Sara Fay

@sarafay · Serious Trouble · Substack profile · News

Compare Share

Sara Fay has 85,430 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #9 on Substack's News Bestsellers board. 52 publications recommend them, 1 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 1.

Followers read 6 days ago · Boards read 6 days ago

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: 85,430; read Nov 1
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 85K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: Tens of thousands; bestseller badge 10,000+
Recommended by: 52; +1 in 30 days
Recommends: 1
Bestsellers rank: #9; News

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.

One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow Sara Fay on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

Show as a table

Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Nov 1, 2026	85,430	+3	85K+	Tens of thousands
Oct 31, 2026	85,427		85K+	Tens of thousands

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
News Bestsellers	#9	#9	4 of 4
Podcasts Bestsellers	#27	#27	4 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
News Bestsellers	9	9	9	9	0
Podcasts Bestsellers	27	27	27	27	0

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

52 publications recommend Sara Fay; 1 started in the last 30 days. Sara Fay recommends 1, and 1 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear. Substack shows only the 50 newest recommenders, so before Jan 2025 (outlined) I see only those from the 6,392 publications whose full lists I read.

Show as a table

Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2022-06	1
2022-08	1
2025-01	4
2025-02	6
2025-03	4
2025-05	2
2025-06	2
2025-07	2
2025-09	3
2025-10	7
2025-11	1
2025-12	2
2026-01	3
2026-02	2
2026-03	2
2026-04	3
2026-05	2
2026-06	1
2026-09	2
2026-10	2

Recommended by

Josh Barro171k followers · started Jun 2022
David Lat57k followers · started Aug 2022
Jennie's Substackstarted Oct 16, 2026new
Lorraine Prinskystarted Oct 6, 2026
Michael Robinsonstarted Sep 27, 2026
Sam de Castro Abegerstarted Sep 18, 2026
Jon's Substackstarted Jun 3, 2026
Suitcase Worthystarted May 31, 2026
Scorched Earth Liberalismstarted May 20, 2026
The Rebuttal Reviewstarted Apr 21, 2026
Catherine Dolanstarted Apr 2, 2026
Randy's Substackstarted Apr 1, 2026
David's Substackstarted Mar 31, 2026
Checks & Balancesstarted Mar 3, 2026
Medical Affairs Insiderstarted Feb 25, 2026
Taryn's Substackstarted Feb 7, 2026
Your Doctor Has Questionsstarted Jan 27, 2026
Randy's Substackstarted Jan 20, 2026
Conflicted's Substackstarted Jan 5, 2026
richard's Substackstarted Dec 16, 2025
Jane's Substackstarted Dec 3, 2025
Kyle's Substackstarted Nov 23, 2025
Eric's Substackstarted Oct 2025
Central Airstarted Oct 2025 · mutual

All 52

Lisa's Substackstarted Oct 2025
Loren's Substackstarted Oct 2025
Nick's Substackstarted Oct 2025
Ramblings of a Geeky Witchstarted Oct 2025
What You Know For Surestarted Oct 2025
Le Substack de dssastarted Sep 2025
This Might Be Honeststarted Sep 2025
Willstarted Sep 2025
AL’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
The Gravel Pit’s Substackstarted Jul 2025
Matthew’s Substackstarted Jun 2025
Law and Lattes, PLLCstarted Jun 2025
Maggie’s Substackstarted May 2025
Emergent Behaviorstarted May 2025
Reed Dresslerstarted Mar 2025
Damilola’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
Gardeniastarted Mar 2025
Juva’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
Heather Leostarted Feb 2025
Analytics That Works Substackstarted Feb 2025
Le Substack de dfgfdstarted Feb 2025
Odd’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
Sergio Konstanzastarted Feb 2025
Harvey’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
Golden State of Mind: The Power Ledgerstarted Jan 2025
Nadine’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
Joel’s Substackstarted Jan 2025
Penny For Your Thoughtsstarted Jan 2025

Recommends

Central Airstarted Oct 2025 · mutual

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.