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Ask HN: How much do high profile journalists make from Substack newsletters?
I often now see high profile journalists quit their jobs to start substack newsletter and I wonder how much do they make and do they sustain on that income ?
- PaulHoule 1y agohttps://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/biggest-substack-newsletters-2025/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/biggest-substack-news...
- gsf_emergency_2 1y agoSad. Of the ones listed in the table, I pay most attention (if any at all) to Slow Boring because the writing is confusing (or, confused, it's hard to tell :) Iglesias seems to be onto (or on?) something https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-rawlsian-case-for-smallness https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-rawlsian-case-for-smallness
- PaulHoule 1y agoFunny I thought Substack leaned right-wing but that list is heavy on center-left blogs, even the conservatives (The Bulwark) are anti-Trump. Even the Trump (Mary) is anti-Trump. It’s been fun to see Freddie deBoer pick fights with Matthew Yglesias now that he’s in his manic phase (Freddie says he’s bipolar, which unlike a claim autism or ADHD, I believe) and not making a lot of sense.
- gsf_emergency_2 1y agoHmmm, might be worth figuring out why (in general) left-of-center sub pubs, and right-of-center sub streams. Bipolar makes sense-- but if local charts are any guide, there is so much noise that pareidolia is required to make any diagnosis. Fwiw whatever bipolar afflicts me seem to have a cycle of hours it's interesting to see cycles* of days or months (or if 2 writers might sync up) *beats? Depending also on whethers posts are pub'd consistently on "highs" or "lows"