them
Charlotte Parker@charlottenparker - recommends 2 of themUrbanism Speakeasy with Andy Boenau
- recommends 2 of themHomebody by Ashley Perry
- recommends 2 of themGovernance Cybernetics
- recommends 2 of themFar-Flung Corners
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