Do your best work, supported by your subscribers
Substack lets independent writers and podcasters publish directly to their audience and get paid through subscriptions.
The home for great writers & podcasters
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A molecular biologist turned culinary author and cook, Nik Sharma brings his newsletter from Bulletin to Substack with a refreshed outlook: applying science to cooking for more flavorful meals.
Launched a month ago · $5/month
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Deep dives on the royal family, musings on motherhood, style suggestions and more from the journalist and New York Times bestselling author of HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style.
Thousands of paid subscribers · $5/month
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Jeremy Faust, MD, MS, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician. In his Substack, he breaks down the data barrier between doctors and patients and wants you to know what’s really happening in the ER.
Launched 20 days ago · $5.99/month
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Kate Swenson launched a Facebook page, Finding Cooper’s Voice, five years ago in hopes of finding one other child who had the same diagnosis as her own child—severe nonverbal autism. Her Substack focuses on “normalizing the secret world of special needs parenting with humor, honesty, hope, and love.”
Hundreds of paid subscribers · $6/month
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Travel, features, Americana, and esoterica, from Ron Claiborne, who spent 40 years in news, the last 32 years as a correspondent and news reader at ABC News.
Launched 18 days ago
A new model for publishing
You wrote it, you own it.
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
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Grow your audience.
Marketing isn’t all on your shoulders. More than 40% of all new free subscriptions and around 10% of paid subscriptions to Substacks come from within our network.
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Let us handle everything else.
A Substack combines a blog, newsletter, payment system, and customer support team — all integrated seamlessly with a simple interface. We handle the admin, billing, and tech so you can focus on your best work.
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A world-class reading and listening experience
We make it easy to start a subscription podcast. Share episodes to Substack subscribers and to all the major podcast players with one click.
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Upload or record videos directly into a Substack post. Make videos available to everyone or only paid subscribers.
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On Substack, you’re not publishing into a void. Comments and community threads connect you and your subscribers directly.
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“I can still remember standing in the kitchen in March 2020 and watching the first $1.00 I made come through, from sharing my own research. A year later and it’s now my full-time ‘job’.”
– Conor Mac, Investment Talk
Substack basics
What is a Substack?
Substack helps anyone set up a blog and email newsletter. No tech knowledge is required. Without ads and algorithms to get in the way, you can sustain a direct relationship with your readers and retain full control over your creative work.
Do I need to pay for Substack?
It’s free to get started on Substack. If you turn on paid subscriptions, Substack will keep a 10% cut of revenues for operating costs like development and customer support. There are no hidden fees and we only make money when writers do.
Do I own what I publish on Substack?
You will always own your content and your relationships with your subscribers. We make it easy to import and export your archive, email list, and payments information to and from other platforms.
Will Substack help me grow my audience?
Yes. More than 40% of all new free subscriptions and around 12% of paid subscriptions to Substacks come from within our network.
How do I move my past work to Substack?
If you already have an audience on Wordpress, Mailchimp, Revue, Ghost, Medium, Tumblr, or another platform, you can easily import your posts and your email list in the Substack setup process.
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