Product news for writers: Improved analytics, new payment methods and sharing tools
Learn about the new tools we’ve built for writers
At Substack, we believe great writing is valuable. We’re focused on building simple tools that allow you to grow your audience and earn an income directly from subscribers, on your own terms. Learn about the new tools we’ve built for and with writers below.
Please chime in, in the comments section, with your feedback.
Measure your growth, engagement, and reach
Smart data gives you the insights you need to make informed decisions about what you publish, how you share it, and when. Our new stats updates will help you double down on what helps you grow your audience and revenue.
Post stats help you understand the reach, engagement, and growth performance of each unique post you publish. In our new post stats, charts showcase post performance compared with past posts and how your post performs over time. Visit the posts page in your dashboard and click on any post to see the three new tabs alongside the overview tab.
“Reader sharing” Stats tab. This new tab gives you visibility into who of your subscribers are helping you grow the most by sharing. Filter the table by time range, or the number of new free or paid subscriptions they generated from sharing your publication or posts. Then select any number of subscribers and email them directly. Visit your Reader sharing stats.
The network tab offers more specific source insights. Of note, more than 25% of all Substack subscriptions originate from the Substack app. Visit your network stats.
Earn money for your writing
Few things express trust in media better than a paid subscription. Here are some tools we’ve built recently to help writers supercharge their paid subscription strategies and earn more income.
Local currency pricing. When prices are displayed in their local currency, subscribers are more likely to upgrade to paid, and writers earn up to 10% more revenue. Now we automatically present subscription prices in each subscriber’s local currency, supporting 12 different currencies.
Paid subscriber messages. New paid subscribers are now prompted to leave the writer a message when upgrading to a paid subscription. We hope to make these messages more valuable over time, including making them shareable or easier to use as testimonials.
Founding tier tools. The founding tier allows your most passionate readers to buy a subscription at any price higher than the annual plan. Now it’s easier than ever to communicate perks directly with your founding members with a custom welcome email that new founding tier members receive upon upgrading or to publish a page visible only to founding tier members.
Grow your audience
We’re introducing new shared video, audio, and image assets, as well as a powerful new subscriber referral program. We’ve added these new features to your toolkit to help make marketing your publication online as powerful and easy as possible.
Improved shareable assets. We’ve added new ways to create shareable images or videos of any post in just a few clicks. Instantly share to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Notes, or LinkedIn with new image dimensions, including Instagram stories, for each platform, showcasing your work. After you publish a post or from the three-dot post menu, you can “view shareable images.” You can also create a shareable video of a favorite section of your post (now in beta). Highlight text, select AI voiceover, or record your own voice, choose your style, and then share.
Subscriber referrals are helping writers bring in thousands of new subscribers a day. Publications with free or paid subscriptions can reward subscribers for spreading the word about their Substack through referrals. When writers announce referrals to their subscribers, like Luca Rossi and Leslie Stephens did, they have seen more than twice as many subscriptions from shares. Turn on referrals.
Connect to podcast listeners directly
Over the past year and a half, we’ve been quietly building tools for podcasts to evolve and flourish here that are fueled by direct relationships with your listeners, who reward you for content they love.
The flexible audio paywall allows you to share the majority of an episode with the public while keeping some bonus content for paid subscribers only.
Audio transcription tools. Our new transcription tools use cutting-edge AI to automatically generate podcast transcripts and create social sharing assets.
In case you missed it
Introducing a new front page for Substack
For more information on the new and improved tools and features, visit the links above. We hope you give them a try.
As always, please feel free to leave feedback and ideas in the comments.
Love the new reporting layout! The view comparison to average post views will be super helpful.
One thing I’d LOVE to be able to do is put up a “free wall” which would work just like a pay wall, except instead of preventing all but paid subscribers from reading a post, it would prevent anyone who is not a subscriber at all from reading a post. This would be great for fiction writers who want to keep certain content exclusive for actual subscribers as opposed to making everything that’s not behind a paywall available to anyone on the internet.
I like this idea!
Me too! Haha, wouldn’t it be such a great way to boost the exclusivity factor of our newsletters, too? 🤷♀️💃🏻
I agree—great idea!
Awesome idea!
Thank you!
