📣 I analyzed 75K Substack Newsletters!

'Substack Landscape Report' is ready and free to read. Discover unique insights about paid subscription, active newsletters, publishing frequencies, subscriber numbers, Substack Notes and many more..

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Hey everyone,

I’m thrilled to announce that “2024 Understanding The Substack Landscape Report” is ready and free to read!

This one-of-a-kind report provides valuable insights derived from an analysis of 75K Substack newsletters.

With this report, we aim to:

• Provide a clearer picture of the Substack landscape

• Explore newsletter operators’ behaviors

• Identify opportunities within the newsletter market

What you will explore in our report

• Number of active & inactive newsletters

• Number of new launches

• Subscriber ranges comparing paid, free and active newsletters

• Preference of publishing frequency comparing paid, free and active newsletters

• Average paid subscription prices across subscriber ranges

• Number of creators behind newsletters

• Usage of Substack Notes

• Usage of Substack Recommendations feature

• Most preferred social media channels by newsletter topics

I hope you find this report useful and that it sparks new ideas and opportunities for you.

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A Few Key Highlights from The Substack Landscape Report

Language Preference

87.2% of the newsletters are in English, which is the biggest group.

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Publishing Frequency

Monthly publishing is the most preferred frequency (24%) followed by weekly newsletters (21%)

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Paid Subscription

36% of the newsletters offer a paid plan, which makes up 27K newsletters.

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Active Newsletters

There are 41K active and 34K inactive newsletters.

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Average Paid Subscription Prices

Among 20K active newsletters that offer paid subscription, the average subscription prices are:

• Avg. Monthly Price: $10

• Avg. Yearly Price: $96

• Avg. Founding Price: $310

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Top 3 Newsletter Groups

When we look at subscriber range and publishing frequency together among, the top three largest groups:

• 1K-2.5K subscribers & weekly (15.1%)

• 1K-2.5K subscribers & multiple times a week (10.5%) 

• 1K-2.5K subscribers & monthly (9.8%)

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Substack Notes

56% of all newsletters shared at least one post on Substack Notes.

These are just the tip of the iceberg. Read the full report now to uncover all the insights.

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