How I Got My First 1,000 Substack Newsletter Subscribers in 90 Days
Lessons, Mistakes, and Improvements
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I first heard about Substack from a Medium story in June 2024. Like most people, I got curious and decided to check it out.
It was a cool platform (still is). I read a few posts, launched my own newsletter, and started writing.
But the first few months were brutal. I had zero subscribers. No prior email list. No social media presence.
My posts and notes received no engagement. I was clearly shouting into the void.
It took me three months to reach my first 100 subscribers in October 2024. Then, everything took off.
Over the past 90 days, my newsletter grew from 100 to over 1,000 subscribers. And 90% of them came from the Substack app and Notes.
But how did I grow so fast? What mistakes did I make? And what am I improving going forward?
Let’s break it down.