Sarah Bessey
@sarahbessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes · Substack profile · Faith & Spirituality
Sarah Bessey has 104,378 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #10 on Substack's Faith & Spirituality Bestsellers board. 64 publications recommend them, 7 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 25.
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
- 104,378
- 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
- Thousands
- bestseller badge 1,000+
- Recommended by
- 64
- +7 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 25
- Bestsellers rank
- #10
- 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 | 104,378 | +26 | Thousands | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 104,352 | Thousands |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith & Spirituality Bestsellers | #10 | #10 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faith & Spirituality Bestsellers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
64 publications recommend Sarah Bessey; 7 started in the last 30 days. Sarah Bessey recommends 25, and 12 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2022-05 | 2 |
| 2022-06 | 2 |
| 2023-01 | 1 |
| 2023-02 | 1 |
| 2023-04 | 1 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 7 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 13 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 9 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
Recommended by
Emily Ley253k followers · started Jun 2025
Nadia Bolz-Weber241k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
Kate Bowler192k followers · started Jul 2025 · mutual
Diana Butler Bass120k followers · started Feb 2023 · mutual
Kristin Du Mez89k followers · started May 2022 · mutual
Jen Hatmaker63k followers · started Sep 10, 2026 · mutual
Emily P. Freeman51k followers · started Aug 2023 · mutual
Beth Allison Barr29k followers · started Dec 2024
Shannan Martin28k followers · started Feb 12, 2026 · mutual
Erin H Moon27k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
Lore Wilbert23k followers · started Apr 2023 · mutual
Zach W. Lambert18k followers · started Feb 2025 · mutual
Meredith Miller15k followers · started Jan 2025 · mutual
K.J. Ramsey14k followers · started May 2022 · mutual
Bethany Dearborn Hiser1k followers · started Jan 2023- The Half-Minded Sunflowerstarted Oct 28, 2026new
- The Open-Hearted Professionalstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Laura's Substackstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Melissa Giomi, Divine Seriesstarted Oct 22, 2026new
- Go and Take Someone You Lovestarted Oct 20, 2026new
- Merrill's Substackstarted Oct 16, 2026new
- Ray's Substackstarted Oct 9, 2026new
- JaneHaderlein's Substackstarted Sep 29, 2026
- Pat's Substackstarted Sep 27, 2026
All 64
- The Friday Lampstarted Sep 25, 2026
- Kelley Agnewstarted Sep 1, 2026
- Two Episcopalians on Believingstarted Aug 11, 2026
- Tessa's Substackstarted Aug 3, 2026
- Grace's Substackstarted Jul 29, 2026
- A Seat in the Waiting Roomstarted Jul 23, 2026
- Free Spirited with Nicole Unicestarted Jul 22, 2026
- Samantha Robystarted Jul 17, 2026
- Melissa Chang’s Substackstarted Jul 10, 2026
- Karen's Substackstarted Jul 5, 2026
- Overlook Aheadstarted Jul 4, 2026
- God's Lovestarted Jul 4, 2026
- Maryanne's Substackstarted Jul 2, 2026
- Jana's Substackstarted Jun 22, 2026
- Derek's Substackstarted Jun 15, 2026
- Well With My Soulstarted Jun 9, 2026
- Cruciform Hopestarted May 31, 2026
- Pastor in Pajamas Substackstarted May 30, 2026
- Roger's Substackstarted May 29, 2026
- BeLongingstarted May 24, 2026
- Paper Madestarted May 24, 2026
- Gail's Substackstarted May 14, 2026
- Ingrid Peters Derrystarted May 11, 2026
- Tracy Whitestarted May 9, 2026
- Beyond the Shallows with Dave Nienhuisstarted May 8, 2026
- B*tchinChristian's Substackstarted May 7, 2026
- Rev's Substackstarted May 6, 2026
- Jami's Substackstarted May 5, 2026
- Alice in Gileadstarted May 1, 2026
- Yarrow Trail Costarted Apr 15, 2026
- Shannon Banks Sappstarted Apr 9, 2026
- The First Churchstarted Mar 31, 2026
- Ex Libris Mavis Moonstarted Mar 13, 2026
- Rev.'s Substackstarted Mar 2, 2026
- chaos's Substackstarted Feb 25, 2026
- Sowohl als Auchstarted Feb 24, 2026
- Kate's Substackstarted Feb 23, 2026
- bob's Substackstarted Feb 22, 2026
- Bella's Substackstarted Feb 19, 2026
- Kate's Substackstarted Feb 18, 2026
Recommends
- Nadia Bolz-Weber241k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
- Kate Bowler192k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
Poetry Unbound163k followers · started May 2024- Diana Butler Bass120k followers · started Oct 2022 · mutual
- Kristin Du Mez89k followers · started Aug 2022 · mutual
- Jen Hatmaker63k followers · started Jan 29, 2026 · mutual
- Emily P. Freeman51k followers · started Aug 2023 · mutual
- Shannan Martin28k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
- Erin H Moon27k followers · started Jun 2022 · mutual
- Lore Wilbert23k followers · started Feb 12, 2026 · mutual
- Zach W. Lambert18k followers · started Feb 12, 2026 · mutual
- Meredith Miller15k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
- K.J. Ramsey14k followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
- Masala Chai Theology with Father Joashstarted Feb 12, 2026
- The Son Do Movestarted Sep 2025
- Secret Stuff by Laura Tremainestarted Dec 2024
- Reading & Eatingstarted Feb 2024
- Tanya Marlow - Thorns and Goldstarted Nov 2023
- No Trifling Matterstarted May 2023
- Marcie May started Aug 2022
- SLANT LETTERstarted Aug 2022
- Year of Breath with Kayla Craig of Liturgies for Parentsstarted Jun 2022
- Notes of a Make-Believe Farmerstarted Jun 2022
- The Slow Waystarted Jun 2022
All 25
- The Liminality Journalstarted Jun 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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Publications that recommend at least two other Faith & Spirituality writers with 50,000 or more followers (26 writers in that group), but not Sarah Bessey.
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- recommends 3 of them
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