“Substack's native video player just doesn't have the discovery engine to bring in new eyeballs. If you want to grow your newsletter audience, you're way better off posting that video to YouTube first and then embedding it into your Substack post.”
“If you launch a newsletter in 2026, expect to spend 18 to 24 months building before you clear $1,000 monthly. Expect to lose half your paid subscribers every year. And expect the top earners to keep taking the majority of platform revenue while you're still replacing the 25 subscribers who churned last month."”
“It seems to be a weird layout that doesn’t allow me to access anything. I can’t write, look at Substacks, or really do anything besides see one post. I don’t know how to fix it and I’ve searched all over, has anyone had any issues similar to this?”
“In the end, Substack is trying to get you subscribers who will hopefully turn paid at some point so they increase their revenue, so I doubt they’ll remove this subscribe page as the first thing (unsubscribed) visitors see.”
“Wild guess here, but I think pushing glib 'advice' on how to get Substack subscribers on a platform almost entirely made up of people who want to get more substack subscribers may have something to do with it.”
“I wanted to try a new hobby, something calm since im having a really stressful period of time. Long story short, i decided ill try to write a substack article based on a conversation i had a few days ago.”
“Yes you can absolutely have fun in peace. Your substack success is whatever you want it to be. You don’t have to make money for you to consider it successful.”
“I've had my Substack for a little over a year, and it has grown at a decent rate. But starting this summer, I noticed that my rate of acquiring free subscribers stalled and now I've lost probably about 400 free subs the past two months, while my paid subscribers have steadily climbed.”
“Subscriptions are probably the worse way to monetise… I have around 25 subs at $19m/$99y but Substack overall generates 40% of my overall income which is a full time income that was me to live a decent lifestyle”
“I’m fairly new on Substack but I’ve done some research that indicates it’s a good idea to promote it on YouTube and/or LinkedIn, because those platforms have a special arrangement with Substack. I have also learned that both consistency posting and engagement with other users both help.”
“Hi guys, i started writing on substack yesterday and i have 3 articles written. i really want to get more followers to build a stable blog base, do you guys have any advice on how to grow your account quickly?”
“I'm fairly new to substack but have gotten a few new subscribers/followers within the past couple of days. I DM'ed one just to make a quick direct intro/connection (not asking/selling anything).”
“People who are real writers, tastemakers, don't want to hang out there. I still do my Substack and make $ from it, but Notes is a waste. If you don't post bait, your stuff falls down a hole.”
“Is there a way to make a new Substack chat thread show up as an alert in people's emails? The first one I ever did on Friday did and it got a engagement. But I tried to do another one next day and it fell flat (but then I realized they never got an email alert about it).”
“Substack's long form content are honestly a lot of disjointed and self-indulgent streams of consciousness. I get it, it's supposed to be a Newsletter.”
“I've been writing casually (as in just for myself) for a few years but I wondered if I could potentially make a bit of cash from substack. My niche is sort of wellness, personal growth, values, psychology based stuff.”
“Substack has fewer options with tiers if you have them. If you have one tier offering, then Substack might be a good option. I left Patreon for a while and have used Substack, but I dislike how Substack does their tiers and am shifting back to Patreon.”
“My main complaint about Notes is that most of the people on Notes are other substack writers who are trying to get other people to read their substacks. Lots of writers, not a ton of passive lurkers just browsing.”
“I’ve really enjoyed reading on substack so far but i’m beginning to feel pretty confused and don’t really understand how to navigate it from a writers perspective.”
“I just posted my first Substack article! I know it will take more posting and time, but I was wondering if there is anything I can do to help my article gain traction?”