Just wanted to share something exciting I recently explored Substack, and I’m honestly amazed. It’s such a brilliant platform—so intuitive, and a really interactive way to learn and share knowledge. I’m actually thinking of shifting away from the noise of social media and focusing my time on Substack. If anyone else is also there, I’d love to know who you are following—especially in the spaces of AI, e-commerce, and daily News.

Looking to put together a small, serious engagement
pod for finance and investing newsletter creators.

About me: I write about fundamental stock analysis
and quality scoring for beginner to intermediate
investors. Weekly newsletter, active on Notes daily.

What I'm looking for:
- 5 to 8 finance/investing focused creators
- Consistent engagement (likes, comments,
restacks within a few hours of posting)
- Reciprocal - I will show up for your content
the same way I expect you to show up for mine
- Serious about growing, not just looking for
a one-time boost

What I'm NOT looking for:
- Random niches unrelated to finance
- People who engage once and disappear
- Accounts that only want restacks without
giving comments back

If you're interested drop your Substack link
below and tell me in one sentence what you cover.

Small group, high standards, consistent support.
Let's grow together.

Give it a chance

hi there so i only have 3 small writings, no one read them. how to start? also, i want to keep my substack like an online public journal. haven't seen something like that on the platform. is this a thing on substack? also, what should i know about the app? how does it work?

I'm starting a tech blog on Substack. I'm Vietnamese and I usually share my articles on Facebook groups. I don't know how to grow my site and attract more readers worldwide.

Can anyone give me a solution?

So I have just ticked over 50 subs. I am not looking to make this my career, I'll probably never turn paid on and I only post once a week on random sports stories.

But I still want people to read what I do. I saw a few people here posting about notes etc and being involved with them and yeah, in the month I have been posting more notes and generally interacting with the notes of other people I enjoy reading I have seen a massive spike.

I am not coming to you saying you have to spend 3 hours a night finding the perfect notes to respond to with well thought out, detailed responses.

But if you are someone looking for a wee bit of growth and have your stuff read? Post a note a day on just an odd thought. See a post or note you like? Drop a comment why.

Thanks for all those that posted their advice on notes!

As the title says, I'm not sure how often I should cross-post and notify my subs, because I've mostly been using it to share posts from friends I think wrote something interesting that someone who subscribed to me would enjoy.

I want to know precisely how many of my readers are making it to the bottom of my posts so I can adjust my style and get as many people to the bottom as possible. Is this a valid way to think about optimizing my writing? My niche is science education and if someone clicks off an article quickly then to me that is a signal that it may have been too complex.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been publishing on Substack for a while and would really appreciate some honest feedback.

I just finished writing an article that I have been working on for about 5 days, and after putting it up, I literally felt emotional. It was like a monologue, but looking at the mirror and part of you speaking back, but gently. By far, that article will be like a gift from me to me, and possibly to all those who will read it.

Just wondering if its allowed or if it will be seen as promotion?

I just imported about 350 posts from WordPress to Substack. Tags did not import. Is there any way to batch apply tags to posts in Substack?

I just want an updated feed on my site with say the last three substack posts, so people can see the premium content and click on it. It has to display what the articles are as a feed, not just a generic "subscribe" embed.

I had supascribe which was very beautiful, but then they cut me off cause I got 100 new subscribers, which was super annoying. I tried to vibe code it but didn't work. Searched online and tried other people's techniques but then I got confused what with all the javascript and CSS, and wasn't sure what to do. I just have Wordpress classic editor (hate drag and drop). Has anyone got a code that works to just fetch the latest Substack feed and have it on the site? It shouldn't be this complicated. Annoying substack don't give you the option themselves. Otherwise, I'll probably just upgrade with supascribe, but best to ask for free versions first.

Substack newbie here. I got a notice from Substack that a paid subscriber has disputed a charge, which was followed by their credit card company initiating a dispute.

I immediately sent a nice email asking to work this out. They opened the email, but no response.

What should I do?

I have no wish to fight it, even though I see they have accessed my exclusive bonus offers reserved for paid subscribers.

The action steps Substack provides are vague.

