Substack

Substack

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Substack is a subscription publishing platform for newsletters, memberships, podcasts, and audience-backed writing businesses. It is useful for OSS.Fund because maintainers can turn research, commentary, changelogs, and educational writing into recurring revenue outside sponsorship alone.

Area Revenue
Category Content
Official websitehttps://substack.com/
X@substackinc
OrganizationCorporation
Open source statusClosed source
Platform technologyClosed source publishing platform
Monetization modelPaid newsletters, memberships, and other subscription publishing
Payment methodsStripe, Apple Pay, and local payment methods
Platform feesSubstack charges 10% of paid subscription revenue, with additional Stripe and payment-method fees depending on checkout method.
User activityMore than 100,000 people pay to subscribe to writers across the Substack
Verified on2026-03-06
Checked byOSS.Fund editorial team
Next recheck2026-05-05
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