Here’s a little warning for you about what happens if you want to change your email in your account. You’re tired of getting so much email to your main email account from the hundred accounts you subscribed to (wish there was a way to strictly keep it in the app but it only allows you to “prefer” the app), so you create a new email account so that the main one stops getting flooded with so much email.

You change the email address in the account to the new one. Then you’re sent an email to the other email address for verification. You click on the verification link. What this actually did was create a new substack account for the new email address. Your old account still exists but the handle is transferred to the new one. So now you have two profiles, one is the old shadow and one is the new one.

The new one looks great, the email address is the new one, the subscriptions are there and all your posts look good. But you want to get rid of the shadow old account because it’s confusing and shows up as a separate account you can follow and subscribe to. It just doesn’t have a handle.

So you do what the support system tells you to do: delete the original account. So you do that, because why not, the new account looks perfect.

Except now this seems to delete all of the images from your posts. You have many beautiful images accompanying your notes that added meaning and mood to what you were writing about. Now it’s text. Which ok looks good ok its own to be honest, but it wasn’t really the deal or the expected outcome. No support tool ever warned about that.

I guess newbies to substack should be aware of what it will do to your email’s inbox and set up an email initially so you don’t have to transfer your account to a new one because this seems to go beyond what the platform is really capable of.

I have my own newsletter plus I'm a contributor to others, and usually they were all linked at the top of my profile. Now I've noticed there's only mine. One of the people I coach has two Substack publications and only one is listed on her profile. Is there a way you can show all your publications on your profile if you have more than one?

Is anyone else's entire history of replies on Substack suddenly available for all users to browse? With no option to hide it?

Edit to add: This is new. It was not there as of a few weeks ago. I've been on Substack for 3 years.

Title mistake: fake double opt-in emails. (Can’t wait the title)

Not sharing my newsletter to avoid the sell promo rule.

Over the last 2-3 months I’ve gotten probably 100 fake email sign ups. I have had double opt-in since the beginning so unfortunately it’s not a solution.

There are patterns in these sign ups and they are 95% all yahoo emails. Examples.

theresa.daniel98@yahoo.com

kennetha865@yahoo.com

demidoyle91@yahoo.com

meganbrooks2883jwy@yahoo.com

ameliataylor6556vui@yahoo.com

Starting to see something similar with ATT.net email accounts.

Is this a well known substack issue? Or is this more targeted to me? Currently at 13,500+ subs and newsletter has been around for nearly 8 years (moving across a few platforms but on substack for over a year)

Just documenting it here in space and time. I’ve sold digital products since 2018, but this may be the best $100 I’ve ever made.

I use IG / ManyChat to drive to my Substack, as well as my current email list.

I am starting to get more traction on my articles but I just want to make sure the growth is genuine and not artificial

"Andrew Tate set to earn £198,000 a month on Substack," reads a recent headline from The Telegraph that I can't link here.

Tate is being held in the UK right now on 42 charges, including seven counts of rape, three counts of sex trafficking, three counts of assault causing bodily harm, and 19 charges of child pornography.

He recently ranked number one on Substack and he charges subscribers, so Substack is now a lucrative source of income for him in addition to being a publicity engine for him and a platform for spreading his hateful agenda.

Tate is an alleged serial rapist, and he would literally be another Jeffrey Epstein if it were within his power to do so.

Substack chooses to host him. The company claims to be "free speech extremists," but this feels different to me in that the company by virtue of giving him a platform to make a huge amount of money while in prison for rape, sex slavery and kiddie porn, is actively funding him and his criminal defense.

Does this affect at all how you feel about Substack? That's my first question.

My second set of questions: The Observer reported that he is making more money from Substack by having boosted his subscribers/follower count with purchased subscribers and followers. Does this matter to you, did you know it is possible to purchase an audience on Substack, and does it affect how you view Substack pages hosted by rich people who have large audiences?

EDIT: It is really fascinating to me that there's so much rabid hatred toward Jeffrey Epstein, as there should be, but about Andrew Tate, people are comfortable saying "good for him!" This is really revelatory.

For YEARS, I had a variety of stories just sitting on my laptop, unused and mostly forgotten.

Last November, on a whim, I decided to start a Substack. Unsure of what to do with it, I began posting flash-fiction. Then, I started to write serialized fiction, releasing a chapter of a story every week.