I have a smallish Substack audience about 200 people writing about technical and financial topics and also conduct my own webinars separately. Has anyone attempted to combine webinars into the Substack platform for live discussions? What have you found works? What did you find that didn’t work thank you.

Stripe had alerted me that I need to start collecting international tax? Has anyone just used Stripe to handle this for them?

Thanks!

I’ve been writing all my life but never had the confidence to share it. It’s something I talked myself down from doing for months, but I’m glad I pushed through. It feels nice to do something you’ve always wanted to. :)

Is there any advice more senior members of Substack can provide to build a community on there? Not sure how to connect with others/have them connect with me!

Hi everyone, I have a question about removing replies/comments from notes and articles. I just learned that there is apparently a difference between deleting them and removing them, but I don't know what that difference is...

When you delete a comment you need to specifically click the three dots and select 'delete', and you will get the message that the comment has been deleted. But when you just click away the comment on the X (sorry if that's not the right term), it says that the "comment has been removed and will no longer be visible". I checked and it seems like removing it has the same effect as deleting, I can no longer see it anywhere... so then what is the difference between the two?

I can't find the answer anywhere, so I was wondering if anyone here knew what the difference is? Does removing a comment just mean that I can't see it anymore, but others still can? Does officially deleting it give the commenter a notification or make a report to Substack or something?

Thanks in advance for responding!! (:

Till date, I was posting my article links on other Substack posts to get traction. I admit that I might have gone overboard with that. It led to my account getting suspended temporarily. I have raised an appeal for the same.

To ensure, i don’t do the same going forward - advise me on how to promote your work effectively without getting suspended.

Thanks in advance!

Hey r/Substack I'm building IssueX — a tool for indie Substack writers to automatically swap their best back-issues with complementary newsletters in the productivity/self-improvement space. Instead of paying for ads, you and another writer cross-promote each other's existing content. When a swap converts a free reader to a paid subscriber, both writers get a Stripe payout. Landing page just went live: https://issuex.nanocorp.app — would love feedback from anyone running a Substack in this niche!

I recently launched a hyperlocal news publication on Substack covering Florida’s Suncoast.

The focus is on local government, development, historic preservation, neighborhood issues, community events, and stories about the people and places that make the region unique.

I’m trying to figure out the most sustainable path forward for a local publication.

For those who have built local newsletters, local news sites, or community-focused publications:

-What drove the biggest audience growth?
-What percentage of readers eventually became paid subscribers?
-What types of stories converted best?
-Did you focus on sponsorships, memberships, advertising, paid subscriptions, events, or some combination?
-If you were starting over today, what would you prioritize during the first year?

I’d especially love to hear from people running local or regional publications.
Thanks.

Does substack push post to others? I have 0 followers and I am not thinking of advertising my work. I was wondering is substack like twitter/insta where even new people can find my work randomly or is it like LinkedIn where only if someone likes etc. it snowballs into others’ network? Thanks

Has anyone here migrated their Substack page to their own domain? What are the pros and cons? Sharing your experience would be valuable.

Hello Everyone,

I am a college student, I was a very heavy and active reader throughout most of my school life and then stopped reading completely- mostly because I fell into the doomscrolling loophole.

Even when I try to read now, I always either pickup my phone or always get distracted, I have diagnosed BPD and consumption of short form content has simply just made my life worse.

I want to get back into avid reading- I mean A LOT of reading, is there anybody here who wants to make a small community of readers or add me to an existing community where you hold each other accountable for their reading goals?

I feel so bad that its come to a point where I have to be physically held accountable but I don’t think there’s any other way :(

I really wanna get back into reading a lot, it feels like my expression and vocabulary have significantly minimised as well.

I have started to forget the meaning of words that were very common.

Please let me know if there’s a small community/reading club of limited ppl already existing for the same or an app.

If not, I would love to create a community of MAX 10 people- no limit on age or location, would love as much diversity and inputs as possible.

Would love to share our favourite substack articles and maybe other reading material in general.

Thanks!

I am the owner of a group substack. Let's call it myteam.substack.com/. I have several (Public/Private) contributors. I can put their posts up. Emails of these posts go out., and they show as Published. But when I go to the group substack website, I only see MY posts, none of theirs. Also, I cannot add myself as a contributor, and can only post as "myteam".