Sara Hildreth has 18,116 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #40 on Substack's Literature Bestsellers board. 55 publications recommend them, 5 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 25.
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
- 18,116
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 13K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 55
- +5 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 25
- Bestsellers rank
- #40
- Literature
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 | 18,116 | 13K+ | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | #40 | #40 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Bestsellers | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
55 publications recommend Sara Hildreth; 4 started in the last 30 days. Sara Hildreth recommends 25, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 5 |
| 2025-07 | 4 |
| 2025-08 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
Recommended by
Alisha Ramos125k followers · started Oct 2024 · mutual
Molly Ella23k followers · started Jun 1, 2026
Traci Thomas14k followers · started Feb 2024 · mutual
Martha Adams12k followers · started Dec 10, 2025 · mutual
book talk with lauren12k followers · started Oct 28, 2026new
The Upgrade | Anne Marie1.8k followers · started Apr 13, 2026
Holly Fairall1.6k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
John-Paul Sarni518 followers · started Mar 2025- Maxine Pancaldistarted Oct 28, 2026new
- Elsewhere & In Betweenstarted Oct 18, 2026new
- Spilled Ink by Alexandra Grantstarted Oct 8, 2026new
- Things I Gone Done and Didstarted Oct 7, 2026
- Clarissa's Commonplace Bookstarted Sep 29, 2026
- Nidhi_readsstarted Sep 25, 2026
- NAU College of Arts & Lettersstarted Sep 17, 2026
- Working Toward Coalescencestarted Sep 11, 2026
- Matterist Booksstarted Sep 3, 2026
- Dark Fiction & Bad Decisionsstarted Aug 23, 2026
- The Maine Deck by Jeni Wallacestarted Aug 14, 2026
- The Bucket List & To-Do List Diariesstarted Aug 14, 2026
- Ivanine Beskrajne Stranice started Aug 9, 2026
- the soft archivesstarted Jul 20, 2026
- The Orphanage HQ’s Substackstarted Jul 11, 2026
- from the side streetstarted Jun 26, 2026
All 55
- Shezzah's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
- Alisa, Annotated.started May 25, 2026
- Katrina's Substackstarted Apr 22, 2026
- Headphones Onstarted Apr 17, 2026
- The AwkwardlyMarc Substackstarted Apr 7, 2026
- edgeofelizabeth • magick for the soulstarted Mar 22, 2026
- Masked Ventriloquiststarted Mar 21, 2026
- Alan's Substackstarted Feb 1, 2026
- The Bookish Sisterhood Substackstarted Dec 28, 2025
- Hayleestarted Dec 5, 2025
- Bookish Meganstarted Nov 2025
- 78Ypressstarted Oct 2025
- The Last Page Clubstarted Oct 2025
- Liz's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Coast Linesstarted Aug 2025
- Entrepreneur Franchise Intelligencestarted Aug 2025
- Century Atlasstarted Jul 2025
- Naomi’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- in case you needed thisstarted Jul 2025
- Michael’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
- Tim’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Olivia’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- An Introvert Girl's two scentsstarted Jun 2025
- Hadeel’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Usman’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
- Letters from the Pridestarted May 2025
- Seeta’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Megan’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Aakanksha’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- Stardew Litstarted Mar 2025
- Sharifa’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
Recommends
- Alisha Ramos125k followers · started Feb 28, 2026 · mutual
Jami Attenberg93k followers · started Oct 2025
Ochuko Akpovbovbo61k followers · started Jan 2025
Leigh Stein34k followers · started Mar 29, 2026- Traci Thomas14k followers · started Mar 2024 · mutual
- Martha Adams12k followers · started Aug 2025 · mutual
- Holly Fairall1.6k followers · started Oct 9, 2026 · mutualnew
- Becoming Literarystarted Sep 20, 2026
- Vox Femina Booksstarted Sep 13, 2026
- Reading Middle Gradestarted Jul 12, 2026
- Galley Bragstarted May 31, 2026
- The Unseen Reviewstarted Feb 28, 2026
- The Nice Capadesstarted Oct 2025
- Forever Magazinestarted Oct 2025
- Sarah's Bookshelvesstarted Mar 2025
- Chrissie Writes Newsletterstarted Mar 2025
- quite uselessstarted Feb 2025
- The Underlinedstarted Feb 2025
- A reading lifestarted Feb 2025
- Secret Stuff by Laura Tremainestarted Dec 2024
- ItsBookTalk started Sep 2023
- The Eclectic Readerstarted Feb 2023
- Moonstruck Readsstarted Jan 2023
- Literary Leaningsstarted Jan 2023
All 25
- Shelf By Shelf started Sep 2022
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 Sara Hildreth. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 3 shared
Traci ThomasUnstacked
14k followers - 2 shared
Alisha RamosDowntime
125k followers - 2 shared
Ochuko Akpovbovboas seen on
61k followers - 2 shared
Katie ClaphamReceipt from the Bookshop
27k followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Literature writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (92 writers in that group), but not Sara Hildreth.
- recommends 7 of them
Sarah Fay, PhD@sarahfay - recommends 7 of themAlthea’s Substack
- recommends 6 of them
Alexandra Auder@alexauder - recommends 5 of them
Andrea Bartz@andibartz - recommends 5 of them
Karin Gillespie@karingillespie - recommends 5 of them
Sarah Orman@sarahorman - recommends 4 of them
Maggie Smith@maggiesmithpoet - recommends 4 of them
Narratively@narratively - recommends 4 of them
Summer Brennan@summerbrennan - recommends 4 of them
Alison Krupnick@alisonkrupnick
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