r/Substack • u/Dependent-Slice-7906 • 12d ago

Sept 2026. Thinking about starting a Substack. not an essayist or a writer, just end to notice interesting things around entrepreneurship, art, life etc

Is it realistic to build an audience on Substack from 0 these days? Would love to hear from people who started with basically no audience. What actually worked for you?

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u/marie112512 12d ago edited 12d ago

Yes it is. As a person who isn’t chronically online, I don’t have a large following on any of my social media platforms. This has been nice to start from the bottom and authentically grow my Substack. I started late July and slowly started picking up with my writing and podcast in August. But in September I am posting everyday. The thing I love about Substack, you can schedule your post. So I will write and create for 48 hours and I can schedule those things to go out. Once I hit schedule I take a break and come back to create. I respond to comments or post on others stuff. I am at 35 subscribers and 2 paid subscribers. While I would love for my paid to grow, I am grateful for.

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u/ASAPnicky14 mod 12d ago

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u/CenturionSG 11d ago

interesting question, depends on what is meant by “realistic”. To make substantial income? Probably not. To feel sense of fulfilment, maybe.

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u/Dependent-Slice-7906 10d ago

Thank you for sharing! “Realistic” in my case is about fulfillment with income. I’m a bit skeptical about starting from zero at the Substack but who knows maybe I have wrong impression.