Health & Wellness on Substack
The top 100 Health & Wellness writers on Substack's Bestsellers and Rising boards, with moves between my reads, follower counts, who's gaining recommendations and who recommends them. Boards read once a day.
Board read · moves compare with the read at Oct 31 19:47 UTC
- Writers on the two boards
- 172
- Median followers, Bestsellers
- 37,957
- Smallest on the board
- 1,458
- Context Driven, #81
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 696
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Health & Wellness: new recommendations
Writers in this category who picked up the most new recommenders in the last 30 days. A new recommendation puts a writer in front of another publication's readers.
Esther Perel
473k followers · #5 Health & Wellness Bestsellers
Julie Fratantoni, PhD
306k followers · #26 Health & Wellness Bestsellers
Dr. Dominic Ng
325k followers · #99 Health & Wellness Bestsellers
Elizabeth Endres Orrigo
79k followers · #11 Health & Wellness Bestsellers
Yung Pueblo
328k followers · #53 Health & Wellness Bestsellers
Neuroscience & Neuroplasticity
160k followers · #80 Health & Wellness Bestsellers
Rowan Heals
13k followersNew recommenders per week, last 12 weeks; the orange bar is this week to date. Same scale in every panel. Dated by Substack; only recommendations still live. Outlined weeks are incomplete: Substack lists only a publication's 50 newest recommenders, so for busy writers older weeks can't be counted, and a 30-day count marked + is a floor.
Bestsellers
Substack ranks Bestsellers by paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.
Climbed most since Oct 31: Jake Goodman, MD, MBA #56 to #49, Ebby Moyer #59 to #54, Sweats & The City new at #96, Anna Mondanaro #93 to #89, The Private Dossier #96 to #93.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  Lindsey MackerethLindsey Mack's Complexity Edge |
78,669 | 55 +9 | Thousands | |
| 2 | 0 |  Michael EasterTwo Percent with Michael Easter |
183,886 | 64 +13 | Thousands | |
| 3 | 0 |  Laurie Marbas, MD, MBAThe Habit Healers |
118,567 | 55 +11 | Thousands | |
| 4 | 0 |  Sara Szal MDThe Female Edge |
61,710 | 53 +5 | Thousands | |
| 5 | 0 |  Esther PerelEntre Nous with Esther Perel |
472,605 | 55 +26 | Thousands | |
| 6 | 0 |  angie carusohealthful radiance |
96,507 | 51 +3 | Thousands | |
| 7 | 0 |  Susan CainThe Quiet Life with Susan Cain |
348,495 | 68 +4 | Thousands | |
| 8 | 0 |  Dr. Jen GunterThe Vajenda |
174,665 | 68 +6 | Thousands | |
| 9 | 0 |  Zawn VillinesLiberating Motherhood |
49,857 | 65 +8 | Thousands | |
| 10 | 0 |  The French VirologistAu Microb'scope |
73,637 | 51 +4 | Thousands | |
| 11 | 0 |  Elizabeth Endres OrrigoThe Wellness Process |
78,541 | 54 +21 | Thousands | |
| 12 | 0 |  HansHans' Substack |
21,710 | 49 +4 | Thousands | |
| 13 | 0 |  THE MEMBERSHIPBENSHEN MEMBERSHIP |
2,816 | 41 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 14 | 0 |  Howard Luks MDBuilt to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness |
36,508 | 52 +7 | Thousands | |
| 15 | 0 |  UnbekomingLies are Unbekoming |
59,173 | 62 +7 | Thousands | |
| 16 | 0 |  Mayim Bialik's Breakdown@bialikbreakdown |
148,950 | 52 +13 | Thousands | |
| 17 | 0 |  Annie Fenn, MDBrain Health Kitchen |
58,044 | 61 +3 | Thousands | |
| 18 | 0 |  The Autism Doctor@theautismdoctor |
36,130 | 52 +7 | Thousands | |
| 19 | ▲1 |  Dr. Gordon | Obesity Medicine@drmichellegordon |
23,916 | 50 +3 | Thousands | |
| 20 | ▼1 |  Dr. Boz@drboz |
12,820 | 49 +1 | Thousands | |
| 21 | ▲1 |  Dr. GatorDr. Gator - Between a Shot and Hard Place |
141,974 | 51 +6 | Thousands | |
| 22 | ▼1 |  Cancer & Metabolic HealingPaul Marik |
28,820 | 58 +2 | Thousands | |
| 23 | 0 |  Justus R. HopeRepurposed Drugs: Powers & Possibilities |
37,957 | 55 +6 | Thousands | |
| 24 | 0 |  Jillian TureckiLove Weekly with Jillian Turecki |
92,434 | 54 +3 | Thousands | |
| 25 | 0 |  Jeff WarrenHome Base with Jeff Warren |
44,714 | 55 +1 | Thousands | |
| 26 | 0 |  Julie Fratantoni, PhDBetter Brain by Dr. Julie |
305,948 | 58 +22 | Thousands | |
| 27 | ▲1 |  Dagmara Beine@dagmarabeine |
26,521 | 51 +3 | Thousands | |
| 28 | ▼1 |  Gavin GiovannoniMS-Selfie |
14,150 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 29 | 0 |  Valentin BuneaArticole Body Engineering |