👋👋👋😎
Not bad, for a Giggler! 😁
I still think you guys need to take a step back from your focus on subscriptions and implement a tip jar, where readers can make one-time contributions. It's not just a matter of benefiting us writers, but you're going to lose a cut of the transaction to Buy Me a Coffee and such as writers figure out that they can just insert a link or a bit of script for readers who want to show their appreciation without committing to a subscription. As a small-time blogger who writes for a niche audience, I am increasingly convinced that a base of paid monthly subscribers at $5/month is a steep hurdle to clear, and that I would make more money if there was a clearly-defined one-time tip option. Substack would make more money, too, if they raked from those tips instead of another platform.
I think it's a great idea but I'd be surprised if we see it. Substack wants to drive subscriptions, and I'm sure the concern is that something like this would ultimately decrease paid subs.
But maybe it wouldn't. Maybe it'd do the opposite. Or maybe it'd drive enough extra revenue from the whatever% cut that would be implemented.
Would love to hear thoughts from the Substack team on this great idea.
Good to see this idea getting an airing. As for this “threatening” subscriptions I just don’t get it - for authors I regularly/always read a regular subscription makes good sense (for both reader and writer). At the moment I solve the problem by subscribing and then immediately cancelling ie I pay a 1 month fee, typically $/€ 5, but that is only worth it for exceptional articles and authors. I simply cannot afford more than one or two regular subs.
I keep getting pitched from authors I’ve already subscribed to. Need to have a means of stopping the pitching and increase the bitching.
This is a phenomenal idea - seconded!
That’s a great idea!
I'd like the option of paying for specific posts - and allowing readers to pay for a specific post of mine - rather than pushing them to subscribe on a monthly or annual basis. Or being able to set up a paywall similar to what other media outlets use, where your readers get a few posts for free each month, then they are offered a special rate to subscribe.
I really like this idea! Encourage people to get a real taste of ideas without the constant reminder (somewhat guilt suggesting) that a reader should subscribe. When I peruse a bookstore, I scout many books - and usually leave. However, I ALWAYS return to purchase the books that make a distinct impression that I "need" to follow up. Allow the ideas themselves to be the driver of actual subscriptions AND tips!
Totally agree with you. For me, I’m really small time and have a small circle of friends and acquaintances so I’m not looking to get “rich”. Ways to spread my wisdom would be very helpful.
It's mad how much good stuff you folk roll out, at the speed you do it. MAD, I say.
I wish Substack would add a virtual tip jar for readers who want to give some $ when they like a post but don’t want to commit to a paid subscription. I am planning to add the “buy me a cup of coffee“ plug-in for this purpose to my newsletter.
Great idea!
Someone said this to me recently: "I wish there were some kind of group subscription on Substack - say, pick 5 journalists for one price. No doubt It's more problematic than I think it is, but hey, I can dream!"
Great Idea! In my own experience, I consistently read a number of particular SubStacks, while also perusing more!
I’m thinking of a slight alternative: Give money to our local food bank. I’m 80 and while I love commenting and participating I don’t need the money. At least not yet 😳
Thanks for the info and all you do to make Substack the best platform for independent writers. I’m new here, and have been really impressed by this community.
It’s good isn’t it?
Same. I've met some great people!
I have a request:
Can you STOP GETTING BETTER PLEASE?
This is just getting silly now.
This is epic. I just reached out to the gal who's shared my work the most and offered her a 6 month paid subscription as a gift. A total blessing for her. Thank you so much~
Thank you for this, but please, please add PayPal support to Substack. It will empower writers all over Africa. ✌️🙏
Yes Paypal please!! Chile writers missing out too
Thanks! I really hoped that "new payment methods" means also having other services other than Stripe. Is that planned? 🙏
Me too, pretty misleading header. I should say "new payment currencies". We need Paypal
Some great improvements here, thanks Lads! Loving the new stats and sharing features! I used the video promotion tool and recorded my own voiceover for it, even though I dislike my own voice 😅 and shared it on Insta. I was impressed at how easy it is to use, and how professional it looked, so I will defo be using it on all my new posts from now on. Honestly, the speed at which you guys are rolling out imorovements is nothing short of astonishing! 💕
I'm going to have to try this 😊
It's really cool, Nathan! A great example of how much Substack are implementing to help writers maximise their work on this platform...
Awesome. I just need to grow my Instagram now too 😆
🤣🤣🤣 Same! It's never ending, is it!
I’m not sure about the potential drawbacks of adding PayPal as a payment method but if there aren’t many cons I think allowing people to pay with PayPal would increase the amount of paid subscribers
Amazing developments. And thanks for starting to roll out in French as well, it really helps. Would be great to have some "forums" or equivalent for various regions (ie: France) in order to support each other.
