People pay other people to read their Substack? š³
I'm shook to the core...
Itās 9pm, and Iām currently lying in bed, somehow scrolling through Substack Notes, you know, that quiet little corner of the internet that looks like Twitter but behaves like itās on medication. Then, out of nowhere, I stumble upon this post.
Some guy was boasting about how much heās earning from his Substack.
He dropped the numbers casually, like, āOh yeah, I just hit $X from paid subscribers this month š.ā
I was confused. Paid subscribers? You meanā¦ people are actually paying other people to read their Substack?
Because I genuinely thought we were all here for the vibes. You know, writing our random thoughts for the fun of it, sprinkling memes for flavor, and pretending itās deep. I didnāt realise there were people out here cashing out from their essays about āslow living in fast timesā or āhow breadmaking cured my dogās depressionā.
So wait firstā¦ if I go broke today, all I need to do is make this Substack paid? Just slap a $5/month tag on my thoughts, call it āexclusive contentā, and Iām instantly rich?
Letās say I get 1000 people to subscribeā¦ No, thatās too ambitious, okay, 500 peopleā¦ Still unrealistic, maybe 100?
Okay, if I can get two people to subscribe, thatās like $10 free money? Not bad for just murmuring into the void.
But seriously, I digress.
This whole discovery just confirms thereās money everywhere. Even in things that look completely unserious, like a newsletter about your golden retriever dog named Biscuit and his emotional journey through castration. Someone on this substack is making a living off it.
