Substack
Subscription publishing platform where creators run newsletters and chat communities and get paid by readers.
About
Substack is a subscription publishing platform for writers, podcasters, and video creators. Writers keep 90% of revenue minus card fees, and the company says its business model only earns when creators do.
Mission as stated by the company: "Build a new economic engine for culture, empowering writers, creators, and publishers to own their work, own their audience, and earn directly from their ideas."
Co-founded by Chris Best (CEO), Jairaj Sethi (CTO), and Hamish McKenzie (CWO). HQ in San Francisco with a New York office, and a team of 100+ across the US, Canada, and the UK. The platform reports 5 million+ paid subscriptions, with 30%+ of those coming from within Substack's own network.