Substack
A paid subscription newsletter platform for independent creators, enabling authors to send content directly to subscribers via email and to monetize their work through subscription fees.
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Willison's Codex agent autonomously found the pagination method of Substack's undocumented API and cited a technical article written by Karen Spinner.
An undocumented Substack API is /api/v1/archive, used to paginate through a publication's historical posts by time.
Simon Willison launched a Newsletters page for his blog, bringing together an index of the free Substack weekly newsletter and the sponsors-only monthly newsletter.
Mainstream media and blogging platforms such as WordPress, Substack, and Medium natively support RSS
Security blogger Security Bit has launched a serialized MCP security series on Substack, with three articles published so far and plans for continued updates.
Beehiiv is a newsletter creation platform that has attracted creators as an alternative to Substack.
Substack takes a fixed percentage of creators' revenue, typically 10%.
Beehiiv was founded in 2021 by former Substack employees.
Platforms such as Substack, The Browser, and Wirecutter use human curation as a selling point, centering their value proposition on trustworthy human filtering.
The platform evolution of content aggregation platforms typically goes through three stages: accumulating audience trust, toolizing content production capabilities, and building collaborative networks and commercial ecosystems.
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Substack在2020-2021年迎来爆发式增长，与新冠疫情期间传统媒体大规模裁员和创作者经济概念兴起密切相关
80%UnverifiedSubstack平台上的付费订阅者总数一度突破数百万
65%UnverifiedSubstack was founded in 2017 by Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and Jairaj Sethi
60%UnverifiedWillison's Codex agent autonomously found the pagination method of Substack's undocumented API and cited a technical article written by Karen Spinner.
50%UnverifiedAn undocumented Substack API is /api/v1/archive, used to paginate through a publication's historical posts by time.
50%UnverifiedMainstream media and blogging platforms such as WordPress, Substack, and Medium natively support RSS
50%UnverifiedSecurity blogger Security Bit has launched a serialized MCP security series on Substack, with three articles published so far and plans for continued updates.
50%UnverifiedSubstack takes a fixed percentage of creators' revenue, typically 10%.
50%UnverifiedBeehiiv is a newsletter creation platform that has attracted creators as an alternative to Substack.
50%UnverifiedBeehiiv was founded in 2021 by former Substack employees.
50%UnverifiedPlatforms such as Substack, The Browser, and Wirecutter use human curation as a selling point, centering their value proposition on trustworthy human filtering.
50%UnverifiedThe platform evolution of content aggregation platforms typically goes through three stages: accumulating audience trust, toolizing content production capabilities, and building collaborative networks and commercial ecosystems.
50%UnverifiedSubstack is known for its extremely low barrier to entry and built-in traffic distribution, but content and subscriber lists are deeply tied to the platform.
50%UnverifiedZeteo News is an independent news subscription platform founded by Hassan in 2024, operating primarily within the Substack ecosystem and using a paid membership model rather than an advertising-driven business model.
50%UnverifiedThe "public newsletter" model has become increasingly common since the rise of platforms such as Substack.
50%UnverifiedOpyt is an open-source tool that aggregates a user's followed X bookmarks, Substack subscriptions, personal blogs, GitHub repositories, and arXiv papers into a structured personal knowledge base.
50%UnverifiedPlatforms including Patreon, Substack, YouTube, and TikTok have successively launched or upgraded creator monetization tools.
50%UnverifiedSubstack is known for its very low barrier to entry and built-in paid subscription mechanism, while Ghost caters to creators who value brand autonomy and supports self-hosting
50%UnverifiedThe supporting link cited in Portainer's announcement points to a Substack blog rather than an authoritative technical analysis or an official Docker statement.
50%UnverifiedRSS to Kindle is a tool that automatically organizes RSS feeds, blog posts, and Substack content into e-books daily and pushes them to Kindle devices.
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