“I started a newsletter and podcast about fantasy football in April and it's been slow. I only have 35 subscribers and 50+ followers but everyone is very engaged with each other so I feel at ease about my work being seen.”
“I have my own rather large blog, it is an analogue of a substack, but in order to expand the audience I moved it to a substack. After that I read that it would be better to break it into several parts.”
“It was originally supposed to be a newsletter / blog platform. It wasn’t designed to help you find an audience. And to be fair it’s still a good blogging and newsletter platform.”
“Essentially, my desire to write on Substack was because I wanted to communicate some ideas and get feedback on it. Why would I write on Substack when I can get thousands of more instant responses through Reddit?”
“I re-joined about 2 weeks ago when I realized I could schedule Substack Notes via Typefully (what I use for all short-form content + LinkedIn), so far I have built a tiny following using Notes alone.”
“People thought Substack would be different from Facebook or instagram or whatever but it ended up being the same thing rolled into a different interface that you can charge for access. Imagine if Facebook had paywalls.”
“So why would a writer join Substack? Well, if there's a particular topic you are passionate about or in which you have an expertise, and if you don't have enough outlets for all those ideas, Substack is a good option. For example, I write about social issues, culture, and living abroad.”
“I follow people on substack, but the only people I really follow from one app to another are people I have consistently engaged with for several weeks and enjoyed a breadth of their thoughts.”
“I personally use substack because it's a free platform to launch a podcast and newsletter, and the long form articles I write and post are to train my (writing) voice, and hone research for podcast episodes into clear questions. It works as a supplement to the podcast really.”
“What are your pain points when trying to keep on top of your Substack subscriptions? Personally, I reflect on the fact that: 1. Information overload is rife, endless emails and app updates 2. There doesn’t seem to be a native way to organise subscriptions by categories 3. I want the ability to filter out certain topics etc, like growth hacks”
“Substack is working just fine for me, but don't expect an immediate flood of readers. You have to do the promotion yourself, they won't advertise for you.”
“hi! i have two substack publications; one for general knowledge ( short articles about topics i research in depth) , and one about eastern european history, culture, and politics. i was wondering if anyone had any advice on how i could gain a readership without sharing to my private social media accounts?”
“Hello. I have been writing on Substack for quite some time. Lately I have seen lots of articles with a voice narration at the top that you click. A lot of these seem to be AI generated.”
“I'm still fine-tuning the parameters for the Substack subscription site in order to make it most useful and to provide a good value to my clientele. I'm waiting until after Labor Day to begin the service because I'm going to be out of town for the preceding week.”
“Looks like it’s full account distribution across the board no matter what I do. That includes restacking and commenting on others work as well. Zero movement!”
“I’m 6.5 years into running my Substack, and I’m only now starting to feel like I’ve found my stride and settled on the right mix of original reporting and bloggy commentary. There are certainly things I wish I could do better or spend more time on, but at least the editorial”
“So, I’m relatively new on Substack but my publication has been gaining some traction (I mean a lot), and I noticed that some publications have group chats. How do I create that and do I even need to create that?”
“I wanted to know if I could post my articles on Substack as well, to have all of my writing available in one place. I would put a disclaimer at the top (also published in \_\_\_\_), and obviously, I wouldn’t charge for these articles, since they are able to be viewed for free in their original publication.”
“And also interact a lot with other substacks and notes. I've gotten the highest amount of engagement on Notes where I'm recommending essays thank where I'm promoting my articles.”
“The Substack mobile app is designed primarily as a reader experience and a light feed for Notes. Trying to format, draft, or arrange layouts on mobile is an exercise in frustration. Use a desktop browser for drafting, structuring, and publishing your work.”
“Since the past few days, my overall notes impressions have suddenly dropped to around 20, and they're barely getting shown to any unconnected people. The people who see the notes are engaging, but it does nothing to improve the impressions. I haven't changed a thing about my content, so I find this sudden unexplained drop really strange.”