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It seems fair to say Substack is having a moment. What started as a simple newsletter platform is becoming something of a ...
In a viral (for Substack) essay, Emily Sundberg suggests that a lot of writing on the platform sounds the same. That's ...
TL;DR – How Substack Works. Substack is a newsletter platform that lets you manage subscribers, send emails, and track engagement through analytics. It offers a paid subscription model allowing you to ...
Substack emerged onto the scene in 2017, launched by two pivotal former members of Kik Messenger and a former tech reporter at PandoDaily. It has steadily risen in prominence, particularly in the last ...
The recent update enables creators to share clips of their live videos on Notes, and Substack will notify them in real time about the performance.
The media industry needs a savior. Maybe the entire knowledge economy does. Enter Substack, the newsletter platform that punches far above its weight in cultural impact, despite its mere $650 ...
The Substack model may work very well for a few, but it’s not so easy to march in and match a salary. Readers have to pay a high price for a voice that they once enjoyed in a publication they ...
How Substack's creator fund works. According to a statement provided by the company on Thursday, the "Creator Accelerator Fund" aims to "help creators expand their reach and business by taking ...
Substack still isn’t profitable, despite a large subscriber base and a pivot to fill a political void left by big social media companies, but it says it could be if it wanted to.
Brian Keaney, a teacher in Worcester, Mass., said he had paid for three publications from independent journalists on Substack for several years, including How Things Work, by Hamilton Nolan ($50 a ...