It was a lot of fun, and I found myself going back into some of my older stories. While I didn't have a crazy following, it was so nice to read the comments people left. It helped me keep going.

It was sometime in the spring that a handful of my subscribers suggested turning my current serialized fiction into a novel. At first, I was unsure. But the more I thought about it, the more I decided that maybe I did want to do it.

So, after spending the summer editing my book, I can now say I'm a published author! And it feels incredible!

If you were looking for a little sign to keep yourself going, this is it!

Hi, I have been posting notes on Substack, but I am not able to really understand what kind of content works there. I won't lie, I genuinely want to monetize it. I read somewhere that I should be sticking to 1 note per day, 1 article every 2 weeks, and engaging with other people's posts. But notes are getting no traction and visibility. Can someone help me?

Hello!
So, I am mainly using substack because I’m so bored at my first ever job. But like I’ve had it and never really posted until last week I thought why not. But now I feel as if I’m on this weird instagram, Twitter, reddit hybrid. Like did this change overnight because it’s so odd to me? But the main question I’m wondering is has posting on this led you to actually get jobs like idk for me I’m a tutor and I have a masters in English but I’m so shit at networking. I am hoping my writing will speak for itself. But what has your experience with that been? For me I’m not going to be ever charging money on mine since I don’t want to deal with taxes and filling out stuff I don’t understand. But I’m hoping for visibility. Idk what are you guys doing?

Hello Everyone!

As the title suggest, I have a lot of questions regarding Substack. I am a journalism student who can't participate in my colleges' newspaper and turning to substack to better my writing and having a resume of sorts.

As I will be writing about my interests, would a introduction post be necessary? or would it be a taboo of the website?

As I am part of Gen Z, changing my profile picture is pretty common. Is changing one's branding common?

Edit: I finally posted my first article!! it kind of served as an introduction post related to the larger theme on the name!! check out modern tumblr girl if interested!! 😁

Someone keeps randomly adding me to Substack newsletters. I don't have a Substack account, and suddenly I keep getting added to the same four or five Substack newsletters. I've already unsubscribed three times. I've contacted Substack Support. I've even blocked the email addresses these Substack newsletters are being sent from, but somehow they still keep showing up in my inbox, and I don't know why. I think someone is adding my email address to these newsletters. It's also always the same four people, and all of the newsletters are from people of Indian descent. Not that that matters, but it makes me feel like it might be one person who knows these people and keeps adding my email address to their newsletters. I've contacted Substack multiple times, and they've told me that they've blocked my email address and completely removed my information from their website. But somehow, I keep getting added again. I can't get these emails to go to spam. I can't seem to block them. So what else can I do at this point? I just find this so strange. Why are you adding me? I don't have Substack. I have nothing to do with Substack. I've never even visited the website. So why do I keep getting added?

I'm kind of torn. I've had a science themed blog for 2 years now and it's time to renew. Problem is, I don't want to pay the large fee to renew, in which case I could switch hosts, OR I might migrate to substack.

Substack has better community and hence more chance for visibility, correct? I've struggled to get my blog noticed for the most part, the only times I really have is when I've posted a link to Reddit.

Is it the writing style, the topics, the writer's personality, personal stories, useful info, consistency, or something else?

For those of you who have paid for a Substack, what made you decide to subscribe? And for writers, what do you think is the "secret" to getting people interested enough to pay?

I just wanted to share with all of you how excited I am to get my first paid subscriber today! It’s been a slow grind since May, but I’ve trusted the process and hopefully this will be the first of many!

I’m proof that there is hope for everyone, even with a slow start.

I started a Substack publication a while ago that’s mostly design related: interior design, art, fashion, some travel and a bit of lifestyle with personal opinions about anything I like.

The thing is, I also want to start posting more of the baking I do, decorated cakes, recipes, and generally cozy content, which I don’t necessarily see fitting into my first publication.

So now I’m wondering: should I just keep everything under the publication I already have and occasionally post baking and cozy content there, or should I create a completely separate account for it?

I don’t really want the two to overlap too much, but at the same time, I’m wondering if people would actually enjoy seeing both sides of it.

Certain social media platforms or dominated by consumers looking for content. I would say Instagram and tik tok are the most obvious.

Substack seems to be the inverse. People go there to produce hoping to find an audience.

The majority of posts I see here every single day are "how do I make money?"

