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Andreessen Horowitz Leads $15.3 Million Funding Round in Newsletter Publishing Platform Substack

Fortune • July 16, 2019

Newsletter publishing platform Substack raised $15.3 million in Series A funding. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, and was joined by investors including Y Combinator.

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The global ideas exchange

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What the markets are saying

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New on Substack: Publication design settings, recipe embeds, and live video scheduling on Android and desktop

February 12, 2026

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February 2, 2026

Introducing the Substack TV app, now in beta

January 22, 2026

Live video on Substack, one year in

December 17, 2025

New: Livestreaming from desktop

December 4, 2025

Demystifying the feed

October 27, 2025

Culture, captured in real time

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What makes a shopping newsletter?

September 15, 2025

A new growth chart and tools to help you grow faster

September 12, 2025

Now anyone can pay for a Substack subscription in iOS

August 18, 2025

In-App Payments (IAP) FAQ

August 18, 2025

New on Substack: A/B testing for headlines, profile customization tools, and livestream updates

The Substack AI Report

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Introducing Substack Study Hall: Advice from top creators on getting started, going paid, and more

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New notification controls, audio-only livestreams, and a big party in Washington, D.C.

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In-app video publishing, Notes stats, and a new type of food festival

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How TikTok creator Aaron Parnas found success on Substack

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“This is something I feel like I can’t talk about on TikTok”

December 20, 2024

New read-aloud voices, quote restacks, and Note stats

December 18, 2024

The new media, powered by Substack

December 17, 2024

A guide to gift subscriptions and special offers

November 25, 2024

The Substack app is now the most powerful growth machine for creators

October 31, 2024

New discovery features, chat paywall settings, and recent Substack meetups

October 29, 2024

Getting started with live video

October 11, 2024

Live video, Substack Summer Recaps, and new tools and features

September 24, 2024

How writers and creators are using the Substack app to publish from anywhere

September 20, 2024

Introducing live video in the Substack app

September 18, 2024

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September 9, 2024

Introducing a new destination for U.S. Election discourse

September 5, 2024

An easier way to publish, mobile editor, search Notes, and more

August 15, 2024

The price of payments

August 12, 2024

Introducing prediction market embeds for Substack

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‘It’s like getting a raise every single day’

Getting started with Notes

How writers and creators are using Notes to reach more subscribers

Post stats in the app, video clipping, and a new masterclass for creators

Introducing post stats in the Substack app

Masterclass: Getting started for video creators and monetizing your Substack

A production assistant for every show

Videos in Chat, app updates, and Substackers at events and in the news

Introducing video to Substack Chat

The age of the sovereign creator

Out of office

Migrating to Substack: A guide for TikTokers

Better community tools, activity and contributor controls, and more

Introducing Substack Creator Studio, a fellowship for the next wave of video stars

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Substack Creator Studio FAQ

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Video Notes, improved search, Spotify integration, and more

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Substack shows are going pro

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Read the world

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How to kickstart a community with your peers on Substack

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Introducing direct messaging on Substack

February 28, 2024

Writer Office Hours 📅

February 22, 2024

Upgrading Substack’s recommendation network

February 22, 2024

Making writers’ lives easier

February 16, 2024

Writer Office Hours 📅

February 15, 2024

Writer Office Hours 📅 The 100th edition

February 8, 2024

Shoutout Thread 📢

February 1, 2024

Writer Office Hours 📅

January 25, 2024

New tools for international writers and readers

January 24, 2024

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January 18, 2024

Killing Eve’s creator brings his antiheroine back to life in a Substack serialization

January 18, 2024

Writer Office Hours 📅

January 11, 2024

Your year ahead on Substack

January 4, 2024

Writer Office Hours 📅

December 21, 2023

A new era of talkshows

December 19, 2023

Gift guides on Substack make giving fun again

December 14, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

December 14, 2023

The AI revolution is an opportunity for writers (the human kind)

December 13, 2023

Shoutout Thread 📢

December 7, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

November 30, 2023

Video on Substack gets a major upgrade

November 29, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

November 16, 2023

Masterclass: Everything bloggers and creators need to get started on Substack

November 10, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

November 9, 2023

Getting started: How three writers found their own paths

November 4, 2023

Shoutout Thread 📢

November 2, 2023

Grow: How Amanda Yates Garcia’s writing on witchcraft turned into a full-time income

October 31, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

October 26, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

October 19, 2023

How Instagram creators are bringing their followers to Substack

October 16, 2023

Meet your fellow writers

October 13, 2023

Host a writer meetup

October 13, 2023

Hanging out in Marc Stein’s ‘virtual sports bar’

