President Russell M. Nelson

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

Each dot is a conference where President Nelson spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.

03 · The measuring stick

How these talks compare with every talk since 2000

The bar is this speaker. The line marks the average across all 1,909 talks.

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like President Nelson

Phrases that appear in these talks far more often than in other speakers' talks. Bigger type means a bigger difference. The number is how many of these talks use the phrase.

07 · Who quotes them

How later talks build on these talks

Most-cited talkJoy and Spiritual SurvivalOctober 2016 · cited by 36 later talks

Speakers who cite these talks most

Dale G. Renlund

36

Quentin L. Cook

28

Neil L. Andersen

27

Ronald A. Rasband

23

Dallin H. Oaks

20

Ulisses Soares

17

Named in the footnotes of 409 talks by other speakers since 2000. See the citation network →

The sketch notes

114 talks, one page each

Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Confidence in the Presence of GodApril 2025 The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come AgainOctober 2024 Rejoice in the Gift of Priesthood KeysApril 2024 Think Celestial!October 2023 The Answer Is Always Jesus ChristApril 2023 Peacemakers NeededApril 2023 Focus on the TempleOctober 2022 What Is True?October 2022 Overcome the World and Find RestOctober 2022 Now Is the TimeApril 2022 The Power of Spiritual MomentumApril 2022 Preaching the Gospel of PeaceApril 2022 The Temple and Your Spiritual FoundationOctober 2021 Pure Truth, Pure Doctrine, and Pure RevelationOctober 2021 Make Time for the LordOctober 2021 What We Are Learning and Will Never ForgetApril 2021 COVID-19 and TemplesApril 2021 Christ Is Risen; Faith in Him Will Move MountainsApril 2021 Welcome MessageApril 2021 Moving ForwardOctober 2020 Let God PrevailOctober 2020 Embrace the Future with FaithOctober 2020 A New NormalOctober 2020 Go Forward in FaithApril 2020 Hosanna ShoutApril 2020 Hear HimApril 2020 Opening the Heavens for HelpApril 2020 Opening MessageApril 2020 Spiritual TreasuresOctober 2019 Witnesses, Aaronic Priesthood Quorums, and Young Women ClassesOctober 2019 Closing RemarksOctober 2019 The Second Great CommandmentOctober 2019 "Come, Follow Me"April 2019 We Can Do Better and Be BetterApril 2019 Closing RemarksApril 2019 Becoming Exemplary Latter-day SaintsOctober 2018 The Correct Name of the ChurchOctober 2018 Opening RemarksOctober 2018 Sisters' Participation in the Gathering of IsraelOctober 2018 Ministering with the Power and Authority of GodApril 2018 Introductory RemarksApril 2018 Let Us All Press OnApril 2018 MinisteringApril 2018 Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our LivesApril 2018 The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?October 2017 Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into Our LivesApril 2017 Joy and Spiritual SurvivalOctober 2016 The Price of Priesthood PowerApril 2016 A Plea to My SistersOctober 2015 The Sabbath Is a DelightApril 2015 Sustaining the ProphetsOctober 2014 Let Your Faith ShowApril 2014 Decisions for EternityOctober 2013 Catch the WaveApril 2013 Ask the Missionaries! They Can Help You!October 2012 Thanks Be to GodApril 2012 CovenantsOctober 2011 Face the Future with FaithApril 2011 Be Thou an Example of the BelieversOctober 2010 Generations Linked in LoveApril 2010 Ask, Seek, KnockOctober 2009 Lessons from the Lord’s PrayersApril 2009 Celestial MarriageOctober 2008 Salvation and ExaltationApril 2008 Scriptural WitnessesOctober 2007 Repentance and ConversionApril 2007 The Gathering of Scattered IsraelOctober 2006 Nurturing MarriageApril 2006 Jesus Christ—the Master HealerOctober 2005 Now Is the Time to PrepareApril 2005 Senior Missionaries and the GospelOctober 2004 Roots and BranchesApril 2004 Personal Priesthood ResponsibilityOctober 2003 Sweet Power of PrayerApril 2003 “Blessed Are the Peacemakers”October 2002 How Firm Our FoundationApril 2002 “Set in Order Thy House”October 2001 Personal Preparation for Temple BlessingsApril 2001 Living by Scriptural GuidanceOctober 2000 The CreationApril 2000 A Testimony of the Book of MormonOctober 1999 Our Sacred Duty to Honor WomenApril 1999 We Are Children of GodOctober 1998 A New Harvest TimeApril 1998 Spiritual CapacityOctober 1997 Endure and Be Lifted UpApril 1997 The AtonementOctober 1996 “Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods”April 1996 Perfection PendingOctober 1995 Children of the CovenantApril 1995 The Spirit of ElijahOctober 1994 “Teach Us Tolerance and Love”April 1994 Combatting Spiritual Drift—Our Global PandemicOctober 1993 Constancy amid ChangeOctober 1993 Honoring the PriesthoodApril 1993 Where Is Wisdom?October 1992 Doors of DeathApril 1992 “These … Were Our Examples”October 1991 Listen to LearnApril 1991 ChoicesOctober 1990 “Thus Shall My Church Be Called”April 1990 Woman—Of Infinite WorthOctober 1989 The Canker of ContentionApril 1989 Addiction or FreedomOctober 1988 “With God Nothing Shall Be Impossible”April 1988 Lessons from EveOctober 1987 Keys of the PriesthoodOctober 1987 Life after LifeApril 1987 “Joy Cometh in the Morning”October 1986 In the Lord’s Own WayApril 1986 Self-MasteryOctober 1985 Reverence for LifeApril 1985 Protect the Spiritual Power LineOctober 1984 Call to the Holy ApostleshipApril 1984

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

• Talk text, footnotes and callings come from the official General Conference pages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Every talk above links to its source.
• Coverage is April 2000 through April 2026: 1,909 talks by 370 speakers. Sustainings, audit and statistical reports, and videos are left out. October 2026 joins once its text is posted.
• Verse counts use scripture links in footnotes and talk text, counted once per talk. "Cited by" counts later talks whose footnotes link to one of these talks.
• Main topics are estimates assigned by a language model from each talk's opening and closing. Signature phrases compare how many of these talks use a phrase with how many other talks do.
• Leaders quoted are found by name in footnotes. Outside authors are found by name in the text and footnotes. Sketch notes are Weak Things study aids, not official Church materials.