Wow. You guys seem really down for writers, except of course when it comes to helping paid subscribers with tech issues. When it comes to those, you don’t even answer inquiries. You do, however, follow up with the colossally obtuse and pathetically corporate “How did we do?”
I love that idea and shared it with our team 🙏
Also, what do you mean about the "roll out in French"?
Thanks
they've released a version in "french", meaning that buttons are getting translated etc. (which is already something...) :)
Ok, merci
Would be great to be able to have a forum for each Substack!
Damn; I got all excited there thinking that you had introduced a new payment system, but no. :-(. So, as I can't/won't use Stripe I still can't get any paid subscriptions. Please, please, please introduce another payment system.
Stripe only works with US banks. Incredibly frustrating for someone outside the US
It does work with banks elsewhere and I used to use it when I had a stable base in Europe. Now I don't have a stable base anywhere and live between three different countries in Asia, but I still have my bank accounts in Europe (in two different countries). Stripe can't cope with any of this and now won't accept any of the documentation I send them. Earlier this year they drove me mad with a deluge of emails. They wanted me to open a new account linked to another country, but I can't imagine ever being able to provide the documentation they want, in exactly the format they want, relating to the time frame they specify; and their requirements keep changing. They nearly drove me nuts earlier this year, so I've given up.
Yes, I spent several hours trying to get through the photo requirements, and finally gave up. The Stripe process is for me a technical conundrum. If anyone can, I would appreciate the guidance.
I appreciate how you try to work to make money for us as much, if not more, than just yourselves.
YAY! That’s the win and update! Incredible Substack Fam! Thanks for this progress! Definitely will help us as writers so much more, and for the readers, they’ll have more opportunities to embrace each piece of the craft!
Substack is making the life of writers easy.
Writers can focus on what they do best - writing
What I'd like to do is be able to share a link which will take the viewer to a certain paragraph or segment of my article
I write a weekly newsletter covering local news in my area, with a paragraph or two for each story included. I'd like to be able to share a direct hyperlink to a paragraph for reference on social media.
If this is already a feature, I'd love to know...
If each of your stories has a heading, then you can link to them. If not, you might want to consider adding a heading to each story. In the post editor (on the web, not on mobile), when you click on a heading a chain link icon appears to the left of the heading. That's where you grab the link from. It will point directly to that heading.
I figured there might be some way to do it, I'll try that out
Is there a way to post a piece of writing which is accompanied by a voiceover in which the whole text is available to free subscribers and the text and audio are available to paid?
I'm sure I read that Hattie Crissel does this for paid subs, but I'm not sure how.
Thanks - I will see if I can investigate further
I have been wondering about this too Hannah.
All these changes are great but the fact remains that writers from countries like India need more payment options such as Paypal, alongside Stripe.
You rock. I think a “Paid Bonus Content” paywall and label would be helpful. The “Preview” label doesn’t work for paid bonus content. “Preview” make readers think of a partial newsletter with a paywall. Which I dislike and never open.
+1
Great update. Can you please enable the ability to deploy custom JS tags using Google Tag Manager.
These new stats are so good, I can practically see what each of my subscribers ate for breakfast!
I'm the guy eating fruit loops wearing Hello Kitty pajamas!
Har!
A salad.
Flax 4 Life brownies.
What is your view of those of us who are not ambitious, but find this a wonderful way to share our writing with friends, acquaintances and anyone who shows up? You guys have to make a living and I fully understand. Any chance one day you will declare: “only writers looking for paid subscribers are welcome?”
Some things just feel too good to be true. So this question presented itself.
"Paid subscriber messages. New paid subscribers are now prompted to leave the writer a message when upgrading to a paid subscription. We hope to make these messages more valuable over time, including making them shareable or easier to use as testimonials."
can we respond to these?
So far we can't. Not from that link. We have to figure out who they are and find their email address and then write to them that way. For some reason my last paid subscriber's email didn't show up and I had no way of thanking them personally. That's not good.
I'm not up to paid subscribers yet (insisting on hitting 1000 free subs first, for better or worse), but I really want to understand this sort of issue now. I very much want to be able to thank folks.
I don't have a thousand subscribers at either of my Substacks but I do offer optional paid subscriptions. There is a way to write up a canned 'thank you' to paid subscribers and they'll automatically get it when they subscribe, but I still want to thank them personally. And so far there is no easy way to do that.