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Shoutout Thread 📢

October 5, 2023

Dear writer: Advice on creating a sacred writing space

October 4, 2023

Product news for writers: Improved analytics, new payment methods and sharing tools

October 3, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

September 28, 2023

Grow: How Elise Loehnen moved her Instagram followers to Substack and got paid for her work

September 27, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

September 21, 2023

Introducing a new front page for Substack

September 20, 2023

An algorithm for quality

September 19, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

September 14, 2023

Making the internet work for writers

September 14, 2023

Posting consistently: When to publish

September 13, 2023

Posting consistently: Formats, style, and design templates

September 12, 2023

How to create a consistent writing habit

September 11, 2023

Posting consistently: Setting goals for your publication

September 11, 2023

Grow: How Michael MacLeod quit his day job to focus on local news for the civic good

September 11, 2023

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September 7, 2023

How the Substack app helps writers grow

September 7, 2023

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Why Doomberg left Twitter (okay, X) to go all in on Substack

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Writer Office Hours 📅

August 31, 2023

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Podcasting

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Introducing new audio transcription tools for Substack

August 30, 2023

Grow: How Laura Kennedy made more money on Substack than anywhere else

August 29, 2023

Alex Dobrenko, comedian and writer, on how to have fun in Notes

August 25, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

August 24, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅 Special Edition

August 17, 2023

Now you can find and follow friends on Substack

August 14, 2023

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🗓 Writer Office Hours: Inspiring formats

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🗓 Writer Office Hours: Going paid

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Grow: How Hetty Lui McKinnon’s community convinced her to go paid

Your next book club is taking place on Substack

Writer Office Hours 📅

Find your next collaborator

Shoutout Thread 📢

How to write a great milestone post

A guide to growth with subscriber referrals

Writer Office Hours 📅

Grow: How Katelyn Jetelina turned a side hustle into a safety net

Writer Office Hours 📅

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Academics on Substack

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Dear writer: Advice on conjuring good ideas

How modern thinkers are expanding their ideas on Substack

Laurie Stone is using Notes to seduce new readers

Writer Office Hours 📅 Special Edition

Dear writer: Advice on facing the behemoths

How writers on Substack approach taking time off

How to pitch your Substack to press

Product news for writers: Tags, cross-post to web, new media embeds, and more

What’s new on Substack

Shoutout Thread 📢

Introducing a new writer dashboard

Writer Office Hours 📅

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Creating community

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Switching to Substack

Writer Office Hours 📅

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Launching paid subscriptions

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Collaborate to grow

Why writers return to Substack

A guide to switch your blog to Substack and grow a business

A guide to switch your newsletter to Substack

How to sell a book on Substack

Writer Office Hours 📅

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Customize your Substack

🗓 Writer Office Hours: New writers

Toward a better media system

Shoutout Thread 📢

To writers impacted by layoffs

How to test the waters on Substack

Grow: How academic Rob Henderson spun a side hustle into a primary income by sharing his ideas

New ways to customize your Substack

A guide to customizing and organizing your Substack website

A blooming writer fellowship

Writer Office Hours 📅

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Grow your free list

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Product

Product news for writers: Boost, Subscriber report, Chat on the web, and more

Writer Office Hours 📅

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Notes

Thank you to Substack’s newest investors

A guide to growth and collaboration on Substack Notes

Writer Office Hours 📅

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Notes

Now live for all: Substack Notes

Notes questions answered

How we change the internet

Shoutout Thread 📢

Introducing Substack Notes

Writer Office Hours 📅

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Paid subscriptions

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Product

Own a piece of Substack

Writer Office Hours 📅

🗓 Writer Office Hours: New writers

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Grow

🗓 Writer Office Hours: Product

What’s new on Substack

Milestone roundup: Meet the writers celebrating new breakthroughs on Substack

Writer Office Hours 📅

Let’s have a group chat (now on the web)

A guide to Substack Chat

Grow: How Perfectly Imperfect’s snowball growth started with word of mouth

Writer Office Hours 📅

How to welcome your new readers

How can I customize my Substack?

How do I publish my first post?

How do I find my first subscribers?

When should I turn on paid subscriptions?

