Xinran Ma has 49,320 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #55 on Substack's Design Bestsellers board. 53 publications recommend them, 9 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.
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
- 49,320
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 46K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 53
- +9 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 13
- Bestsellers rank
- #55
- 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 | 49,320 | 46K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Bestsellers | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| Design Rising | 90 | new |
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Recommendations
53 publications recommend Xinran Ma; 9 started in the last 30 days. Xinran Ma recommends 13, and 2 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 4 |
| 2026-04 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 8 |
| 2026-06 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 11 |
Recommended by
Dr Sam Illingworth54k followers · started Feb 6, 2026 · mutual
Ileana7.6k followers · started Sep 2025
Lisa Demchenko1.9k followers · started Feb 6, 2026- Musale's Musingsstarted Oct 29, 2026new
- VAIRALITYstarted Oct 25, 2026new
- NeuralDriftstarted Oct 23, 2026new
- The Solo Founder Tripstarted Oct 20, 2026new
- DesignOSstarted Oct 19, 2026new
- CraftedPxlstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Maichel Buenostarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Design On My Mindstarted Oct 14, 2026new
- Jackstarted Oct 12, 2026new
- By Designstarted Oct 5, 2026
- Celestine Teostarted Oct 1, 2026
- Charl's Theorysstarted Sep 29, 2026
- AI Artifactstarted Sep 29, 2026 · mutual
- Alireza Keramatstarted Sep 20, 2026
- The Vibe-Designerstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Chi on Design & AIstarted Sep 11, 2026
- Layered Vistastarted Sep 3, 2026
- Olivia Pstarted Aug 23, 2026
- AI Cards Against Humanitystarted Jul 23, 2026
- Paul's Substackstarted Jul 22, 2026
- Nia Maria Haaranenstarted Jul 22, 2026
All 53
- The Life of A Drugstarted Jul 11, 2026
- Mariia's Substackstarted Jul 9, 2026
- Yendri's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- ExpSharedstarted Jul 7, 2026
- The AI Test Engineerstarted Jun 27, 2026
- The Designer's Tablestarted Jun 26, 2026
- Sara's Substackstarted Jun 25, 2026
- Aryaman's Substackstarted Jun 21, 2026
- Saad's Substackstarted Jun 16, 2026
- Hai's Substackstarted Jun 14, 2026
- Your UX Job Search Coachstarted Jun 5, 2026
- Sush's Substackstarted Jun 4, 2026
- Bob's Substackstarted May 28, 2026
- Richard's Substackstarted May 26, 2026
- JMS's Substackstarted May 20, 2026
- Cao's Substackstarted May 19, 2026
- Lateef's Substackstarted May 14, 2026
- Berthold's Substackstarted May 10, 2026
- El Substack de AngeloHstarted May 6, 2026
- Jean's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- AI x Designstarted Apr 30, 2026
- lezli's Substackstarted Apr 27, 2026
- Jake's Substackstarted Apr 25, 2026
- DOT's Substackstarted Apr 22, 2026
- Design × AI Weeklystarted Apr 17, 2026
- Weekly Automationsstarted Mar 17, 2026
- Wankaew's Substackstarted Mar 14, 2026
- Mr's Substackstarted Mar 7, 2026
- Eugene's Substackstarted Mar 3, 2026
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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