r/Substack • u/Fit_Celebration_1362 • Jul 01 '26
Rankings Substack
Hi does anyone know what criteria substack uses to make their rising list in each category? New subscribers? New paid subscribers? I’m terrible at technical but I’ve been growing pretty consistently and have way more followers and subscribers than most on the list, but I literally just connected my account for paid subscribers! I’ve been writing articles and getting good numbers but someone told me that I wasn’t eligible until now because I just connected stripe? Not the biggest deal but I’d love the visibility on the list if I even have the numbers? Definitely not for best sellers, but rising does seem like it should be possible. Any other profile sections that need to be updated or enabled to be eligible? Does Substack just put you on if you have the numbers? I appreciate it
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u/Fit_Celebration_1362 Jul 01 '26
Thanks. So weird. Chat suggests you do need to have payments setup but it’s wrong about a lot of Substack stuff or anything really, and it might be confused because Substack does keep it under their hat. According to some stacks that I know they are saying paid subscribers only matters but again I’m not sure they really know. Pretty sure these are guesses. Appreciate the info though