Shoutout Thread 📢

A new economic engine for culture

February 28, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

February 23, 2023

Grow: How Melinda Wenner Moyer’s Substack helped sell 25,000 copies of her book

February 22, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

February 16, 2023

The state of SEO on Substack

February 15, 2023

A guide to SEO on Substack

February 15, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

February 9, 2023

How to promote your book on Substack

February 7, 2023

Product news for writers: Private Substacks, group subscriptions, Chat updates, and more

February 6, 2023

Shoutout Thread 📢

February 2, 2023

Introducing Substack Pledges

January 31, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

January 26, 2023

What’s new on Substack

January 26, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

January 19, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

January 12, 2023

Writer Office Hours 📅

January 5, 2023

Dear writer: Advice on prioritizing your to-do list

January 4, 2023

Turn on your growth engine

December 28, 2022

Writer Office Hours: A holiday celebration 📅

December 22, 2022

The Goodwill Growth Loop

December 20, 2022

Dear writer: Advice on tackling difficult stories

December 16, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

December 15, 2022

What can media empires look like on Substack?

December 13, 2022

Remembering Grant Wahl

December 11, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

December 8, 2022

Grow: How Leslie Stephens’s honesty paid off

December 7, 2022

Product news for writers: In-app posting, mentions, cross-posts, and more

December 6, 2022

Milestone roundup: Writers reflect on their years on Substack

December 5, 2022

How to invite subscribers to join your chat

December 2, 2022

Introducing Chat for Android

December 1, 2022

Grow: How Becky Malinsky’s less-is-more format carved out a niche within the noise

November 30, 2022

What to Read: Frederick Woodruff is reading your signs

November 25, 2022

The coming culture peace

November 24, 2022

How Substack writers can collaborate to grow

November 22, 2022

How to spark conversation in Substack Chat

November 18, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

November 17, 2022

Product news for writers: Chat, mentions, cross-posts, and more

November 16, 2022

Engage: How Bernard Hickey created a newsroom in the comments section

November 16, 2022

Bulletin writers, welcome to Substack!

November 15, 2022

Introducing the Substack Bestseller badge

November 10, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

November 10, 2022

Introducing mentions and cross-posts

November 9, 2022

Update your Substack profile with social links

November 7, 2022

Introducing Substack Chat

November 3, 2022

Getting started with Chat on Substack

November 3, 2022

Chat questions answered

November 3, 2022

The problem isn’t that Elon Musk owns Twitter – it’s that you don’t

November 2, 2022

Grow: How word spread fast about The Hotshot Wake Up

November 2, 2022

Dear Writer: Advice on writing like it matters

November 1, 2022

Bringing your Twitter followers to Substack

October 31, 2022

A path to start and grow a Substack, at every stage

October 28, 2022

Kickstarting a community on Substack

October 28, 2022

Launching a media business on Substack

October 28, 2022

Setting up your Substack for the first time

October 28, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

October 27, 2022

Grow: How Marlee Grace paid attention and found paid subscribers

October 26, 2022

What to Read: Jet Toomer is naming normalized violence

October 21, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

October 20, 2022

Introducing The Active Voice, a new podcast about writing and the internet

October 20, 2022

Grow: How engineer Gergely Orosz found a new career in writing

October 19, 2022

Five years of Substack, with Bill Bishop

October 16, 2022

Please stop calling it the ‘newsletter economy’

October 13, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

October 13, 2022

Grow: How Anne Kadet grew her paid list without a paywall

October 12, 2022

How to motivate readers to upgrade their subscription

October 7, 2022

Shoutout Thread 📢

October 6, 2022

Grow: How Category Pirates invented a new form of publishing

October 5, 2022

Introducing the Substack Android app

October 4, 2022

Dear Writer: Advice on writing from lived experience

October 3, 2022

Product news for writers: New media kits, publish to founding tiers, gift referrals, and more

September 30, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

September 29, 2022

Substack’s most powerful feature is growth

September 29, 2022

Grow: How BowTiedBull created an ecosystem where anonymous writers rise together

September 28, 2022

Announcing the all-new Substack Reader for web

September 26, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

September 22, 2022

Grow: How Justin Gage wrote for his past self and built an audience of 30,000

September 21, 2022

The modern writer: Roxane Gay

September 16, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

September 15, 2022

Grow: Noah Smith’s “try before you buy” approach

September 14, 2022

Milestone roundup: Reflections on writing on Substack

September 9, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

September 8, 2022

Reading Room: Parker Molloy’s top Substack reads

September 7, 2022

Shoutout Thread 📢

September 1, 2022

Grow: How Carissa Potter built an audience around being human

August 31, 2022

Product news for writers: audio paywall, group subscriptions, Android waitlist, and more

