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Substack pricing

Hosted newsletter publishing platform with email delivery, subscriber management, paid subscriptions, websites, podcast support, recommendations, and audience analytics.

Region
US
Source currency
USD
Audiences
Individual and Small business

Plans and public prices

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Free publication
Free

Free to publish without paid subscriptions

Flat · per month Standalone · Free
Paid publication
Substack retains 10% of paid subscription revenue, plus card fees

Substack retains 10% of paid subscription revenue, plus card fees

Usage · percentage of subscription revenue Standalone · Usage based

What each plan includes

Feature names follow Substack’s own pricing page. Check the wording before treating features from different vendors as like-for-like.

Free publication

Plan card

Newsletter publishing
Included
Subscriber management
Included
Hosted publication website
Included

Paid publication

Plan card

Writer revenue share

90% before card fees

Included
Paid subscriptions
Included
Audience analytics
Included

How pricing changed

We check this pricing page weekly and record the changes we observe. An older date can simply mean the public page has not changed.

Observed Plans and prices Source wording Source
  • Free publication: Free
  • Paid publication: Substack retains 10% of paid subscription revenue, plus card fees
  • Free to publish without paid subscriptions
  • Substack retains 10% of paid subscription revenue, plus card fees
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