Yeah, I have already configured my "paid thank you" email or whatever that's called (very similar to my free one right now, but I think that will evolve). I'd love to be able to talk with these folks - certainly the first 100 or so, while it's still sustainable.
Me too. I hope they're listening. Just a link to their email would work.
How would "local currency" work if the user is using a VPN? (Which, BTW, I reccomend all internet users to do.)
Voiceover feature for shareable assets will be very interesting to play around with!
Hi, I am a retired schoolteacher. I don't want to be paid.
I subscribed to the Bulwalk, because I liked Charles Sykes and Tim Miller.
I started writing comments, because,"I had to say it.."
I want to continue as I am.
The Bulwark is great, and I'm saying that as a leftist.
I lean left too, but I feel very comfortable with the Bulwark.
Thank you! I already have a new paid subscriber in local currency, and am very pleased to have a custom welcome email to deliver my founding member perks!
wow. these new writer tabs are brilliant. I especially like the Network one. Thanks for all you do.
Hello! These are all great developments - I’ve just had my most successful ever month on Substack and all of this has helped.
Two little requests
1) Those tool bars keep disappearing as I’m typing posts! So if I want to add a link or a button or a divider or whatever, I have to crash out and then back in again. Time consuming and annoying. Be great if you could fix this bug.
2) Spell check? I’m sure I’m not the only writer here who is mortified at seeing mistakes in my own copy - usually silly typos that you miss until the email arrives in everyone’s inbox. A quick spell/grammar check before sending would be really helpful - I feel like this kind of thing, so easily done, undermines authority and probably costs as a few subscriptions long term.
Impressive!! Any plans on integrating Paypal? We can't use stripe in Chile to charge subscribers.
Amazing innovation team. You're making this too easy. I'm running out of excuses for not being a global celebrity by now.
Thank you Substack. Really appreciate the ongoing effort to increase and develop the tech options available to writers.
Great progress! I'm usually snarky about this stuff, but here is some genuine feedback:
- I like the new post stats, but the stats aren't all that useful unless I can adjust time frames or compare some parameters. VERY CURIOUS and this seems important: will we be able to export our data one day to do our own analytics? Also, what other sorts of insights may be possible to share across all users or grouped users?
- The upgrades to podcast audio tools are great. Looking forward to some improvements to sharing music as audio on Substack.
another vote for sharing music improvements.
This might have been asked before, but why did the ‘read it first’ option disappear? I don’t want to subscribe to publications without checking them out. I know I can unsubscribe, but they still appear on my list and annoy me and/or make me feel bad.
Yes!!
Greetings. A section of my "About" page reads: "My original website, in the right column, has 'Topic Sections' and 'Website Archive.' Since 10/2/2022, I have been encouraging Substack to add 'Topic Sections' and to set up 'Archive' by year and month – to mirror what my original website has had since 3/6/2006. If Substack will improve its platform in that manner, I may continue to publish articles here." My original website is listed in my "About" section, if you wish to see what I mean. I'm still waiting on Substack to add "Topic Sections" and to improve the "Archive," by showing years and months.
Seems logical!
I've only been on Substack for 6 weeks, so what I'm asking for might already exist and I'm not aware of it, but if it does exist, it's not in plain sight on the "new post" page.
It would be nice if you added some stuff related to actual content creation. Like spelling/grammar check, or more emphasis options. It's great that we can use bold or italics, but what about underlining?
I guess we're all supposed to be well-versed in HTML code if we want to underline something, and we should create the piece in a different program if we want spelling or grammar checking.
It would also be nice to be able to use different fonts and/or emphasis in the title/sub-title.
Agree!
Thank you for the new shareable tool, super efficient in generating HQ vids, which can be utilized on the X app, where vids have become diamond.
HOOA
I love everything about the new tools.
I made use of the shareable images and videos for my latest publication. It's awesome.
The stats analytics is also insightful.
Thank you 🤝
For people that don't want to lock into subscription but still want to show support...
- One-time/one-off donations as an option
- Pay per issue
Thank you for all that you are doing. I love the new stats and reporting tools
Thanks for the hard work required to create and roll out these features. Since I’ve worked in software I know how hard this can be. 👏
Amazing
I am new to substack as well, and appreciate any tools to help grow my subscription list. I have decided to “go paid” early. I write a lot, I have tried notes but don’t get many responses, perhaps I am not doing it right. I have used the podcast, and like it (I am actually reading from The gospel of John in ten minute segments) I have uploaded photos, and have commented on other writers posts. I appreciate what I have seen so far, and I thank you for your efforts! Bless your heart!
