Timeline of Substack

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This is a timeline of Substack, a United States online platform that provides users with tools to publish paid (or free) subscription newsletters.

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2020 Substack grows in prominence as several well-known opinion journalists abandon their longtime employers to start their own subscriptions on the platform.[1]

Full timeline

Year Month and date Event type Details
2017 May Initial launch Substack is launched by Chris Best, Jairaj Sethi, and Hamish McKenzie[2] with the mission to make it simple to start publications that make money from subscriptions.[3]
2018 May 1 Funding Substack raises US$2 million in seed funding.[4]
2019 February Service Substack launches audio content support for creators who want to sell podcast subscriptions to their audience.[5]
2020 December 28 Review Anna Wiener at the The New Yorker writes that while "Substack has advertised itself as a friendly home for journalism, [...] few of its newsletters publish original reporting; the majority offer personal writing, opinion pieces, research, and analysis."[6]
2021 March 16 Competition Facebook announces it has plans to launch its paid newsletter product “in the coming months.”[7]
2021 March 17 Substack publishes a statement titled Substack is for independent writers.[8]
2021 March 24 Review Eric Levitz publishes article titled Substack Is a Scam in the Same Way That All Media Is.[1]
2021 May 30 Funding Substack confirms US$65 million raise in new venture capital funding that values the company at around US$650 million. Andreessen Horowitz leads the investor round.[9][10]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Levitz, Eric (24 March 2021). "Substack Is a Scam in the Same Way That All Media Is". Intelligencer. 
  2. "Substack History: An Overview of Substack". Blogging Guide. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021. 
  3. "Chris Best". linkedin.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021. 
  4. Kokalitcheva, Kia. "Substack raises $2 million to prove newsletters can help media". Axios. Retrieved 26 September 2021. 
  5. Botticello, Casey (21 June 2021). "What is Substack?". Substack Writing. 
  6. Nast, Condé (21 December 2020). "Is Substack the Media Future We Want?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 26 September 2021. 
  7. "Supporting Independent Voices". Supporting Independent Voices | Facebook Media. Retrieved 26 September 2021. 
  8. Jairaj, Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and (17 March 2021). "Substack is for independent writers". Substack. Retrieved 26 September 2021. 
  9. Primack, Kia Kokalitcheva,Dan. "Substack raising $65 million in venture capital amid newsletter boom". Axios. Retrieved 26 September 2021. 
  10. "Substack confirms $65M raise, promises to 'rapidly' expand its financial backing of newly independent writers". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 September 2021.