August 30, 2022

What to Read: Seung Y. Lee is taking a ride through public transit’s past

August 26, 2022

Grow: How Jørgen Veisdal found a payment model that works for evergreen writing

August 24, 2022

Bringing your Instagram followers to Substack

August 22, 2022

Getting started on Substack: A guide for Instagrammers

August 22, 2022

What to Read: Natasha Lipman is living well with chronic illness

August 19, 2022

Grow: How Anne Byrn collaborated with other writers and unlocked new audiences

August 17, 2022

Going paid: How Stuart Winchester found product-market fit with skiers

August 16, 2022

Now piloting: Substack Threads

August 15, 2022

Threads questions answered

August 15, 2022

What to Read: Monica McLaughlin is honoring the backstories behind our jewelry

August 12, 2022

Chief Writing Officer

August 11, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

August 11, 2022

Dear writer: Advice on cultivating connection in the internet age

Going paid on Substack: A checklist

What to Read: Neil Barraclough is tapping into typewriting history

Shoutout Thread 📢

Substack is for communities

A guide to food and drinks writing on Substack

Reading Room: Austin Kleon’s top Substack reads

What to Read: Wu Fei is composing original songs every day

Grow: How Nishant Jain boosted paying subscribers by crafting a clear use case

What to Read: The Microdose is studying psychedelics

Writer Office Hours 📅

Product news for writers: introducing welcome page blurbs, polls, and more

Out of office: How writers on Substack approach taking time off

What to Read: Kyle Koszuta is chronicling his quest to go pro at pickleball

Writer Office Hours 📅

Reading Room: Cartoonist Liza Donnelly’s top Substack reads

What to Read: Dan Masoliver is digging into why we garden

Shoutout Thread 📢

Grow: How Michael Fritzell quit his finance job to write full-time on Substack

What to Read: Grace Rother is unraveling quilt making

What can you create on Substack?

Writer Office Hours 📅

New ways to listen to your favorite writing

A primer on podcast production

What to Read: Simi Shah is telling the stories of trailblazers

Substack generates 1 in 3 new subscriptions on the platform

Writer Office Hours 📅

Reading Room: Bill McKibben’s top Substack reads

What to Read: Fictionistas are writing in relay

A guide to going paid with your podcast on Substack

Writer Office Hours 📅

What to Read: A treasure trove of serialized classics

Writer Office Hours 📅

Dear Writer: Advice on bringing your unique skills together

Listen up! Summer of Sound applications are open

Dear Writer: Advice on writing through isolation

What to Read: Elspeth Michaels is exploring the intersection of art history and hip hop

Shoutout Thread 📢

Shoutout Thread: International writers 🌎

Product news for writers: Post reactions, TikTok embeds, updates to the Substack app and more

Join us for Substack Grow

Reading Room: Hunter Harris’s top Substack reads

What to Read: Richard Baird is telling the stories behind great logos

Writer Office Hours 📅

Snack tips for writers: 11 ways to fuel your practice

Engage your readers: How Suleika Jaouad got to know a community of thousands

What to Read: Marc Stein is obsessing over the NBA

Coming Soon: A special opportunity for sound-centric publications

Writer Office Hours: Podcasts 📅

Reading Room: Sarah Lazarovic’s top Substack reads

An upgrade to the podcast episode page

Your favorite writer’s favorite writers: Our new recommendations feature

What to Read: Sam Valenti IV is sourcing music for your Sundays

Writer Office Hours 📅

Learnings from one year of Writer Office Hours

Grow: How Glenn Loury grew a community of 20% paying subscribers through consistency and a clear scope

It’s Free Comics Day on Substack!

What to Read: Kana Lauren Chan is sending postcards from a waste-free life in rural Japan

Shoutout Thread 📢

Shoutout Thread: Business and finance 📈

What does press freedom mean to you?

Product news for writers: new podcast player, leaderboard categories, moderation tools, and more

How Substack writers are collaborating

What to Read: Rayne Fisher-Quann is writing for her generation

Writer Office Hours 📅

Grow: How Erik Hoel welcomed thousands of subscribers by making topics roomier

Dear writer: Advice on preserving your energy

What to Read: Kwame Kwarteng is digging around the cocoa-chocolate industry

Writer Office Hours 📅

Reading Room: Adam Roberts’s top Substack reads

Product news for writers: recommendations, account security, bug fixes and more

Milestone roundup: Writer reflections, one year on

What to Read: Stuart Winchester is inviting everyone to ski

Writer Office Hours 📅

A soundtrack to your writing

Introducing recommendations: simple cross-promotion for writers

Dear Writer: Advice on conducting a great interview

What to Read: A new wave of podcasting

Shoutout Thread 📢: Live on Zoom

Let's get cooking: Congratulations to Substack’s food fellows!

