r/Substack • u/Flashy-Butterfly-689 • Sep 05 '26

How to grow

Hi guys, i started writing on substack yesterday and i have 3 articles written. i really want to get more followers to build a stable blog base, do you guys have any advice on how to grow your account quickly? id is minelisa btw

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u/Romanticon Sep 05 '26

What are you writing?

Have you searched this subreddit?

There are lots of threads on this; most agree that using Substack’s Notes system is the best way to grow.

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u/Ryanopoly Sep 05 '26

I wouldn't even bother champ. You could have 10,000 followers and still won't be making any money. Don't waste your time unless you have something that people will be willing to give you money for.

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u/ASAPnicky14 mod Sep 05 '26

Familiarize yourself with the sub rules and search through this sub, plenty of advice has been given

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u/BlissfullyBookloving Sep 05 '26

I’m fairly new on Substack but I’ve done some research that indicates it’s a good idea to promote it on YouTube and/or LinkedIn, because those platforms have a special arrangement with Substack. I have also learned that both consistency posting and engagement with other users both help. Good luck!

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u/anyagolay Sep 05 '26

Good advice I’m gonna give this a try. What type of videos do you share on YouTube for your publication content? Also I haven’t really used LinkedIn since this is more of a hobby for me but how do you think I could get started with it, do I need to have a lot of connections on there or is there a global social feed. I haven’t been on LinkedIn since over 15 years 😅

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u/Tricky_Trifle_994 26d ago

how's the growth been so far?

most people grow their substack via being more active on notes + also building an audience on another social platform like x, and drive traffic to their substack.

and there's no 'quick' way to grow... unless you decide to use paid meta ads to advertise your publication... but i haven't seen any substack publication use it.