Creators take their videos to Notes

Substack’s social feed is coming to life with sound and motion

Last week, we launched the ability to share native videos to Substack Notes, and we’ve been enjoying seeing the feed flooded with creative ways of using the new format.

Today, we are featuring a few native video examples from creators, illustrators, journalists, stylists, and more. Whether it’s the sound of frogs in Porto or birds in Orkney, a late-night piano serenade or an intimate poetry reading, these videos offer new, surprising ways to connect with each other on Substack. We hope they offer some inspiration and entertainment. There’s so much more to come.

Fashion writer

Viv Chen

starts an “outfit of the day” series:

Culture and music writer

Ted Gioia

performs for subscribers on his 1925 Steinway:

Emily Charlotte Powell

joins Carlos Greaves, Bill Bishop, in sharing an adorable video of her pet:

Leslie Stephens

takes a break:

Writing coach

Tom Kuegler

encourages his subscribers to experiment more:

Tom Cox

takes subscribers on a walk in the English countryside:

Steinbergdrawscartoons

offers a live comic:

Professor

Brian Klaas

shares his view from England’s Lake District:

Samantha Clark

treats subscribers to birdsong in Orkney, Scotland:

Laurie Stone

takes readers on a walk-and-talk around New York:

Simon K Jones

helps us hear Portugal’s croak:

Tuğba Avci

takes us to Ancient Greece:

Co-founder and CTO of Substack

Jairaj Sethi

posts mesmerizing landscapes:

While CEO,

Chris Best

, runs a video AMA in Notes: 

Maya C. Popa

reads a poem:

Samantha Dion Baker

flips through old notebooks:

And

Jo Thompson

takes us into her tulip garden:

What videos have you seen on Notes and loved? Share your favorites in the comments.

How to add a video to a note

• Open the Substack home feed on mobile or desktop

• Select the video icon

• Tap the video from your camera roll, or select files on desktop, or you can open your camera to record a video directly on mobile

Note: There is a five-minute upload limit, and you can upload only one video per note.

Learn more: Add GIFs or video to a Substack note