Why writers are making their home on Substack

Podcasting questions answered

Podcasting, but better

An upgrade to the Substack editor

What to Read: Caitlin Dewey is sending you links she’d Gchat you (but only if you were friends)

Introducing LoveStack

Writer Office Hours 📅

Reading Room: Edith Zimmerman’s top Substack reads

Product news for writers: easy-to-add images, stats updates, and more

How to find and engage your readers

What to Read: Damon Krukowski is meditating on how we listen to sound

Writer Office Hours 📅

Grow: How Jessica DeFino converted subscribers from a single viral tweet

Dear Writer: Advice on creating trust with your readers

What to Read: Black To School is making Black history common knowledge

Writer Office Hours 📅

Reading Room: Anne Helen Petersen’s top Substack reads

Exploring formats

What to Read: Nick Parker is unpacking brands’ tone of voice

We’re going on (virtual) tour. Join us!

Writer Office Hours: Substack app 📅

Introducing the Substack app

Writer questions answered

What to Read: Benjie de la Peña is appreciating informal transportation

Shoutout Thread 📢

Shoutout Thread: Music 🎵

Grow: Everything is Amazing when you harness curiosity

What to Read: Kaloh is elucidating the NFT art world

February 25, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

February 24, 2022

Writer reflections on Substack’s Grow Fellowship

February 22, 2022

A fresh batch of comics on Substack

February 18, 2022

What to Read: Atossa Araxia Abrahamian is navigating no-man’s-land

February 18, 2022

Product news for writers: Fresh tools, updates, and fixes

February 17, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

February 17, 2022

What to Read: Shaun Usher is curating history's most memorable mail

February 11, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

February 10, 2022

What to Read: Randa Sakallah is getting singles mingling

February 4, 2022

Apply for Substack’s Food Writers Intensive

February 4, 2022

Shoutout Thread 📢

February 3, 2022

Shoutout Thread: Podcasts 🎙️

February 3, 2022

It’s Comics Day on Substack

January 31, 2022

What to Read: Justin Davis is celebrating the appeal of analog games

January 28, 2022

Announcing a special opportunity for food writers

January 27, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

January 27, 2022

Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse.