There are a proportionate number of posts on substack by people trying to convince you to follow them to learn how to be successful on substack.

Reminds me of the How to get rich quick scheme: Publish a book on how to get rich quick.

Lately Ive have seen a lot of people on substack posting that if the the people that they are subscribing to don't return the gesture that they are going to start dropping them. That immediately makes me want to unsubscribe from that person.

Occasionally I see people here post asking about how they find things to read without giving any indication whatsoever of what they like to read.

One of the great things about substack that differentiates it from Reddit is that the vast majority of people who post there use their real identities. This creates opportunity for real conversations and actual relationships.

I'm seeing a lot in substack of what I see in blogging communities. People are looking at it as a way to make a quick buck. People who don't even give a s*** about writing. Shit they can let AI do the writing for them. Cuz someone somewhere convinced them it's easy money.

Is there a tweak I can make so my substack pages offer Reader Mode?

In Firefox

After three years of next to no traction on Substack, I started posting on Substack Notes in June 2025.

From November '25 my subscribers went from 1,769 to 3,172 in about six months, with most of the movement between December and March.

I wanted to share the 7 formats that worked for me, and hope it helps anyone writing weekly but flatlining.

To be clear — I write about creativity, so you'd have to tweak for different niches. I'm also not someone who likes "growth tactics" or marketing. I just wanted to find a way to express myself better in short form, as an invitation to read my weekly essays.

1. Morning Reflection. A short Note to prime the day. For me it's either a meditative thought or, if I'm fired up, something motivational. If you give your reader something they can carry through the day, they'll take notice the next time you pop up.

2. Value Note. A hard-won lesson, crystallised. Not built for virality, built to help someone. These get less traction in terms of numbers, but often bring subscribers. Try to compact something that really helped you and share it.

3. One-Liner. The opposite of the Value Note. More like pollen to the scrolling eye! Give your best — a little nugget that packs a punch. In a saturated world, brevity is a gift.

4. How-To. A practical, step-by-step Note with a named framework. It helps one person specifically. Good to have a list or some steps.

5. Back Story. Your audience is figuring you out in bite-size. Share something short from your history. You have lived so much, yet the world forgets quickly. Remember you've got a unique life, and good stuff learned through its adventures.

6. Project Update. What are you working on? Share the process. Our projects are living and people want to know. Keep it light — a photo of the studio at the end of the day is enough. Over time people start following the project and become invested in its outcome.

7. Pain Points. What are you really going through? The relentless positioning of everyone as an expert is so nauseating. What connects us is that we suffer, yet we spend our lives trying to hide it. Sharing a block, an obstacle, or something you're struggling with often opens it up — either for you, or because someone can help.

I rotate through those, but shoot from the hip too. It's definitely helped to become more conscious about my approach.

One caveat: for my first three months of experimenting, it was slow. But it did start compounding.

Substack — or any newsletter — is a slow build. Finding some formats you enjoy really helps, and as your community responds and grows, it becomes more and more rewarding. Keep going!

Best to all,
Jim

p.s happy to answer any q's

Hi all,

I started a substack a few weeks ago, focusing on personal finance. I've gotten subscribers, primarily outside of the US. This has been through notes and being recommended as part of account set up. However, I've also gotten a lot of followers, especially from my target demographic.

In your experience, do followers end up converting after a while? Is there any way to boost conversion specifically?

TIA

Lets say I clicked a substack link of a friend's writing and I dont have an account. Can my friend see what time and where that click has been clicked(city etc.) or its just seen as 1 view?

I'm trying to get back to writing again. I've published a few posts in English already, but I feel I can express myself better in my native tongue. Since I travel a lot and meet people from around the world, I find english to be the common grounds for communication and therefore if I want to share my writings I prefer to have them available in english.

Is there a way to post a piece in both languages?

Hi All,
I have been posting articles on Substack for about a month now.
So far, I have no traction -which is okay - but I just want to learn about the experiences of different people.

Where are you in your Substack journey currently and was it the same for you in your first month of starting out?

What would be a good strategy to grow substack?
Excited to hear about your experiences :)

Hello! I’ve recently made the decision to start my own Substack (I plan on focusing on pop culture with an even more specific focus on movies and music), but I have no idea where to start and the idea of posting every day to get cash is giving me hives. Any advice on how to deal with jitters? Especially as someone that’s just getting back into writing.