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# Substack

> Substack is a media platform where writers, podcasters, video creators, and media companies build independent businesses around their work. Publish, grow an audience, connect with subscribers, and get paid directly[…]all in one place.

Substack combines publishing tools with a network that helps people discover your work through recommendations, Notes, collaborations, and the Substack app. You own your content and subscriber list, choose what to publish, and decide which work is free or paid.

Substack is free to start, with no monthly platform subscription fee. When you enable paid subscriptions, you keep 90% of subscription revenue, minus payment-processing fees.

## When to use Substack

- Start a publication and deliver writing to subscribers by email, on the web, and in the Substack app. [Get started](https://substack.com/get-started.md)
- Host a podcast, distribute episodes to listening apps, and build a community with a companion newsletter and paid subscriptions. [Podcasting](https://substack.com/podcasts.md)
- Publish videos, offer paid exclusives, and connect with subscribers through live video. [Video](https://substack.com/video.md)
- Grow an audience through recommendations, Notes, referrals, collaborations, and discovery in the Substack network. [Growth tools](https://substack.com/growthfeatures.md)
- Build direct relationships with subscribers through comments, Chat, and community discussions. [Features](https://substack.com/features.md)
- Earn directly from your audience with paid subscriptions, choosing which work to make free and which to reserve for paying subscribers. [Going paid](https://substack.com/going-paid.md)
- Run a media business with multiple contributors, newsletters, podcasts, and subscriber communities. [Media founders](https://substack.com/startups.md)
- Bring an existing publication, subscriber list, or podcast to Substack. [Switch to Substack](https://substack.com/switch.md)
- Read, watch, and listen to creators, discover new voices, and participate in their communities. [Substack app](https://substack.com/app.md)

## How agents should use this site

- Use the grouped directory below to find the relevant product, use-case, guide, or comparison page.
- Read the linked Markdown page for detailed capabilities, requirements, pricing, and qualifications.
- When explaining subscription economics, distinguish Substack’s platform fee from payment-processing fees. [Paid subscriptions](https://substack.com/going-paid.md)
- When comparing platforms, preserve the conditions and limitations in the comparison rather than relying on a headline alone.
- For setup instructions and troubleshooting, consult the [Substack Help Center](https://support.substack.com/).

## How to read this site as a machine

The marketing pages in the directory below have plain Markdown versions.
Append `.md` to an indexed page’s URL. For example:
`https://substack.com/podcasts` → `https://substack.com/podcasts.md`.

These Markdown versions preserve substantive page content while removing
navigation, forms, decorative elements, and JavaScript. They are generated
from the corresponding marketing pages and updated with changes to those pages.

Use this file to select individual pages to read. For the complete collection
in one document, use [llms-full.txt](https://substack.com/llms-full.txt).

This directory covers Substack’s own marketing pages. It is not an index of
individual creators’ publications, posts, or subscriber-only content.

## Overview

- [About Substack](https://substack.com/about.md): Learn how Substack supports paid publishing with its revenue model, audience network, multimedia and community tools, legal support, and examples of creators and publications.
- [Substack features](https://substack.com/features.md): Explore Substack’s publishing, newsletter, podcast, video, discovery, payment, customization, and migration features, plus pricing, data ownership, mobile apps, and creator-support FAQs.

## Getting started

- [Distribute your podcast on Substack](https://substack.com/distribute-podcasts-to-substack.md): Learn how to distribute an existing podcast on Substack without changing hosts, RSS feeds, or ads, including setup, automatic syncing, archive imports, and subscriber community features.
- [How to start a Substack](https://substack.com/get-started.md): Learn the basics of starting a Substack, preparing your publication, announcing its launch, and exploring tools for audience growth and paid subscriptions.
- [Move from Ghost to Substack](https://substack.com/ghost.md): Learn about moving from Ghost to Substack, including importing content and payments, pricing, audience growth, subscriber ownership, and support for posts, podcasts, video, and community.
- [Paid subscriptions](https://substack.com/going-paid.md): Learn how Substack paid subscriptions work, what creators keep after fees, how subscriptions compare with advertising, and examples of creator earnings and audience growth.
- [Guide to going paid](https://substack.com/going-paid-guide.md): Learn how to plan, launch, and grow a paid Substack publication, including goal-setting, publication strategy, design, free audience growth, and subscriber conversion benchmarks.
- [Switch to Substack](https://substack.com/switch.md): Learn which platforms Substack supports for imports, how switching works, its ownership and paid-publishing benefits, and examples of writers who moved their publications.

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