Katy Hessel
@katyhessel · The Great Women Artists · Substack profile · Art & Illustration
Katy Hessel has 79,524 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #30 on Substack's Art & Illustration Bestsellers board. 59 publications recommend them, 8 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 8.
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
- 79,524
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 65K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 59
- +8 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 8
- Bestsellers rank
- #30
- Art & Illustration
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 | 79,524 | +44 | 65K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 79,480 | 65K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | #30 | #30 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
59 publications recommend Katy Hessel; 8 started in the last 30 days. Katy Hessel recommends 8, and 4 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 1 |
| 2024-05 | 1 |
| 2024-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 9 |
| 2026-06 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 9 |
Recommended by
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All 59
- EIRA's Substackstarted Aug 21, 2026
- Julia Moastarted Aug 17, 2026
- Jean's Substackstarted Aug 7, 2026
- See by Monica Shulmanstarted Aug 6, 2026
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- Esther Semo Puraticstarted Jul 18, 2026
- Mackenzie's Substackstarted Jul 7, 2026
- Keya's Substackstarted Jul 6, 2026
- The Uncurated Editstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Linda's Substackstarted Jun 28, 2026
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- Artsy Fartsy by The Art Departmentstarted Jun 18, 2026
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- Mimi's Substackstarted Jun 10, 2026
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- Nathalie Ho-Kang-Youstarted Jun 5, 2026
- Rebecca's Substackstarted Jun 1, 2026
- Anna's Substackstarted May 31, 2026
- Of Ink + Insightstarted May 30, 2026
- Akira の Substackstarted May 30, 2026
- Sarah's Substackstarted May 27, 2026
- Field Notes for No Onestarted May 20, 2026
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- brilliantly ordinarystarted May 7, 2026
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- Popularity Conceptstarted Apr 24, 2026
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- Ellen's Substackstarted Apr 9, 2026
- Devaughnstarted Mar 24, 2026
Recommends
- Pandora Sykes149k followers · started Feb 2023 · mutual
- Elif Shafak102k followers · started Jan 2024 · mutual
- Otegha Uwagba28k followers · started Sep 2023 · mutual
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- Off The Fencestarted Mar 2023
- Paintings!started Jul 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.
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