Sam has 11,482 followers on Substack as of Nov 1, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #71 on Substack's Art & Illustration Bestsellers board. 51 publications recommend them, 3 of them new in the last 30 days.
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
- 11,482
- read Nov 1
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 8.1K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- 100+
- bestseller badge 100+
- Recommended by
- 51
- +3 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 0
- Bestsellers rank
- #71
- 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 | 11,482 | +7 | 8.1K+ | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 11,475 | 8.1K+ |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | #71 | #68 | 4 of 4 |
| Art & Illustration Rising | #70 | #70 | 1 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Illustration Bestsellers | 68 | 68 | 68 | 71 | ▼3 |
| Art & Illustration Rising | 70 | new |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
51 publications recommend Sam; 3 started in the last 30 days. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-04 | 1 |
| 2024-08 | 1 |
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-01 | 6 |
| 2025-02 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 5 |
| 2025-05 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 4 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
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- Kayla's Substackstarted Nov 7, 2025
- Erin's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Milena's Substackstarted Oct 2025
- Waves of a Soul Surferstarted Oct 2025
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All 51
- Heron and Harestarted Jul 2025
- Jillian’s Substackstarted May 2025
- Soft Housestarted May 2025
- East Canyonstarted May 2025
- Dilly Dally Clubstarted Apr 2025
- Mahlet’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Eve’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Danielle’s Substackstarted Apr 2025
- Curating the Messstarted Apr 2025
- Fernanda’s Substackstarted Mar 2025
- mimistarted Mar 2025
- Otie’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Substack von Datkayimstarted Feb 2025
- Mona’s Substackstarted Feb 2025
- Nourishing Notesstarted Jan 2025
- Liv Fullstarted Jan 2025
- The Antithesisstarted Jan 2025
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- Dishing it up started Jan 2025
- Sara’s Substackstarted Dec 2024
- House of Windowsstarted Nov 2024
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- Hannah in Postcardsstarted Oct 2024
- Wellness Culturestarted Oct 2024
- Finding Kamistarted Sep 2024
- Rebekah’s Substackstarted Aug 2024
Recommends
Sam doesn't recommend anyone.
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 Sam. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 2 shared
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Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Art & Illustration writers with 10,000 to 50,000 followers (54 writers in that group), but not Sam.
- recommends 10 of them
Cool Stories About Art@coolstoriesaboutart - recommends 7 of them
Adam Ming@adamming - recommends 5 of them
Beth Spencer@bethspencer - recommends 5 of themJack's Substack
- recommends 5 of themmoussa
- recommends 4 of them
Samantha Dion Baker@samanthadionbaker - recommends 4 of them
Patrick Visser@patrickvisser - recommends 4 of them
The Illustration Department@illusdept - recommends 4 of themdonrice.art · sketchy digital renderings
- recommends 4 of themThe Slow Re-membering
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