January 26, 2022

Grow: How Elizabeth Held used outreach to grow her publication from zero

January 26, 2022

Now in beta: Video on Substack

January 25, 2022

What to Read: Rach Idowu is adulting with ADHD

January 21, 2022

Amanda Palmer launches advice column as newest Substack Writer in Residence

January 20, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

January 20, 2022

What to Read: Jeremy Anderberg is helping readers conquer War and Peace

January 18, 2022

What to Read: Kathryn Jezer-Morton is researching the mamasphere

January 14, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

January 13, 2022

Join us for Substack Go

January 12, 2022

What to Read: Shaunak Agarkhedkar is shadowing history's spies

January 11, 2022

New tools for writers: Image and layout options, version history, more

January 10, 2022

Substack Community Guidelines

January 7, 2022

What to Read: Casey Johnston is getting swole

January 7, 2022

Writer Office Hours 📅

January 6, 2022

Office Hours: Obstacles and support 🏔️

January 6, 2022

What to Read: James daSilva is revisiting The Onion

January 4, 2022

Roll Call 👋

January 3, 2022

What to Read: Kelton Wright is adjusting to a new altitude

December 28, 2021

At year's end: Writer reflections on publication milestones

December 27, 2021

Dear Writer: Advice on recognizing what you've accomplished

December 22, 2021

What to Read: Far & Near is translating Chinese visual media for the world

December 21, 2021

Substack Gift Guide: Publications for and about writing

December 20, 2021

Writer Holiday Party 🎉 Discussion thread

December 20, 2021

What to Read: Meredith Haggerty is on alert for heiresses

December 17, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

December 17, 2021

What to Read: Blackbird Spyplane is reconnoitering fresh styles

December 14, 2021

What to Read: A buffet of food writing

December 10, 2021

Announcing the winners of Substack's Grow Fellowship

December 9, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

December 9, 2021

Dr. Eric Topol is Substack's newest Writer in Residence

December 8, 2021

What To Read: Maya Meredith is cooking by the book

December 7, 2021

Grow: How Jonathan Nunn perfected the recipe for Vittles

December 6, 2021

What To Read: Mia Billetdeaux is serving borscht for breakfast

December 3, 2021

George Saunders, welcome to Substack

December 2, 2021

Shoutout Thread 📢

December 2, 2021

Shoutout Thread: Food writing 🧂

December 2, 2021

Introducing Ruth Reichl and a deeper investment in food writing

December 1, 2021

What To Read: Daniel Connolly is covering college basketball's team to beat

November 30, 2021

Tell the British we’re coming

November 29, 2021

What To Read: Isabella Silvers is exploring the multiracial experience

November 26, 2021

Giving the gift of a Substack subscription

November 24, 2021

What To Read: John Warner is channeling the book gods

November 23, 2021

What To Read: Dennis Lee is getting stupid with food

November 19, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

November 18, 2021

Health insurance for Substack writers

November 17, 2021

What To Read: Drew McWeeny is watching every ’80s movie

November 16, 2021

One million strong

November 15, 2021

What To Read: Jimmy Doom is writing a story a day

November 12, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

November 10, 2021

What To Read: Sari Botton is aging gracefully

November 9, 2021

The internet needs better rules, not stricter referees

November 8, 2021

What To Read: Richard Godwin is mixing the perfect cocktail

November 5, 2021

Shoutout Thread 📢

November 4, 2021

What To Read: Arjun Mahesh is refreshing your playlist

November 2, 2021

Illustrators in conversation: Adrian Tomine and Wendy MacNaughton

November 1, 2021

What To Read: Halloween treat edition

October 30, 2021

Writer in Residence Jeanette Winterson brings ghost stories to Substack

October 29, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

October 28, 2021

New tools for writers: Flexible paywall, file embeds, and more

October 27, 2021

What To Read: Becca Lee is savoring spooky season

October 26, 2021

Growing: Advice for writers, from writers

October 25, 2021

What To Read: Joey Akan is appreciating Afrobeats

October 22, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

October 21, 2021

One year in: Writer reflections on publication milestones

October 20, 2021

What To Read: Ken Lamberton is birding in pajamas

October 19, 2021

Grow: How consistency over time helped The Profile build its readership

October 18, 2021

Four years on Substack: A conversation with Bill Bishop, Substacker #1

October 15, 2021

Writer Office Hours: Grow 📅

October 14, 2021

What To Read: Valorie Clark is feeling rebellious

October 12, 2021

Grow: How a long-running menswear blog found its fit on Substack

October 11, 2021

What To Read: Jolene Handy is channeling her retro kitchen

October 8, 2021

Shoutout Thread 📢

October 7, 2021

What To Read: Jørgen Veisdal is obsessed with genius, eccentricity and mathematics

October 5, 2021

Q&A recap: Navigating the pandemic with kids

October 4, 2021

Grow: How Popular Information rallies readers around accountability

October 4, 2021

What To Read: Stacy Selby is fighting fire with fire

October 2, 2021

Introducing Substack’s first Writer in Residence

October 1, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

September 30, 2021

Grow: How a rejected cookbook proposal became a thriving reader-supported Substack

