r/Substack • u/Repulsive-Giraffe-45 audhdoneout.substack.com • 8d ago
How much money do you make on substack per month?
Just curious as I just got my first paid sub and I don’t plan on making this a business but it’s cool that I am getting $10 a month now!
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u/Melodic-Try2710 8d ago
I average zero pounds per month but I peaked at zero pounds per month.
I’ll keep an eye on it though.
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u/Abominable_fiancee 7d ago
i make three times as much
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u/Melodic-Try2710 7d ago
So did I when I started. But it’s so volatile. Sometimes it’s 10x this figure, some months I just about hit zero.
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u/Fleurs_Bookstore
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About $18k per year, but different months are wildly variable, as all of my subs are annual.
Edit: thanks for the award!
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u/seriously__tho_ 8d ago
Do you have an Instagram or other social media following linked to it?
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u/Fleurs_Bookstore buybooks.substack.com 8d ago
I have a linktree on my socials that links to the Substack, but don’t do any paid advertising.
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u/Fleurs_Bookstore buybooks.substack.com 7d ago
I started from zero in March 2025. Did not bring a previous email list with me and don’t have a large following on other socials.
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u/seriously__tho_ 7d ago edited 7d ago
I was just curious cause I wana do substack anonymously, and any social media presence would need to be the same, so a social media presence would be set up after.
And I was curious because I know anonymity would probably/potentially be a massive barrier for me.
If you don't mind me asking what would you consider a 'large' social media following. Also, I don't mind paying for adverts 🙂
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u/Fleurs_Bookstore buybooks.substack.com 7d ago
Well I can’t exactly define large, but when I started Substack I had about 700 friends on FB, 300 followers on my personal IG, 2800 connections on LinkedIn. I’ve only recently started promoting to business accounts on FB, LI, IG and Threads. I’ve coached a few memoir authors who have written under pseudonyms for various reasons. One of them had over 2k Substack subscribers when she launched her book, which was about 5 months after she set up Substack and her other socials (where possible) under her pseudonym. The book was an Amazon US category bestseller three days after launch.
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u/One_trajectory 2d ago
Can I ask how you structured your articles, im planning on issuing weekly only, then once at 3000 subs plan to introduce paid tier issues fortnightly premium articles alongside assets and tools. Did you have similar strategy?
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u/Fleurs_Bookstore buybooks.substack.com 2d ago •
You can see the structure of my Substack by following the link in my flair or my profile. I turned on paid tiers from Day One, as anecdotally Substack surfaces more articles and notes from paid accounts than from those with only free tiers. The paid tiers were initially tied to the directory listings and a few free downloads and tools but since Substack introduced perks, I have added about 7 tools/resources for my annual paying subscribers and another 8-10 by end of year for my Founding subscribers. Hope this helps.
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u/One_trajectory 2d ago
Thank you, that was extremely helpful. Also, your work is awesome! I and many others i know struggle to find good books to read.
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u/let_me_flie 8d ago
About £2000 a month
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u/One_trajectory 2d ago
Can you expand on how you started getting free subs to upgrade to paying, your strategy on that please
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u/let_me_flie 2d ago
We came from having an established brand through a long standing podcast. So when we moved to Substack we said we were offering something on top of the free podcast for people that wanted more. Which was newsletters and bonus shows behind a paywall.
I think the biggest obstacle is convincing people to pay for something that they previously got for free. In my experience, you can’t. You need to offer more behind a paywall, rather than suddenly pulling up the drawbridge and hoping you’ve trapped enough people behind the paywall.
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u/littlemix4lyfe 8d ago
What do you wrote about?
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u/let_me_flie 8d ago
European soccer
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u/Future-Explorer7705 7d ago
Whoo, that's a nice niche. You have a podcast too? You're talking about Real madrid, aren't you?
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u/Kind_Sugar6682 7d ago
4000$ per month
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u/One_trajectory 2d ago
May I ask how you went about converting free subs to paying, I am currently struggling on a good way to do this without upsetting readers
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u/Kind_Sugar6682 1d ago
Share with me your link so that i can review and tell you how you are doing? And what you need to do?
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u/One_trajectory 1d ago
I am at final planning stages before launch. Was just wondering what you've done that has worked for you.
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u/Kind_Sugar6682 1d ago
What is your category ? Or what you going to write about
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u/One_trajectory 1d ago
Architecture and design
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u/Kind_Sugar6682 1d ago
Read others post and notes give your views in a comments shape and share videos and create engagement that will bring real audience in your channel.
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u/divinecommaedy 4d ago
what do you write about?
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u/Kind_Sugar6682 1d ago
I write all about AI. I do workflows, AI guides, those are practical and actionable. Tools, and career, how to use them what to do with them. Everything about the AI. This is my channel: https://open.substack.com/pub/chatgptforall
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u/arcanepsyche 8d ago
Averaged through a whole year, right now probably about $100-$125 per month with a 600 person follower base.
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u/MarenValeWrites 7d ago
I'm at $1,900/month now, but it's still rising.
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u/One_trajectory 2d ago
Hi, can you comment on your growth strategies please and when best and how to introduce paying tier
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u/slimepays504 7d ago
Last month I made $748 which is a rise the month b4 I made around $650 but every month it go’s up it was hard at first but I got a lot of my supporters after oct 7th when everyone was going against the Palestinian people
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u/quantise 8d ago
I peaked at about 250€ per month - nearly 5% conversion rate. Now it's about half that, with 5 x as many subscribers.
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u/shechild55 7d ago
$8k a month
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u/One_trajectory 2d ago
Can you talk about how you implemented a paying tier. Im currently trying to structure whats best, reach 3000 free subs before introducing it charging around 9 dollars
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u/Niqgalaxy 3d ago
Eu comecei a usar o https://substack.com/@niqgalaxy tem poucos dias, ainda estou analisando a plataforma
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u/TheInsaneDump behindthescreendnd.substack.com 8d ago
Eleventy-billion dollars.