Amazing stuff! Will there be a time in the future when alternative payment providers (for example via Zapier) can be used instead of Stripe? For some Europe-based folks above the VAT threshold it's a bureaucratic tax nightmare to work with Stripe, as they don't automatically transfer VAT, as payment services like CopeCart, Steady or DigiStore24 do. And many writer are probably oblivious to the tax rules that apply. That's why I have to use Ghost for paid subscriptions, where I can integrate Steady, but it would be awesome to have this option here.
I find that on the sophisticated end, you have many offerings which I’m not ready for yet. But i find at the basic level the program is incredibly opaque. I’ve spent hours trying to post on the app (which would seem to me to be a most basic thing that one could want to do there) until i finally concluded that it just can’t do that. I spent a few hours on my iPad this morning attempting to create a post. I’m prompted to add and edit a title and sub header but there is no obvious way to post the actual content. I finally finessed it by adding a photo and then injecting the substance below the picture without any guidance indicating where it might be added on that page at all. Then you have to play around moving the page around until a “continue” prompt finally appears but it does not make itself apparent. Having continued I go to the publish page which is a dead end. There are all sorts of options but no prompt to “publish” appears. I went back and forth trying to fudge it and finally the prompt appeared but I really don’t know why just then. I’m sure you will want to get back to me with instructions as to how dense it is not to just “know” these steps but I’m reporting my honest “comment” as a new user...
Thanks as always to the dev team for rolling these new tools out!
I was under the impression I would be getting an online version of the paper I enjoyed, but I am getting wholesale emails for other things, including your invitations to write and to make other subscriptions. At this point in my life, I don't want all these additional emails. Please discontinue me.
Unsubscribe from each email that you don't want.
When I copy link to share, it isn’t’live’
Thank you for providing and improving on the platform for writers! - would it be possible to have more opportunities for new writers to make their work known?
Just received a useable shareable image from a volunteer paid subscriber. It's the first 'testimonial' image I'd received-- I only have 3 paid subscribers ;)
That's a pretty cool feature. Appreciating the continued improvements and add-ons. I'm often recommending Substack to others who are inquiring. Keep it going.
Does anyone know if there's a time limit for the shareable voiceover video?
I want from substack a written explanation for their justification to access each of our business back account's passwords and why they refuse to use independent, highly encrypted money transfer systems to pay all of us their their paid services, without quoting titles of federal laws.
Fantastic idea. Love it.
👍🏽 nice 😊
I'd love it if people shared my Substack more. I've got 38 published but only one other person has shares. Thanks to Joel Miller.
So, firstly, congratulations and thanks on reviving blogging - in a more friendly form!
Couple of points, both somewhat unrelated to the current updated above - but *very* related to the tools for writing/reading:
1. Everytime I open up a new post /substack to read - can I not be hit with the "Subscribe" and "Cookies" buttons?
I understand that it is a call to action - and people need them - but do we really need to be hit with that first up? Isn't Substack more for Intentional subscription and a more reader & writer friendly user experience?
2. Whenevr I as a writer, log-in to my substack, I have to "dig" to actually find where the writing button is - is there something I am really missing here? Or is the option really only hidden under the Writer Dashboard? (It would be lovely if I could just get on with the writing when I open the website!)
Would it be possible to have a 'digester' landing page? Something where you can see the latest posts of people you subscribed to combined?
Stripe does not service writers from Sri Lanka. Can you enable the use of Payoneer, or other means that enables Sri Lanka-based writers to have paid subscriptions?
Just utterly fabulous stuff here!
That,s a great idea!
Jó napot Nekem nagyon jó minden.
I AM NOT A WRITER - JUST COMMENTED IN THE WRONG PLACE! AS PREVIOUSLY ADVISED. Please attend to this matter!
Gay S.🌸
This is excellent! Particularly think the local currency pricing is a great new feature.
Great news! Thanks for breaking it all down, and for continuing to work on improving the reader and writer experience, Substack team :)
These all sound great! I would love a recent activity feature. Sometimes I go down a rabbit hole- it would be good to know how I got there. I don’t know like bread crumbs? I have found people’s work that I liked but didn’t save and wanted to come back to it but I can’t.
See your search history. Use the star "favorites" icon to revisit a site.
Xawarah cimilad
Bravo!! Just amazing 👏👏👏
Somehow the Substack company decided to include the following message at the end of one of my posts:
Loss for Words is free today. But if you enjoyed this post, you can tell Loss for Words that their writing is valuable by pledging a future subscription. You won't be charged unless they enable payments.
