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Leon Lin
Leon Lin

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Newsletters for everyone and everything

Newsletters for everyone and everything

Substack grew from 11,000 paying subscribers in 2018 to 50,000 currently, showing rapid growth in newsletter subscriptions.

  • The dominance of Google and Facebook in digital advertising has made traditional ad-based models less effective for content producers, pushing them toward subscriptions.
  • Newsletters enable direct relationships between creators and audiences, avoiding intermediation by platforms and creating more intimate reader connections.
  • Successful newsletter monetization often depends on focusing content on specific niches where audiences are willing to pay for specialized expertise.

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