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Hope you're having a great new year's eve and excited for the new year! This week it's pretty quiet but there's a look at the top newsletter sponsors of 2025 and how a newspaper grew their newsletter audience by 300k subscribers.

December 31, 2025

This week we're diving into newsletter monetization strategies and a neat tool from the Buttondown team to help you identify disposable emails that could be spammers.

December 24, 2025

This week it's time for our annual State of Newsletters report.

December 17, 2025

This week Substack started testing sponsorships on the platform, a move they once resisted.

December 11, 2025

This week there's a look at how Metro built 300,000 newsletter subscribers, email marketing benchmarks for 2026, and thoughts from writers on Substack.

December 4, 2025

This week Substack announced they will require age verification for UK users to comply with the Online Safety Act which could affect your experience if your newsletter is UK based.

November 26, 2025

This week beehiiv announced a major expansion beyond newsletters with support for ecommerce, websites, and podcasts.

November 19, 2025

This week there's a look at how you can create a successful newsletter, how to craft an effective welcome series, and the story of how beehiiv raised $12.

November 12, 2025

This week there's a look at how you can monetise a newsletter with 1,000 subscribers, Shopify's new Substack newsletter, and HubSpot's State of Newsletters report.

November 5, 2025

This week there's a look at indie newsletters who're using print, some top Substack writers have moved to a surprising platform, a deep dive into Substack's feed and more.

October 30, 2025

This week newsletter startup Letterhead announced a big Series A raise, signaling a renewed interest in newsletters as a business tool.

October 23, 2025