I feel this sentiment detracts from my minimalist blog and I would like to have this message removed from my future posts. Yes, I know Substack depends on the subscription model, but my understanding is that paid subscriptions would 'float' free subscriptions such as mine and attract readers, those with spondulix and those without.
Thanks for your forbearance.
Jimmie Froehlich / Loss for Words
Cool stuff!
Everything is Amazing....of wait, that's Mike Sowden's line. Truly, I almost need to take a week off from writing just to absorb and try out all of these new products. Substack...you rock!
Love the new updates! I’m wondering, why are some posts listenable and some are not on the app? Still trying to figure out how to enable the play button on my posts.
I got 4 notifications last month saying i had a new subscriber... but your analytics only showed one.. do i have to send you screenshots??? 24 plus 4 equals 28 not 25... wtf?
"Audio transcription tools. Our new transcription tools use cutting-edge AI to automatically generate podcast transcripts and create social sharing assets."
Yea right. I tried it once. Half of the text ended up in Swedish when I did not even talked Swedish.... 😑 So better look that up.
I don’t understand what I have to do to get replies from what I write
I am not a writer. I joined for Dr. Mercola. why do I get so many of these e mails
The video share is mindblowing! A huge time saver 👏 It opens up creative combinations as well.
I get more reasons to stick to Substack and grow 🌱
I'd like to see Venmo as a payment option.
Do the world a favor do what you do best go back to sleep
Thanks guys!
Any chance we can get an organization option for posts by views? I'd love to organize my posts by most viewed for my own edification rather than having to eyeball it by looking through all the lists.
Seems like an easy add, just put it as an option with the "Newest, Oldest, Recently Edited, or Relevant" list!
But maybe I'm missing an already existing function!
Have you tried "tags"? https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/15325400348948-How-do-I-add-tags-to-Substack-posts-
I do not understand Substack. Now subscriptions are being transferred to "Substack" and that also bothers me. How to I find out about this? Is there a human who will talk to me to explain it all.
Whose subscriptions are being transferred to Substack, from where, by whom? Why does that bother you?
The tools and layout improvements have been substantial and appreciated. Here are a few things I would love to see added.
1. The ability to see which articles we have lost readers over. The specific article or perhaps a reading history.
2. Additional article template options. All of our articles look the same.
3. More typographical control. For instance, superscripts and subscripts mess up leading. Also, the ability to change font sizes point by point, rather than being limited to preset choices. Better leading control. Subheads should have more space after a paragraph and less before the next one. Maybe these fine points still aren't available in web coding?
The big one is trying to identify the reasons for a subscription drop. Thanks.
Substack debe trabajar con más pasarelas de pago. Stripe no quiere trabajar con los latinos.
Estoy muy agradecido.
En otro orden, vivo en República Domnicana. ¿Cuando podremos monetizar Substack, sino tenemos stripe en este país?
I'm NOT interested in using Substack for myself. (It just seems to be the platform for many of the people I follow have chosen to use.)
What would be the best way for to handle this so that I don't get any more direct emails form Substack?
Should I cancel my personal account? What would you recommend?
Thanks so much for any assistance/recommendations you can give me with this.
M. Child
Hi Margaret! You can simply unsubscribe from this publication (which is called "On Substack"). Here's more information: https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/4474826883732-How-do-I-unsubscribe-from-a-publication-on-the-Substack-iOS-app-#:~:text=To%20unsubscribe%20from%20a%20free,screen%20and%20select%20%22Unsubscribe%22.
I need help. How can I chat with someone??
Under the three stripes in the right-hand corner is the menu with chat.
Awesome - seeing lots of great changes happening very quickly. The updated shareable assets are particularly helpful. Cheers!
Yes I do love substack wish I had more time to check into this Pat
I'm not sure how to access this feature
Is there an option or vehicle to hold a vote? I have written a bock I plan on promoting heavily here but wonder if I can engage my subscribers to vote for the cover, among other choices? Thank you!
Hi Paul. We have polls. Does that work? https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/7584884241684-How-do-I-add-a-poll-to-a-Substack-post-
All interesting stuff.
Just curious, are you going to address the Canadian government’s now requiring platforms operating in the country that allows for podcasts registering with the government?
I’ve been digging into the analytics tools and gained some insight on how a sizable percentage of my audience is me reading my own posts.
Thank you!
