r/Substack is a subreddit with 58k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses substack, struggling, advice, annoying, and growth.
A place to discuss Substack, the newsletters, and the platform. (No self-promotion)
Popular Themes in r/Substack
#1
Advice Requests
: "Three years flat on Substack, then nearly doubled in 6 months. The 7 Note formats I use"
14 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "What’s the Best AI Detector That Doesn’t Flag Human Writing?"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Is anyone else tired of the "How to make $10k/month on Substack" publications?"
6 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Is substack actually a good way to make money?"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Pangram works, sorry haters"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Substack
#1
Substack
: "30 minutes a day took my Substack from flatlined to 1,600 new subscribers in six months"
103 posts
#2
Struggling
13 posts
#3
Advice
: "Leveraging a collaboration?"
8 posts
#4
Annoying
6 posts
#5
Growth
: "Growth on Substack"
6 posts
#6
Hate
5 posts
#7
Subscribers
: "I grew my Subscribers to 3000 in a very boring niche"
5 posts
#8
Newsletter
5 posts
#9
Tired
3 posts
#10
Ai
: "disgusted by Ai slop"
3 posts
Flair Used in r/Substack
#1
Discussion
: "Where I see Substack going soon, and the reasons why I’ll be deleting my account as one of my 2027 New Year’s resolutions."
44 posts
#2
Tech Support
: ""Connect With Stripe" Option not appearing in Payment section of settings"
15 posts
#3
Feature Suggestion
: "Substack's AI detector is detecting text as 100 percent AI while other platforms show the same as 0 percent AI"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/Substack
Yearly
+24k members(71.7%)
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Last updated: September 18, 2026