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Top Design Substacks by Revenue
Public estimates for the highest-revenue design newsletters on Substack. Figures are rounded ranges, not exact totals.
| # | Publication | Author | Subs | Est. revenue | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homeward | Amanda Hesser | ~608k | $380k – $700k / yr | Declining |
| 2 | Home | India Knight | ~84k | $220k – $420k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 3 | WEARSTLERWORLD | Kelly Wearstler | ~53k | $190k – $350k / yr | Strong growth |
| 4 | UX Movement Newsletter | Anthony | ~53k | $130k – $230k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 5 | By Candlelight | Lacy Phillips | ~28k | $120k – $220k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 6 | The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson | Jo Thompson | ~39k | $91k – $170k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 7 | W.D.C. Journal | W Design Collective | ~14k | $91k – $170k / yr | Strong growth |
| 8 | ADPList’s Newsletter | Felix Lee | ~213k | $63k – $130k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 9 | Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth | Kate Watson-Smyth | ~24k | $62k – $130k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 10 | Joie De Vivre | Lisa Dawson | ~19k | $62k – $130k / yr | Declining |
| 11 | Our Amagansett House | Victoria Wolff | ~16k | $61k – $130k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 12 | Design Better | The Curiosity Department | ~264k | $51k – $110k / yr | Strong growth |
| 13 | A Tiny Apt. | Christene Barberich | ~25k | $49k – $100k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 14 | Love, Shea | Shea McGee | ~20k | $45k – $93k / yr | Strong growth |
| 15 | The Looking Glass | Julie Zhuo | ~95k | $42k – $88k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 16 | INDIA HICKS. An Unexpected Journey. | India Hicks | ~90k | $42k – $88k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 17 | The Simplified Post | Team Simplified | ~7.0k | $42k – $86k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 18 | Never Sponsored | Christopher Schwarz | ~14k | $40k – $84k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 19 | there_y0u_are | Talia | ~25k | $40k – $84k / yr | Strong growth |
| 20 | Feeling! Magazine | Jenna O'Brien | ~46k | $38k – $80k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 21 | These Walls by Josh Young | Josh Young | ~6.0k | $36k – $74k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 22 | Design + AI | Felix Haas | ~53k | $36k – $74k / yr | Strong growth |
| 23 | A Considered Space | Eleanor Cording-Booth | ~15k | $34k – $72k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 24 | À La Carte | Ali LaBelle | ~32k | $34k – $70k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 25 | What's Left | Virginia Chamlee | ~21k | $33k – $68k / yr | Mostly flat |
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