September 27, 2021

What To Read: Maya Cade is compiling Black film history

September 24, 2021

Writer Office Hours: Legal 📅

September 23, 2021

What To Read: Leah Mennies is digging deep into dumplings

September 17, 2021

Substack Grow: Growing a paid readership

September 16, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

September 16, 2021

Mavericks, At Length

September 12, 2021

What To Read: James Tate is time traveling to 1920s Wall Street

September 10, 2021

Substack Grow: Launching paid subscriptions

September 9, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

September 9, 2021

New ways to recommend and discover great writing

September 7, 2021

What To Read: Brooks Eisenbise is perusing your yearbook

September 3, 2021

Substack Grow: Growing your free list

September 3, 2021

Substack comics on the Panels app

September 2, 2021

Shoutout Thread 📢

September 2, 2021

Healing, At Length: Stillness, Dreams, and Mornings

August 29, 2021

What To Read: Andrew Zeveney is judging half a century of Oscar winners

August 27, 2021

Substack Grow: Building a home for your publication

August 26, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

August 26, 2021

Welcome Cocoon

August 24, 2021

What To Read: Michele Serro is making opera accessible

August 20, 2021

Substack Grow: Developing a publication strategy

August 19, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

August 19, 2021

Possessions, At Length: Photographs, Cookbooks, and Bling

August 15, 2021

What To Read: Emilie Filou is eating insects

August 13, 2021

Writer Office Hours 📅

August 12, 2021

Substack Grow: Start by setting goals

August 12, 2021

We’re betting on comics creators

What To Read: Isaac Fitzgerald is walking and talking

Shoutout Thread 📢

Hidden Histories, At Length: Cowboys, Movie Stars, and Animators

What To Read: Harmony Holiday is reimagining the American Songbook

Writer Office Hours 📅

Letter joins Substack to help independent writers work together

Join us for Substack Grow

What To Read: Virginia Sole-Smith is reexamining diet culture

Writer Office Hours 📅

What To Read: Will Dowd is ruminating on the moon

Writer Office Hours 📅

What to Read: Natalie Cruz is eating her way through the world's cuisines

Writer Office Hours 📅

Spotlight On: Fiction Writing with Elle Griffin of The Novelleist

What To Read: Dr. Marcia Chatelain is researching fast food history

Shoutout Thread 📢

Breaking off the engagement

What To Read: Michael Sykes is studying sneakers

Spotlight On: Local News with Tony Mecia of The Charlotte Ledger

Getting started with local news on Substack

Writer Office Hours 📅

How to craft and style a post

What To Read: Animation Obsessive is showcasing animation around the world

Writer Office Hours 📅

Building a team to help writers flourish 

Fiction, At Length: Vampires, Scientists, and Wizards

What To Read: Tyler Watamanuk is sitting pretty

Spotlight On: Investing & Finance with Mike of Nongaap Investing

A guide to publication sections

Writer Office Hours 📅

How to polish your publication's About page and one-line description

This Week: Workshop your publication descriptions

What To Read: Ben Miller is putting mental health in context

Shoutout Thread 📢

Announcing the winners of Substack Local: Telling the stories of our communities

Wisdom, At Length: Cars, Cartoons, and Creativity

What To Read: The Fast Times is spotlighting Gen X culture

Writer Office Hours 📅

Marvels, At Length: Cows, Walks, and Life Itself

What To Read: Kate Wagner is capturing the thrill of professional cycling

Writer Office Hours 📆

What’s the best writing advice you’ve received? And the worst?

Desire, At Length: Love, Rings, and Startups

What To Read: Winnie Kong is amplifying Asian American voices

Growing the pie for writers

Writer Office Hours 📅

Retelling, At Length: Letters, Ladies, and Vampires

What To Read: Max Falkowitz is nurturing bonsai trees

New: Add sections to your publication

Making, At Length: Songwriting, Cocktails, Illustrations

What To Read: Anna, Julia, Niki, and Forrest are cooking seafood

New: More control over your subscriptions and community

A guide to Substack’s moderation tools for writers

What To Read: Kevin Maguire is redefining fatherhood

What To Read: Tyler, Alex, and Serey are recommending things

Introducing Substack Local, for a new generation of local news

What To Read: Wesley Verhoeve is teaching photography

What To Read: Victor Luckerson is uncovering Black history

Investing in writers

What To Read: Tabatha Leggett is reading a book from every country

New! Homepage links, restore post drafts, and improved stats page

How we approach moderation decisions

Going Paid: How Edwin Dorsey launched and grew The Bear Cave

What To Read: Mitch Blum is hunting for the best music

Substack is for independent writers

Going Paid: Advice from Illyanna Maisonet, author of Eat Gorda Eat

Going Paid: How Camila Russo launched and grew The Defiant

Going Paid: How Craig Morgan launched and grew AZ Coyotes Insider

Going Paid: How Christopher Curtis launched and grew The Rover

Going Paid: How Courtney Martin launched and grew The Examined Family

Why we pay writers

What To Read: Alex Wolfe is walking everywhere

What's a musician doing on Substack?

What To Read: Mary Annaïse Heglar and Amy Westervelt want climate justice

Dear ____: Advice on writing an advice column

February 26, 2021

What To Read: Folu Akinkuotu is sampling all the best snacks

February 26, 2021

A proposed cure for media angst about Substack

February 25, 2021

Interview: Thao Nguyen shares her musical journey

February 23, 2021

Patrick McKenzie on how to think like a business for writers

February 23, 2021

Casey Newton on what writers can provide their readers

February 23, 2021

Lenny Rachitsky on how to build a consistent writing habit

February 23, 2021

How Petition grew their financial newsletter – anonymously

February 23, 2021

What To Read: Lyndsey D'Arcangelo is covering women's basketball

February 19, 2021

New! Better analytics for your subscribers

February 18, 2021

A guide to your subscriber dashboard

February 18, 2021

What To Read: Brian Potter is studying how buildings are made

February 12, 2021

What To Read: Jennifer Billock is making magic in the kitchen

February 5, 2021

Welcome, Facebook and Twitter. Seriously.