14,335 | 50 | Thousands | |
| 30 | 0 |  Dr Emma KatzDecoding Coercive Control with Dr Emma Katz |
28,277 | 52 +11 | Thousands | |
| 31 | 0 |  Alan CouzensThe Science of Maximal Athletic Development |
28,567 | 51 +1 | Thousands | |
| 32 | 0 |  Clover StroudClover Stroud: On The Way Life Feels |
40,778 | 56 | Thousands | |
| 33 | 0 |  The Menopause Professor@menopauseprofessor |
34,818 | 50 +6 | Thousands | |
| 34 | 0 |  Ella MillsLearning To Live Well with Ella Mills |
21,986 | 41 +4 | Thousands | |
| 35 | 0 |  Sarah HammillJoy Finders |
8,771 | 17 | 100+ badge | |
| 36 | 0 |  BowTied BiohackerBowTied Biohacking |
19,352 | 51 +2 | Thousands | |
| 37 | 0 |  E. Jean CarrollAsk E. Jean |
222,496 | 70 +3 | Thousands | |
| 38 | 0 |  Dr. Andrew Weil & Diana WeilWEIL Nutrition Corner® |
40,413 | 52 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 39 | ▲1 |  Kelly BanksThe Dopamine Dispatch |
120,874 | 52 +10 | Thousands | |
| 40 | ▼1 |  Bridgette HamsteadNeuroJustice™ |
11,163 | 52 +6 | 100+ badge | |
| 41 | ▲1 |  Jo HuttonYoga For Tired People |
65,637 | 57 +5 | Thousands | |
| 42 | ▼1 |  Olivia Robertson-MoeThe (Fun)ctional Health Kitchen |
19,882 | 50 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 43 | 0 |  Christiane Northrup, M.D.True North by Christiane Northrup, M.D. |
59,803 | 57 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 44 | ▲2 |  Luke CadellHolistic Healing |
85,015 | 50 +10 | Thousands | |
| 45 | 0 |  Gary TaubesUncertainty Principles |
22,051 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 46 | ▼2 |  Aidan WhartonGay Buffet |
27,876 | 55 +2 | Thousands | |
| 47 | ▲2 |  Repurposed Oncology@oncologytruth |
10,591 | 36 +6 | Thousands | |
| 48 | ▼1 |  Liz PlankAirplane Mode with Liz Plank |
91,494 | 58 +4 | Thousands | |
| 49 | ▲7 |  Jake Goodman, MD, MBAThe Brain Health Movement |
54,251 | 55 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 50 | 0 |  Anna MaltbyHow to Move |
17,226 | 53 +2 | Thousands | |
| 51 | 0 |  Beth BollingerNest Wellness by Beth Bollinger |
29,312 | 56 +6 | Thousands | |
| 52 | ▼4 |  Noah RyanHealth HQ |
24,412 | 52 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 53 | ▼1 |  Yung PuebloElevate with Yung Pueblo |
328,415 | 65 +17 | Thousands | |
| 54 | ▲5 |  Ebby MoyerEbby’s Substack |
58,380 | 50 +8 | Thousands | |
| 55 | ▼2 |  Shira Barlow, MS, RDShira RD |
5,687 | 21 | 100+ badge | |
| 56 | ▼1 |  Dr. Amy Killen MDDr. Amy B. Killen MD |
27,983 | 51 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 57 | 0 |  Jamal Dinkoui@berbarianwizard |
8,510 | 19 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 58 | 0 |  Christy Harrison, MPH, RDRethinking Wellness |
46,231 | 57 +2 | Thousands | |
| 59 | ▲1 |  The ADHD Weasel@adhdweasel |
42,124 | 53 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 60 | ▼6 | 2,605 | 2 | 100+ badge | ||
| 61 | ▲1 |  Andra SitoianuThe Bioavailable Naturopath |
16,202 | 52 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 62 | ▼1 |  Before It Breaks@beforeitbreaks |
53,115 | 48 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 63 | 0 |  Dr. Lucy McBrideAre You Okay? |
78,702 | 63 +5 | Thousands | |
| 64 | 0 |  偏方小百科偏方小百科’s Substack |
5,172 | 45 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 65 | 0 |  P.E. MoskowitzMental Hellth |
51,475 | 61 +2 | Thousands | |
| 66 | ▲2 |  Lauren Streicher MDMenopause: The Inside Info |
49,835 | 55 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 67 | 0 |  Brooke BaldwinUnraveling, with Brooke Baldwin |
29,664 | 52 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 68 | ▼2 |  Holly WhitakerRecovering |
57,287 | 59 +1 | Thousands | |
| 69 | ▲1 |  Curious OutlierThe Curious Substack |
25,415 | 52 +6 | 100+ badge | |
| 70 | ▼1 |  Carl HeneghanTrust the Evidence |
20,569 | 56 | 100+ badge | |
| 71 | 0 |  Jameela JamilA Low Desire To Please with Jameela Jamil |
148,812 | 61 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 72 | 0 |  Camille StylesBreathing Space by Camille Styles |
138,078 | 53 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 73 | 0 |  BowTiedOxStrong As An Ox |
81,961 | 56 +1 | Thousands | |
| 74 | 0 |  Paulina Cee@itspaulinacee |
6,578 | 16 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 75 | 0 |  Dr. SircusDr.Sircus |
