Substack

A place for independent writing

Substack helps anyone set up a blog and email newsletter and publish directly to their audience and get paid through subscriptions. No tech knowledge is required. It’s free to get started on Substack. If you turn on paid subscriptions, Substack will keep a 10% cut of revenues.

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Substack is free to use but takes a 10% cut of paid subscriptions.

Newsletter Platform#1
Total Newsletters~1.3M
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Launched In2017
Added OnAug 10, 2021

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Reviews of Substack

It used to be a good platform. Then, it added social media-like features, which prompted me to move my newsletter.

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