Substack

Substack Inc.
Type of site
Subscription platform
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Created by
  • Chris Best
  • Hamish McKenzie
  • Jairaj Sethi
RevenueUS$9 million (2021)[1]
Employees94 (June 2022)[2]
URLsubstack.com
CommercialYes
Launched2017; 7 years ago (2017)[3][4]
Current statusLive

Substack is an American online platform that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure to support subscription newsletters.[5] It allows writers to send digital newsletters directly to subscribers.[6][7] Founded in 2017, Substack is headquartered in San Francisco.[8]

  1. ^ Mullin, Benjamin (26 May 2022). "Substack Drops Fund-Raising Efforts as Market Sours". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Substack has told investors that it had revenue of about $9 million in 2021
  2. ^ Fischer, Sara (29 June 2022). "Substack lays off 13 employees, roughly 14% of company". Axios. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Substack celebrates its first birthday with 25K paying newsletter subscribers". TechCrunch. 16 October 2018. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference substack-pro was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Kafka, Peter (16 October 2017). "Meet the startup that wants to help you build a subscription newsletter business overnight". Vox. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Analysis | A classic Silicon Valley tactic — losing money to crush rivals — comes in for scrutiny". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 6 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ Fatemi, Falon. "The Rise Of Substack—And What's Behind It". Forbes. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Here's How the Top Newsletter Platforms Challenging Substack Stack Up". TheWrap. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2021.