David Lê

@thearcades · The Arcades · Substack profile · Design

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David Lê has 6,490 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #64 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 28 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 9.

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: 6,490; read Oct 31
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: not shown; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: 100+; bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by: 28; +1 in 30 days
Recommends: 9
Bestsellers rank: #64; 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 David Lê on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	6,490

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Design Bestsellers	#64	#64	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	65	65	65	64	▲1

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

28 publications recommend David Lê; 1 started in the last 30 days. David Lê recommends 9, and 6 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
2024-03	2
2024-06	1
2024-07	1
2024-09	2
2024-10	1
2024-11	1
2025-02	2
2025-04	1
2025-05	4
2025-06	1
2025-08	2
2025-11	1
2025-12	1
2026-01	1
2026-02	1
2026-07	2
2026-08	2
2026-10	2

Recommended by

John Ganz74k followers · started Aug 20, 2026 · mutual
Natasha Stagg14k followers · started Nov 2024 · mutual
Jill Singer4.6k followers · started Oct 6, 2026
Caitlin Cavagnolo850 followers · started Oct 20, 2026new
Sam Buck606 followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
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Jacob’s Substackstarted May 2025
Rotting On The Vinestarted May 2025 · mutual
marcus’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
Tank Form Ltdstarted Feb 2025
Front of Bookstarted Oct 2024
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All 28

Throwing Fitsstarted Jul 2024
Perry’s Substackstarted Jun 2024
The Boredom & the Horror & the Glorystarted Mar 2024 · mutual
Consider Yourself Culturedstarted Mar 2024 · mutual

Recommends

John Ganz74k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Natasha Stagg14k followers · started Dec 2024 · mutual
Patrik Sandberg3k followers · started May 1, 2026
Sam Buck606 followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Rotting On The Vinestarted May 2025 · mutual
Consider Yourself Culturedstarted Apr 2024 · mutual
The Boredom & the Horror & the Glorystarted Feb 2024 · mutual
C.S. Studiostarted Feb 2024
Gina'sstarted Feb 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.