58,378 | 51 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 76 | ▲2 |  Amanda King, NDThe Metabolic Nutritionist |
46,385 | 53 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 77 | ▼1 |  Wake Up and Read The LabelsThe Wake Up Label Letter |
88,743 | 50 +1 | Thousands | |
| 78 | ▼1 |  Todd BaratzYour Diagnonsense |
20,831 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 79 | 0 |  Rach HirschRach Hirsch • The Wellness Investor |
62,186 | 51 +7 | 100+ badge | |
| 80 | ▲1 |  Neuroscience & Neuroplasticity@drdavidtraster |
159,543 | 50 +16 | 100+ badge | |
| 81 | ▼1 |  Context Driven@contextdriven |
1,458 | 11 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 82 | 0 |  Allison RaskinEmotional Support Lady |
20,157 | 52 | 100+ badge | |
| 83 | ▲2 |  VarianaVolk@varianavolk |
15,411 | 36 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 84 | 0 |  Organ Vitality DetoxWhy Does My Body Do That? |
37,933 | 22 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 85 | ▼56 | Valentin BuneaArticole Body Engineering |
14,335 | 50 | Thousands | |
| 86 | 0 |  Mia RigdenBtwn Meals |
15,145 | 54 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 87 | ▲1 |  Patricia SiegelThe Menopause Training Blueprint |
12,673 | 31 +11 | 100+ badge | |
| 88 | ▼1 |  Dr. Linda Bluestein, MDThe Bendy Bulletin |
13,153 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 89 | ▲4 |  Anna MondanaroBack to Basics |
10,810 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 90 | ▼1 |  sam bakerThe Shift With Sam Baker |
48,157 | 70 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 91 | ▼1 |  Bill Murphy Jr.Understandably |
136,527 | 50 +2 | none shown | |
| 92 | ▼1 |  Nevaeh VictoriaThe Cycle Kitchen |
8,351 | 8 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 93 | ▲3 |  The Private Dossier@theprivatedossier |
21,852 | 44 +9 | 100+ badge | |
| 94 | ▼2 |  Sarah Kleiner@sarahkleinerwellness |
12,707 | 45 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 95 | ▼1 |  Dr Mark Trozzi MDDr Mark Trozzi |
58,551 | 56 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 96 | new |  Sweats & The City@dalestabler |
36,625 | 16 | 100+ badge | |
| 97 | ▼2 |  Sandy LangéenLivet, fast bättre |
4,226 | 9 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 98 | 0 |  Diego CarreteWellness Intelligence |
19,932 | 47 +7 | 100+ badge | |
| 99 | ▼2 |  Dr. Dominic NgBrain Health, Decoded |
325,377 | 53 +21 | 100+ badge | |
| 100 | 0 |  Heather Van Vorous, AuthorHeather's IBS Newsletter - Help for Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
64,413 | 50 | 100+ badge |
The top 20 on every read
Rank on each read of the Bestsellers board. Darker is higher. A gap means the writer was outside the top 100 on that read.
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey Mackereth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Easter | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sara Szal MD | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Esther Perel | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| angie caruso | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Susan Cain | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Dr. Jen Gunter | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Zawn Villines | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| The French Virologist | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Elizabeth Endres Orrigo | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Hans | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| THE MEMBERSHIP | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Howard Luks MD | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Unbekoming | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Mayim Bialik's Breakdown | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Annie Fenn, MD | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| The Autism Doctor | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Dr. Gordon | Obesity Medicine | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | ▲1 |
| Dr. Boz | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | ▼1 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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