February 4, 2021

What To Read: Maddie Stone examines science and fiction

January 29, 2021

Zeynep Tufekci offers an antidote to the attention economy

January 27, 2021

What To Read: Ida Yalzadeh is mixing academia and culture

January 22, 2021

What To Read: Ariel Foxman on what it's like to be a dad

January 15, 2021

What are you reading?

January 13, 2021

New! More options to customize your Substack

January 8, 2021

It's on! Starting soon: watch live talks from Substack writers

January 8, 2021

What are you most excited about in the new year?

December 23, 2020

Substack’s view of content moderation

December 22, 2020

Interview: How Kushaan Shah reads 30-40 newsletters per week

December 18, 2020

Join us for Substack’s first writer conference on January 8th

December 17, 2020

Announcing new ways to read and find writers on Substack

December 16, 2020

What To Read: Amy Jean Porter is drawing every animal

December 11, 2020

What's an aspect of the writing process that you struggle with?

December 10, 2020

What To Read: Tse Wei Lim looks at how food is made

December 4, 2020

Give a gift subscription, plus our 2020 holiday guide

December 4, 2020

What's the best piece of writing advice you've ever received?

December 3, 2020

Write with us on Wednesdays

December 1, 2020

What does 'home' mean to you?

November 25, 2020

What To Read: Clayton Mansel is studying our brains

November 20, 2020

Tell us what you need from the writer community

November 18, 2020

What To Read: Caroline McCarthy is exploring the outdoors

November 13, 2020

What do you wish someone made a Substack about?

November 10, 2020

What To Read: Tzvi Gluckin is listening to Jewish music

November 6, 2020

Meet the first batch of Substack Bridge mentees

November 2, 2020

New! Add image captions and alt text

November 2, 2020

Interview: Jemima Kiss wants to be part of the solution to climate change

October 30, 2020

Hemingway challenge: Write an entire story in six words.

October 29, 2020

We’re taking a step towards carbon removal – and you can help

October 28, 2020

New! Customize your post’s URL + social preview

October 26, 2020

What To Read: Phil and Gillian want to live with their friends

October 24, 2020

Tell us about the best mentor you've ever had.

October 22, 2020

New! Add a custom domain to your Substack

October 21, 2020

What To Read: Sady Doyle watches a lot of horror movies

October 16, 2020

Announcing our first writer mentorship program

October 15, 2020

What's something you're excited to share on Substack this week?

October 14, 2020

What To Read: Steve Lord is exploring weird internet worlds

October 9, 2020

What To Read: Neena Saha is bridging the research gap

October 2, 2020

What To Read: Ariel Norling tells us about houses

September 25, 2020

A notification about our privacy policy

September 24, 2020

New! Find Substacks by people you follow on Twitter

September 17, 2020

How Abigail Koffler grew her email list from scratch

September 15, 2020

How Erin Moon built a thriving community around her newsletter

September 15, 2020

Your tax & finance questions, answered: a Q&A with Yanely Espinal

August 27, 2020

Substack is now available for writers going paid in India

August 26, 2020

Want to invest in your writing career? Check out On Deck’s new program

August 24, 2020

Tell us! What are your writing goals?

August 20, 2020

Substack Podcast #022: Pandemic economics with Nathan Tankus

August 13, 2020

How Jarrett Carter successfully built an audience around a niche topic

August 10, 2020

Substack Podcast #021: Cookbooks with Paula Forbes

How Scott Hines got his first 1,000 signups in less than five months

How Lenny Rachitsky earned $65,000 in his first year of writing

Introducing the new batch of Substack fellows

Substack Podcast #020: Gen Z with Terry Nguyen

Substack Podcast #019: Mental Health with Fiza Pirani

Legal support for Substack writers

Substack Podcast #018: Corporate governance with Francine McKenna 

Substack Podcast #017: Psychedelics with Zach Haigney

Next week: Building an audience from scratch, with Abigail Koffler

Fellowship Fact Sheet

Announcing the next Substack Fellowship for Independent Writers

Substack Podcast #016: Finance with Kevin Muir

Next week: Finding your niche, with Jarrett Carter

Substack Podcast #015: International news with Erin Cook

Substack Podcast #014: Healthcare with Nikhil Krishnan

New: Private Substacks

Where we stand

Substack Podcast #013: Local news with Tony Mecia of The Charlotte Ledger

Announcing Season 2 of the Substack Podcast

New: Substack writer workshop series

What's next for journalists?

Switching to Substack from Patreon

Group publishing tools on Substack

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