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Substack
Substack is an American online platform that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure to support subscription-based content, including newsletters, podcasts, and video. It allows writers to send digital content directly to subscribers. Founded in 2017, Substack is headquartered in San Francisco.
Substack was founded in 2017 by Chris Best, the co-founder of Kik Messenger; Jairaj Sethi, a head of platform and principal developer at Kik Messenger; and Hamish McKenzie, a former PandoDaily tech reporter. Best and McKenzie have said Ben Thompson's Stratechery, a subscription-based tech and media newsletter, was a major inspiration for their platform. Best acts as CEO of the company.
In 2019, Substack added support for podcasts and discussion threads among newsletter subscribers.
By November 2021, the platform said it had more than 500,000 paying subscribers, representing over one million subscriptions.
In January 2022, Substack announced that it would begin private beta testing of video functionality on its platform. In November, it launched Substack Chat, where content creators could create private group chats with subscribers. The same year, the company launched the Substack Reader app for iOS, followed by an Android version six months later.
In April 2023, Elon Musk spoke with Substack's leadership about purchasing the platform, but his offer was rejected. The same month, Substack implemented a Notes feature, which allows users to publish and repost short-form content. This microblogging feature has been compared to Twitter, and many outlets considered it a response to changes at Twitter under Musk's ownership. Musk criticized Substack Notes, and Twitter began censoring links to Substack.
In November 2023, Substack introduced new video creating and editing tools, and content creators started launching original shows on the platform.
In April 2024, Substack partnered with Spotify to enable podcasters to distribute episodes on both platforms and added new editing features for podcasts. In June 2024, Substack announced a year-long development initiative for TikTok creators called Creator Studio, and added five-minute video capabilities to the chat function. Video was also added to Notes.
Substack
Substack is an American online platform that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure to support subscription-based content, including newsletters, podcasts, and video. It allows writers to send digital content directly to subscribers. Founded in 2017, Substack is headquartered in San Francisco.
Substack was founded in 2017 by Chris Best, the co-founder of Kik Messenger; Jairaj Sethi, a head of platform and principal developer at Kik Messenger; and Hamish McKenzie, a former PandoDaily tech reporter. Best and McKenzie have said Ben Thompson's Stratechery, a subscription-based tech and media newsletter, was a major inspiration for their platform. Best acts as CEO of the company.
In 2019, Substack added support for podcasts and discussion threads among newsletter subscribers.
By November 2021, the platform said it had more than 500,000 paying subscribers, representing over one million subscriptions.
In January 2022, Substack announced that it would begin private beta testing of video functionality on its platform. In November, it launched Substack Chat, where content creators could create private group chats with subscribers. The same year, the company launched the Substack Reader app for iOS, followed by an Android version six months later.
In April 2023, Elon Musk spoke with Substack's leadership about purchasing the platform, but his offer was rejected. The same month, Substack implemented a Notes feature, which allows users to publish and repost short-form content. This microblogging feature has been compared to Twitter, and many outlets considered it a response to changes at Twitter under Musk's ownership. Musk criticized Substack Notes, and Twitter began censoring links to Substack.
In November 2023, Substack introduced new video creating and editing tools, and content creators started launching original shows on the platform.
In April 2024, Substack partnered with Spotify to enable podcasters to distribute episodes on both platforms and added new editing features for podcasts. In June 2024, Substack announced a year-long development initiative for TikTok creators called Creator Studio, and added five-minute video capabilities to the chat function. Video was also added to Notes.