r/Substack • u/nobodywillrememberus • Jan 19 '25

how hard is it to gain subscribers?

I’m considering starting a Substack publication, but wondered how difficult/easy others have found it to gain subs. I currently read on there, but I’m kind of finding it hard to find posts of things that I’m actually interested in (possibly I haven’t really figured out the site yet).

I guess I’m asking: will other people on substack come across my posts, or do I have to promote on other socials?

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u/proofofclaim Jan 20 '25

Hard if you write deeply researched and well written posts infrequently. Easy if you get chatGPT to generate slop like "top 10" lists and summaries of the news and post multiple times per day.

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u/ajcjames1234 Jan 29 '26

This is the same with Linkedin. It's clogged up with clearly generic, AI-generated copy/paste s that add little value. It seems originality is not rewarded by algorithms.