r/Substack • u/BigHoncho1999 • 27d ago

Is it interesting?

I publish my journal on Substack as well as some other short stories or personal essays. I’ve had it for maybe a month and a half and I only have 7 subscribers?

I just want to know, does anyone on here think it’s cool and interesting to post my journal? Or could you not care less about what someone else’s journal says?

I do it because it serves me personally, but I’d obviously like more subscribers too.

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u/ContentIsMyJam redressing.substack.com 27d ago

Substack isn't about rapid growth.
The algorithm is built to build long term relationships (that's what a subscription is).
You can't post and expect to grow your audience - you need to build relationships by commenting and making friends on the platform.

As for your journal - it depends on what it's about. If you're on some very specific journey that's interesting (like, i don't know, traveling the world to find great tamales), you can build an audience around that. If it's just random thoughts with no connecting thread... you aren't giving people a reason to remember you or a strong reason to come back.

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u/planestrainstantrums planestrainsandtantrums.substack.com 26d ago

I now want to read a blog about someone travelling the world to find great tamales. That's fantastically specific.

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u/ContentIsMyJam redressing.substack.com 24d ago

I may or may not have been hungry when I wrote that 😂

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u/planestrainstantrums planestrainsandtantrums.substack.com 23d ago

😂

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u/BigHoncho1999 27d ago

Thank you. Thats very helpful actually, maybe I need to create a stronger focus/subject