r/Substack is a subreddit with 61k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses substack, struggling, annoying, hate, and tired.
A place to discuss Substack, the newsletters, and the platform. (No self-promotion)
Popular Themes in r/Substack
#1
Advice Requests
: "wanted some advice"
9 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "need someone to talk me through setting up Substack and domain forwarding"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Using Stripe on Substack is giving me a huge headache"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Substack
#1
Substack
22 posts
#2
Struggling
13 posts
#3
Annoying
5 posts
#4
Hate
4 posts
#5
Tired
3 posts
#6
Newsletter
3 posts
#7
Struggling With
2 posts
#8
Writing
2 posts
#9
Spam
1 post
#10
Promotion
1 post
Flair Used in r/Substack
#1
Discussion
: "Starting a Substack from zero, what do you wish you’d known in your first 6 months?"
19 posts
#2
Tech Support
: "Has anyone successfully recovered a banned Substack account? I need your advice."
3 posts
#3
Feature Suggestion
: "A platform to contact Substack publishers?"
1 post
#4
Other Platforms
: "is it acc good??"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Substack
Yearly
+25k members(68.6%)
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Last updated: October 29, 2026