Dan Foster
@backyardchurch · The Backyard Church · Substack profile · Faith & Spirituality
Dan Foster has 4,526 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 50 publications recommend them, 2 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 12.
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
- 4,526
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 50
- +2 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 12
- Bestsellers rank
- not on a board
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 | 4,526 | 4K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Not on a category leaderboard right now
Substack's boards list the top 100 per category, by paid subscribers (Bestsellers) and by recent paid growth (Rising). I read all 66 of them once a day, so a new entry shows up within a day.
Recommendations
50 publications recommend Dan Foster; 2 started in the last 30 days. Dan Foster recommends 12, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
Recommended by
- Church's Substackstarted Oct 17, 2026new
- The Spiritual Adopteestarted Oct 12, 2026new
- Jennie's Substackstarted Sep 26, 2026
- Fred's Substackstarted Sep 16, 2026
- Blogger's Academystarted Sep 6, 2026 · mutual
- Frank's Substackstarted Sep 4, 2026
- Life Attitudesstarted Aug 31, 2026
- The Motutangi Papersstarted Aug 11, 2026
- Jeremy Marksstarted Jul 3, 2026
- Catherine L Coatesstarted Jun 28, 2026
- Jackie's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
- The Courageous Voicestarted Jun 22, 2026 · mutual
- Lectionary Reflectionsstarted Jun 19, 2026
- Lola's Substackstarted Jun 5, 2026
- Culture, Leadership, and Identitystarted May 24, 2026
- Mike Henry Bolzeniusstarted Apr 1, 2026
- Beneath the Surfacestarted Apr 1, 2026
- Rocky's Substackstarted Mar 31, 2026
- Kay Morrisseystarted Mar 15, 2026
- Deborah's Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
- C L Burger Substackstarted Jan 14, 2026 · mutual
- Forward Boomerstarted Jan 13, 2026
- Ross's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
- THE UNDERSONG OF THE WORLDstarted Jan 1, 2026
All 50
- Jack's Substackstarted Dec 23, 2025
- Sacred & Secular started Dec 20, 2025 · mutual
- Johanstarted Dec 16, 2025
- Jacques's Substackstarted Nov 7, 2025
- Jo Kooserstarted Oct 2025
- Insatiable Theologystarted Oct 2025
- Crafting Wisdomstarted Oct 2025
- Marcus’s Substackstarted Sep 2025
- Stephen’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Shannon Ahernstarted Jul 2025
- Kent Cooperstarted Jul 2025
- Faith Among the Shadows of Doubt | Kelly O'Dellstarted Jul 2025
- Digging in Water / Beth Taylorstarted Jun 2025
- the artsy muse.started Jun 2025
- Deconstruction Trailstarted Jun 2025
- Gary’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Philippa’s Substackstarted May 2025
- St. Jezzerstarted Mar 2025
- The Good News According to Chrisstarted Mar 2025
- Lorayne’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Marcus’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- The Elephant In The Roomstarted Feb 2025
- D.’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
- Patrick’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- Roger’s Substackstarted Sep 2024
- Симо́н’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
Recommends
- What Just Happened?started Jul 28, 2026
- Second Versestarted Jul 20, 2026
- C L Burger Substackstarted Jun 30, 2026 · mutual
- The Courageous Voicestarted Jun 17, 2026 · mutual
- Found....Myself started Jun 6, 2026
- Sacred & Secular started Apr 5, 2026 · mutual
- Carolyn’s Blogstarted Mar 30, 2026
- Blogger's Academystarted Mar 23, 2026 · mutual
- The Centre for Men & Familiesstarted Jul 2025
- I Wouldn't Bet On Itstarted Mar 2025
- WIP by Scott Mochastarted Nov 2023
- Saving Faithstarted Apr 2023
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.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Dan Foster. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 4 shared
Joe BoydJoe Boyd (The Deconstructed Pastor)
5.4k followers - 3 shared
Andrew SpringerThe Jesus Movement
24k followers - 3 shared
Zach W. LambertPublic Theology with Zach W. Lambert
18k followers - 2 shared
Word&WayA Public Witness
26k followers - 2 shared
She's So Scripture@shessoscripture
23k followers - 2 shared
Matt BrewerFamily Ministry Portal
5.3k followers - 2 shared
Philip GulleyPlain Speech with Philip Gulley
5.2k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Faith & Spirituality writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (53 writers in that group), but not Dan Foster.
- recommends 11 of themThe Intellectual Investor
- recommends 4 of themThe Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell
- recommends 2 of them
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review@tricyclemag - recommends 2 of them
Peter Kwasniewski@profkwasniewski - recommends 2 of themBody Notes
- recommends 2 of themCredo & Cultuur
- recommends 2 of themPastor Wesley Post
- recommends 2 of themCards We Keep by Enchantra Tarot
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