John Pavlovitz
@johnpavlovitz · The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz · Substack profile · Faith & Spirituality
John Pavlovitz has 85,653 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #6 on Substack's Faith & Spirituality Bestsellers board. 59 publications recommend them, 13 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 13.
Last read Nov 1, 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
- 85,653
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- not shown
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 59
- +13 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 13
- Bestsellers rank
- #6
- Faith & Spirituality
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. 2 days of readings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | 85,653 | +43 | ||
| Oct 31, 2026 | 85,610 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith & Spirituality Bestsellers | #6 | #6 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faith & Spirituality Bestsellers | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
59 publications recommend John Pavlovitz; 12 started in the last 30 days. John Pavlovitz recommends 13. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 8 |
| 2026-08 | 10 |
| 2026-09 | 11 |
| 2026-10 | 14 |
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All 59
- Larry's Substackstarted Sep 20, 2026
- A Corner Close to the Treesstarted Sep 18, 2026
- Jill's Substackstarted Sep 18, 2026
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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.
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