I signed up by mistake and have unsubscribed. Do not charge me. Carolyn Pater
Great news. Especially love easy links to social media. Thx!
Love the new stats. Needed those badly.
Thank you!
I keep looking at Substack. Unfortunately, I do not have cell phone access in my area. I work from a pc. Substack doesn't seem to be geared toward access with a pc. Any pointers?
What is the difference, in your opinion?
Love all of these new tools and can't wait to try out the shareable video and other assets. I'm just going into my 6th month here and feeling right at home in this wonderful place of like minded writers and artists! Thank you Substack!
Yes love to do a writing class
I love the sharable assets.
Neat, crisp and lovely designs, ready to be shared.
Request you increase the support for markdown format. To make it easy to copy from markdown including math equations, etc. This will be super useful for writing tech content amd build tech audience.
Great writing can interest almost anyone. In fact, a new twist on an already- explored topic can grab the attention of readers who have known your work for years. Creativity is key. Let your words create a little magic for your readers. You will be glad that you did!
Very excited to check it out! Grateful for Substack—seriously.
I love this! I might be missing it, but how can you see all-time reads for your whole Substack?
Would it be possible to have a pricing structure for individual articles? Many subscribers might be willing to pay for a single article if they didn't have to buy a recurring subscription. This has been suggested before but it deserves mentioning.
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ROCKSTARS THANK YOU!
how about adding basic word processing features, like fonts...
Some nice stuff there. Not all of use to me, but I'm sure it is to others, thanks. As an aside, does anyone else have an issue with custom colours in the theme? I paste in a colour but there's no button to accept it, and enter does nothing. So my only option is using the inbuilt colours.
I’ve noticed sometime buttons and elements don’t load--or they will disappear if I am editing the same page for a while--so I have to refresh the page and then after that those elements load again. I have custom colors in my pub but I do remember having a little trouble with the save, and then a time delay between saving and the custom colors showing up in the browser. Good luck!
Thanks, I'll give it another go!
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Super new developments, I can hardly keep up! Thanks for all the hard work. Go team Substack!
May I please ask a question here? I’m getting push notifications from the comments from a big substacker’s zoom session. How can I disable this? Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask.
Your question is unclear. You were watching a Zoom presentation. Then what?
Substack push notifications that were comments for another account.
What do Substack's notifications say?
I did not watch the zoom. The other comments were about a zoom others watched. Somehow, I got push notifications from every single one of the comments.
Nice project
Best of improvements!
Fam, which update are you the most hyped about?
Thank you Substack ❤️
Awesome!
Guys what happened to my podcast layout? There was no communication regarding the changed you made to the podcast articles. I have to go through each and every single article, change the header image, add an image to the podcast player and so on... plus I don't really like the 2 column layout. I am getting it that you want to add more recommendations to the podcast pages but couldn't you do it in any other way?
Absolutely, your observation about the solitary nature of writing and the importance of connecting with fellow writers resonates deeply. Writing indeed tends to be a solitary pursuit, and it's in these moments of isolation that platforms like Substack prove invaluable. The opportunity to connect and collaborate with other writers is not just a feature; it's a lifeline for many in the independent writing community.https://getprosport.com/importance-of-arch-support-in-pickleball-shoes/
Instead of forcing people to subscribe on a monthly or yearly basis, I'd like the option of paying for each postings, and I'd be OK if readers paid for individual posts of mine as well. Or you might implement a paywall like those used by other media https://slopegame.net sources, where subscribers are granted a discount if they read a certain number of articles each month for free.
Am new to substack and am already liking it here!
I have just started migrating away from Medium-dot-com. Better tools, better analytics, better participation tools. I think I will stay awhile.
Unfortunately very dissapointed with the changes made to the generated shareable assets. First, it's no longer possible to preview them ahead of publishing an article - the preview page only gives blank images and does not incorporate the header image and subtitle text until AFTER the post is published. Then, when they do generate, they look much worse than they used to. Despite having the same amount of space (even increasing in the vertical story format), the subtitle text gets cut extremely short for some reason. I used to be able to fit entire subtitles into the images but it now only includes the first few words, leaving a lot of empty space and not allowing enough information to be shown to readers. The assets also use a set font that is frustrating, as they used to use the font chosen in my settings which allows them to be cohesive with the rest of the publication's writing. I'm unsure if some these are bugs or what, but as someone who heavily leverages the assets to provide collections of articles in monthly releases, it's a major downgrade for my publication.
