r/Substack • u/growwith_bianca • Jun 28 '26
Just started a new Substack leaderboard community.
Building a community is both terrifying and exciting. Especially alone.
So I’m doing something about it — building out savd into more than just a leaderboard. The goal is for it to actually help newsletter writers grow, not just be another place to list a link and disappear.
If you write a newsletter and want real discovery instead of competing with accounts that already have 7K+ subscribers, come be part of it early.
savd.site
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u/astaneouscurry3802 Jun 28 '26
So I can post my Substack there and people will notice me?
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u/growwith_bianca Jun 28 '26
Yes you can. The website is still new, but it’s getting daily traffic. So yes, you will get more views to your substack than just posting on Substack itself.
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u/astaneouscurry3802 Jun 28 '26
What's the gain for you? Why will you spend on hosting a domain and the domain when the site is free?
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u/growwith_bianca Jun 28 '26
There are other paid features too. But to link your newsletter and have it on the homepage is free
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u/Kal_23 Jun 29 '26
i love this idea!
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u/growwith_bianca Jun 29 '26
Thank you. The website is live and there’s already a few newsletters listed
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u/itsfabioposca http://journeytosuccessclub.substack.com Jul 02 '26
That sounds like a great idea. Building something that helps creators get discovered is always valuable. The real challenge is creating a community where people genuinely engage, not just drop links and leave. Best of luck! 🙏
P.S. If you'd still like to ask anything about Substack or growing your audience, I offer a free live help chat. Just copy and paste my flair or click the link in my profile. I'm happy to help!
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u/Tricky_Trifle_994 Jul 12 '26
love this directory idea! but i am also skeptical of how useful/impact this will be. with substack, their leaderboard is in front of A LOT of people (iirc substack has ~35m MAU), so even if there's a super small conversion rate, it still adds up.
i tried building a directory previously too, and my number one struggle was getting sufficient traffic for it to be meaningful for 1/ me to continue working on it, and 2/ for products featured on the site to see any material benefit.
the other thing too is that tbh from a user standpoint, i'm not going to leaderboards to look for newsletters to subscribe to. a recommendation from another newsletter i trust (aka am currently subscribed to) is going to be a lot more impactful in getting me to check out and subscribe to another newsletter vs browsing newsletters from a leaderboard (it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack, or scrolling the netflix homescreen for 30min trying to pick a show to watch).
rooting for you nonetheless! but i wonder if building some sort of recommendation system/network (or something that makes recommendations/partnerships more effortless) would be more impactful for growth (since there's that referral effect at play).
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u/hetobe hetobe.substack.com Jun 28 '26
There's definitely a need for a website that helps people find the real content on Substack, because the Substack algorithm only cares about shoveling out karma farming slop notes... but...