Sam Hester has 243 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. 6 publications recommend them.
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
- 243
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 177
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 6
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- 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 | 243 | 177 |
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
6 publications recommend Sam Hester. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
Recommended by
- Scott Deederlystarted Sep 21, 2026
- The Intellectual Investorstarted Aug 27, 2026
- Gail de Vosstarted Oct 2025
- dorkboy comics by damian willcoxstarted Apr 2025
- Disruptusstarted Jan 2024
- The Widow's Guide to. . .started Dec 2023
Recommends
Sam Hester doesn't recommend anyone.
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.
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Comics writers with under 1,000 followers (134 writers in that group), but not Sam Hester.
- recommends 5 of themAlex Segura
- recommends 4 of themSerioComics
- recommends 4 of themNotes from the Drawing Table
- recommends 3 of themThe Webcomics Handbook
- recommends 2 of them
Brad Guigar@guigar - recommends 2 of them
Marvin Wynn@theedgecomic - recommends 2 of them
White Box Entertainment@animebythenumbers - recommends 2 of them
Jamie Jones@bowtiepress - recommends 2 of them
The Gutter@thecomicsgutter - recommends 2 of themGutternaut Crew Announcement
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