Hi! Sometimes some of the shareable images contain quotes from the post. How are those quotes picked? Do writers have control over that?
Gracias. Mientras tanto, ponte un patreon, para que te colaboren tus seguidores. Dale un contenido extra. Así podrás ir monetizando. Substack está obligado a resolver eso rápido, porque ellos dependen de nosotros.
From Daniel's MyCMMNews Substack. I have a question about why paid services must have assess to our encrypted business bank account password that could threaten all of our business bank accounts from fraudulent theft. None of us have a written bi-directional partnership contract with Substack for sharing taxable business income data, personal or employee income data for access to our private business bank accounts these records provides. All of us are independent writers using substack's platform but none of us are owned by substack, nor are we divisions of substack where all of us individually, including all private and public corporations, in all forms, possess constitutional rights of private property ownership that includes virtually all of our business banking accounts records. There are other internet money transfer services that do not demand access to our business bank account passwords, substack can use through their paid services that are far more secure than giving substack our private bank account passwords, which My CMM News LLC., refuses to do.
Amazing the work that is writer focused
Let’s Go! Super hyped to see the community share their thoughts! 🩵☝🏻
High School students planning to go to college should know that they will face reading lists of nonfiction books and be asked to write research papers. The vast majority of American public high school students are not asked to read a single complete nonfiction book or to write a term paper before graduation. But they suspect that the safe spaces of fiction readings and personal writing will not prepare them well enough for college. In many cases their teachers have neither the inclination nor the time to help them with History research papers, and while some students, such as many of those published in The Concord Review since 1987, have set up Independent Study programs which let them write such papers [now averaging 9,000 words], others may want to make use of the services we offer to serious diligent secondary students of History at tcr.org:
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Pardon my ignorance...what is a “Wendy’s?”
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Great changes guys!
I have one more request:
Can we have a central place in the Stats where we can see the performance of the Notes we place?
And I sometimes put a link to my pages in a Note, can we see how many people click my link in my notes? And which notes those are? So that we can analyse which combination of Notes and Articles 'perform well' and which don't?
Like I said: great additions.
I have a question about the Stats pages:
When looking at Stats-Traffic, I have roughly 3 times as many views than when I look in my Posts list (and add the Views for each Post).
I would like to know why that is ...
I really like the additions you made to the Statistics pages.
However, I would like more. For instance:
- I would like to see how each Post did in 'its first 2 weeks since publication'. and sort by number of views.
- I would like to see How well certain tags that I gave with the story performed. like 'Views with tag 'Science' were more successful that 'humor'
- I would like to see if certain dates were better than others (weekdays or month days.
I've tried this over and over. Every time, I choose the text, do the recording, choose it, and then when I try to download, everything disappears and the process starts over. The recordings seems to have vanished. What am I doing wrong?
I need help.How can I chat with someone??
Could you add BluSky to the share page for Social Media options?
Hi team, is there a page for product requests to be upvoted? If not, I'll comment below. Is it possible for the audio embed to be draggable so I can place my recording below a paywall rather than at the top as default? Appreciate I can do this via upload but nice to do it all on platform.
I'm also having issues embedding Spotify playlists - get an error message. I've tried restarting and upgrading to the latest app version but it's still not working. Any tips to resolve that? Someone else on Notes is having the same issue. I'm using a Mac Air laptop. Cheers, Nika
Need to have a Bluesky share button for publishing our essays. X doesn't want anything related to substack.
Please consider adding BlueBird to the places where we can share our work. It’s up against X, but due to Musk it might be taking off and becoming a recognized place to share ideas. Thanks.
I avoid Substack...I've seen something posted on X with a link to substack and I dont' know what to do from there. Let me suggest that you advertise a bit...tell people what substack is (I just logged in and looked over your latest "how to" use and it doesn't tell me anything I need right now. I need to know, as an outsider, how to use...how to peruse, search, find and THEN how does it work? Do I pay for every article I read? Is it like a newspaper where I can subscribe and read everything or at least read a number of postings? WE ON THE OUTSIDE DON'T KNOW WHAT SUBSTACK IS and we sure as all get outs don't know how to use it!
Thanks for all that info. Much appreciated. Since I'm ramping up my site, these features will be helpful.
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Hi there. I removed your comment from here because I think it was directed towards another audience, and you disclosed some personal information that should be kept private!
Hi there. I removed your comment from here because I think it was directed towards another audience, and you disclosed some personal information that should be kept private!
What do you mean by getting past?