u/FookyPanda

I mean I've tried in substack posting few posts and got nothing. But I've seen many others getting more than 50k+ subs in less than 2 years.

So I think i should get into it again. And because I was running my newsletter from beehiiv, how can I do run both. I plan to get those substack subs email in beehiiv and send them from beehiiv, is it a good way?

Also if you've really got something on substack can you please say your sub numbers and time. And how often should I post notes and posts on substack?

I'd be happy to hear your suggestions.

I have a newsletter in the unusual science stories niche with just 40 subscribers right now. I’m thinking, even when I have 10k subscribers, will I actually earn something reasonable?

If I send 2 stories per week, that’s 8 sends per month. With a 35% open rate, around 3,500 people would open each email. So 8 × 3,500 = 28000 opens per month.

Now, if I’m not wrong, monetizing it with ads at around a $2–3 CPM on 28,000 impressions would make about $56–84 per month.

And with sponsors, which are rarer, let’s say I get one sponsor per month paying around $50–200.

So even with a huge 10k subscriber base (which is itself very very hard to build), would I really only earn around $106–284 per month?

Please review my thinking. Are my assumptions about the rates too low, or am I misunderstanding something? Can you also please share your numbers for example.

I’d be happy to hear your thoughts.

I mean I've a newsletter firstly I was thinking that I can at most do get 500 sub in 10 months. But when I read about others I saw they've grown even in thousands in just a month.

Also previously I just got few subs in a month but after a new strategy the numbers got 17x. So I'm confused whether I'm still very slow, and leaving the potential by ignoring other tactics.

Currently my runrate (I'm projecting) is 30-50 in a month.

Can you say whether I'm slow, normal or fast? And also some tactics and platforms that had helped you?

For reference the newsletter is about unusual, amazing science related stories. I'll be happy to hear you.