Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie says that creators jumping ship from 'mainstream media' like Jim Acosta, Joy Reid and Mehdi Hasan are a big driver of the growth. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor ...

Substack has reached more than 5 million paid subscriptions for the first time, the company said this week. The updated audience total comes just four months after the digital journalism and content ...

Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie and writer Casey Lewis break down the best practices for building an engaged — and paying — audience. Substack writers collectively have over five million paid ...

It seems like every week — sometimes multiple times a week — a journalist leaves their media outlet to start their own publication, usually on Substack. Terry Moran, Karen Attiah, Jennifer Rubin and ...

Nick Norwitz graduated from Harvard Medical School last May. By January, he had already grown his paying Substack subscribers nearly 500 percent, taking the total to 5,200, while registered readers ...

“Democracy for Sale is not paywalled but, like The Guardian, asks for reader support to keep it free for all. It has almost 50,000 subscribers and nearly 1,500 paying readers … [Editor-in-chief Peter] ...