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My Newsletter: Growth, Fun, Slow & Steady

Nick Taylor on December 15, 2025

Beehiiv just dropped their 2025 rewind stats for my newsletter, One Tip a Week, and honestly, I’m pretty happy with the numbers. It’s been a year o...
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Fyodor • Edited

Cool stats Nick 🔥 Good luck with the awesome newsletter in 2026 💪

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Nick Taylor

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Tsab Pooni

Congrats on the steady growth! 🎉 I love the “one tip a week” approach-it keeps things focused and digestible. Your engagement rates are impressive too, especially for a niche dev newsletter. Looking forward to seeing how you keep building it in 2026!

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Nick Taylor

Thanks Tsab!

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rokoss21

This is a good example of compounding done right.

Clear scope, sustainable cadence, and a backlog that removes weekly pressure — that’s a system designed to last, not to spike. The numbers reflect that: steady growth, strong engagement, low burnout risk.

Most newsletters fail not because of content quality, but because the process doesn’t scale for the author. You solved that first, and the rest followed naturally.

Consistency beats intensity — especially over a year.

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Nick Taylor

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Phreaker

Already subscribed
Suggestion.... add a confirm subscription link, avoid spam/abuse.

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Nick Taylor

I just assumed beehiiv.com had that built in. Maybe it’s a setting. Thanks for the feedback!

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Nick Taylor

Found it.

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Phreaker

Nice!
Lesson learned? First test and test and test and test again after that is ready to production 👍😀

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