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The Curiosity Department has 292,703 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #12 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 56 publications recommend them, 23 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 19.

Followers read · Boards read

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
292,703
read Oct 31
Last 7 days
first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days
first number on Nov 30
Subscribers
265K+
rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers
100+
bestseller badge 100+
Recommended by
56
+23 in 30 days
Recommends
19
Bestsellers rank
#12
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.

285k290k295k300k Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 6Nov 8Nov 10Nov 12 One reading a day from here 292,703
285k290k295k300k Oct 31Nov 4Nov 8 One reading a day from here 292,703
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 The Curiosity Department on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.
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Daily readings
DateFollowersChangeSubscribersPaid band
Oct 31, 2026292,703265K+

Leaderboard positions

BoardRank nowBest on recordReads on it
Design Bestsellers#12#124 of 4
Design Rising#14#102 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.
WriterOct 3107:00Oct 3113:00Oct 3119:47Nov 621:50Move
Design Bestsellers13131312▲1
Design Rising1014▼4

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

56 publications recommend The Curiosity Department; 22 started in the last 30 days. The Curiosity Department recommends 19, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

Recommend The Curiosity Departm… The Curiosity Departm… recommends Jason Chatfield79k followers · mutualKelly Wearstler71k followersDesigner20k followersUX Jobs7k followersMeredith Kinney314 followersJosé Pérez244 followersShivam's Substacknot trackedSeema mittalnot trackedContrattemponot tracked Lenny Rachitsky1.4M followersAustin Kleon385k followersJason Chatfield79k followers · mutualMason Currey63k followersGary Hustwit11k followersA Visible Distancenot trackedDesign Meets AInot trackedForty Fiftynot trackedPablo Stanleynot tracked The Curiosity Department 293k followers
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

1Jan 251Apr1Jul1OctJan 261AprJul2427Oct
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. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Sep 2026 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.
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MonthStarted
2025-011
2025-021
2025-051
2025-091
2026-021
2026-0924
2026-1027

Recommended by

  • Jason Chatfield79k followers · started May 2025 · mutual
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  • Meredith Kinney314 followers · started Jan 2025
  • José Pérez244 followers · started Sep 3, 2026
  • Shivam's Substackstarted Oct 30, 2026new
  • Seema mittalstarted Oct 30, 2026new
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Recommends

  • Lenny Rachitsky1.4M followers · started Dec 2023
  • Austin Kleon385k followers · started Sep 2023
  • Jason Chatfield79k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
  • Mason Currey63k followers · started Mar 20, 2026
  • Gary Hustwit11k followers · started Sep 2023
  • A Visible Distancestarted Aug 24, 2026
  • Design Meets AIstarted Feb 10, 2026
  • Forty Fiftystarted Sep 2025
  • Pablo Stanleystarted Jun 2025
  • Why Design Is Hardstarted Oct 2024
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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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