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Substack

The app for independent voices·substack.com

Substack is a publishing platform that lets writers, podcasters, and video creators publish newsletters, posts, podcasts, and live video, build a subscriber base, and monetize their work through paid subscriptions. It combines editing, email delivery, podcast and video hosting, community chat, discovery/recommendation tools, and analytics in one workflow. Creators keep their subscriber list and can export their data, and pricing for readers is set by each individual creator rather than by Substack.

What it's for

publishing long-form newsletters and articleshosting and distributing a podcastlive streaming and video publishingrunning a paid subscription businessbuilding community through chat and commentsgrowing an audience via built-in discovery and recommendationsrunning a full newsroom with multiple writers and sections

Features 19

AI-generated text-to-speech audio narration with six built-in voices
Apple In-App Purchase support for iOS subscriptions
Automatic video distribution to YouTube and LinkedIn
Built-in discovery network with recommendations, leaderboards, and an explore page
CSV subscriber import/export and migration from other platforms
Embeddable subscribe widget for external websites
Gift subscriptions and group/organizational subscriptions with per-seat pricing
Legal support for publishers via Substack Defender
Multi-currency localized pricing via Stripe
Native podcast hosting with automatic RSS distribution to Apple Podcasts and Spotify
Native video hosting and live streaming with real-time chat
Notes short-form social feed integrated with the publishing platform
Paywall insertion to gate content for paid subscribers
Post scheduling, autosave drafts, and version history
Publication chat, threaded comments, and direct messaging
Rich text editor for long-form articles, newsletters, and static pages
Stripe-based payments supporting monthly/annual billing, founding member tiers, and coupons
Subscriber analytics covering growth, retention, email performance, and revenue
Video clipping tool and AI-assisted clip generation from recorded streams

At a glance

free tier

TypeWeb app

DeploymentCloud

PlatformsWeb, iOS

Forwriters and journalists, podcasters and video creators, media companies/newsrooms, experts, educators, and creative voices, solo creators

CompanySubstack Inc. · 2017

Integrations

StripeBlueskySnowflakeUnsplashYouTubeTwitter/XDatawrapperSpotifyApple PodcastsPolymarketLinkedIn

Resources

Changelog

Pricing

Substack is free to start and free to leave, with no platform fees or tiers. Substack only earns money when a creator starts earning: it takes 10% of subscription revenue, with writers keeping 90% minus credit card fees. Creators set their own subscriber prices (examples on the site: $5, $7, $10, $15, $30, $75/month). Creators can also offer free trials, coupons, gift subscriptions, and group/organizational subscriptions to their own readers.

Free (publish on Substack)Free

Substack does not charge creators to use the platform; once a creator earns subscription revenue, Substack takes 10% of that revenue (creators keep 90%, minus credit card/payment processing fees). Readers' subscription prices are set individually by each creator (e.g., $5, $7, $10, $15, $30, $75/month examples given).

No platform fees, no tiers, no contracts to start publishing

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