46 Best Tweets About Newsletter Growth (2026)

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Tyler Denk 🐝

@denk_tweets · Jun 8, 2026

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I think Ramp is the perfect example of how companies should run a newsletter: > built on proprietary data nobody else has: monthly saas vendor rankings and an AI index pulled from spend across 50k+ companies. makes it highly shareable (e.g. I regularly forward it to my CFO) >… Read more

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Tyler Denk 🐝

@denk_tweets · Jul 20, 2026

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my newsletter has 133k subs, makes a half million $$ a year, and takes me 5 hours a week the #1 monetization question I get is "how do you actually find sponsors?" short answer: I don't chase them. I make it easy for them to book me here's my exact system: 1/ set up a… Read more

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Cody Schneider

@codyschneider · Mar 30, 2026

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really easy way to run an email newsletter in any niche use youtube transcripts as source material extract transcripts using scrapecreators .com put all transcriptions into context then write email newsletter based on this by extracting insights from them and creating a… Read more

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James Camp 🛠,🛠

@JamesonCamp · Jun 21, 2026

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A friend called me last week wanting to start a Substack. She has 11K Instagram followers. Mostly from being a socialite. Attractive, wealthy, runs in those circles. Has never driven a single dollar through a newsletter in her life. Her plan: 2,000 paying subscribers at… Read more

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DAN KOE

@thedankoe · Aug 15, 2025

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I slept on Substack for a while and am pretty baffled that (1) I've been getting more monthly views there than on YouTube and (2) open rates are higher than they've ever been Bullish on written long form

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Cody Schneider

@codyschneider · Jul 29, 2026

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founder let marketing 101 interview people in your industry as video fireside chat turn into podcast for yt and spotify and apple core ideas turn into written posts build email newsletter with your target ICP send episodes to them become industry famous in 12 months

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Tibo

@tibo_maker · Apr 12, 2026

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someone asked me why I still write a newsletter at $900k+ MRR fair question the honest answer is: I don't have a clean ROI number for it I can't open a dashboard and say "the newsletter generated $X" but here's what I know: when I launch on Product Hunt, newsletter… Read more

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Gunnar S. Holm

@holmisthename · Mar 9, 2026

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OK just heard the most creative way to grow a newsletter ever just talked to a guy that literally sponsors airport wifis but people have to sign up to his newsletter to get free access has multiple airport contracts all over the world getting millions of signups

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James Camp 🛠,🛠

@JamesonCamp · Jun 13, 2026

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Startup founders love hanging out on X but they have NO idea how to make it profitable to do so It’s one of the best channels to find customers - and it’s free… The first thing is to start understanding the algo 1. News driven 2. Personal story driven That means you should… Read more

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Matt Paulson

@MediaKing · Jun 19, 2026

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If I started a newsletter from scratch today, the sign-up page would collect three things: email address, phone number, and a web push opt-in. One page, three channels. Then use each to grow the others.

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Ole Lehmann

@itsolelehmann · May 8, 2026

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If you run a newsletter, you need this AI workflow: I connected my newsletter to Claude (via Beehiiv MCP) and asked it to analyze every subject line against open rate from the last year. It categorized 60+ sends, ran the math, and showed me exactly what's working vs what's not.… Read more

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Chase Dimond | Email Marketing Nerd 📧

@ecomchasedimond · May 27, 2026

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Most operators run their newsletter the same way they run their promotional email program, then wonder why their open rates keep dropping. Here are 5 newsletter rules you need to know: → Write it as a relationship instead of a broadcast → Pick a frequency you can hold for the… Read more

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Okara

@askOkara · Jul 2, 2026

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email is the only audience you actually own x can shadowban you and google can change its algorithm, but no one can take your list away how to grow an email list from 0: 1/ create a free resource your icp wants (a checklist, template, or guide) 2/ setup a nice landing page… Read more

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Matt Paulson

@MediaKing · Jun 24, 2026

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Most newsletter businesses grow to $500K-$1M on organic and plateau. The ones that break past it aren't writing better content. They built paid acquisition systems with real cohort data. Stuck operators optimize for cost per subscriber. Low CPL looks great until you check the… Read more

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Suhas

@zuess05 · May 26, 2026

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I just sent my first ever newsletter 💌 I emailed the 823 people using Cubix and Capture. I was terrified to hit send and honestly thought they would all mass-unsubscribe. The reality: 💌 823 recipients 👀 27.3% open rate 📉 1.1% unsubscribed People actually replied. 😄… Read more

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zaimiri

@zaimiri · Jun 13, 2026

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Someone on Reddit built a local newsletter to its first $100 in a month. Tiny number. Useful money machine. - 120 subscribers. - $25 weekly banner ads. - $20/week local business spotlight. - 43% open rate. The product is just curated local news. The workflow used to be 20… Read more

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Alexa | Startup founder

@alexabelonix · Jun 22, 2026

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Lenny Rachitsky passed 1M newsletter subscribers and built around it a paid community, podcast, jobs layer, sponsors and a 20K+ Slack community. The useful lesson is patience. One viral post gives attention. A trusted archive gives market position. Most founders want the… Read more

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zaimiri

@zaimiri · Jun 15, 2026

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Aakash Gupta is a very clean example of the “research guy” business model. Growth in Reverse broke down his Product Growth newsletter earlier this year: - 105k email subscribers. - 300k+ social followers. - Roughly $624k/year in reported revenue. All from product/growth… Read more

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Jon C. Phillips

@joncphillips · Apr 15, 2026

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Writing consistently is the highest ROI thing I’ve done for my businesses. And I actually love doing it, which is a rare combination. Every article lives on the internet forever. Something I wrote two years ago still brings in newsletter subscribers every single week. No ad I’ve… Read more

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Stijn Noorman

@stijnnoorman · Aug 11, 2025

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I've helped multiple creators add $5k/mo in 5 months or less. Here's the simplest way to add $5k/mo in 5 months in 5 steps: 1. Competence + growth content Post 1 competence post and 2-4 growth posts per day. Growth posts help you to grow your audience. Competence posts help… Read more

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TJ Larkin - AI for Media Brands

@TJLarkin23 · Jul 8, 2026

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finding newsletter advertisers is one of my biggest challenges which is why getting emails like this with zero effort on my part feels so damn good just had to set it up once, and now biz owner subscribers tell me they want to advertise game changer

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Umair Shaikh

@1Umairshaikh · Aug 8, 2026

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Almost every creator on X is dealing with a huge drop in reach because of an algorithm update. Meanwhile, I started writing on Substack and got my first 100 subscribers the moment I created the account. Why? While building stuff, I collected emails. Because when you have… Read more

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TJ Larkin - AI for Media Brands

@TJLarkin23 · Mar 31, 2026

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started helping multiple local media brands this week with managing their meta ads to get newsletter subscribers first one has been live for 24 hours getting subs for $0.14 each best part: this brand has been around for 16 years and already has 45,000 active subscribers on… Read more

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Neville Medhora

@nevmed · Mar 15, 2026

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Here's an example where changing a few words on an email signup page took it from 2 signups a month to 200 by changing ~12 words. Here's how it went. The cool thing is as his posts on LinkedIn keep going viral, his signup page will literally pull 100x more emails than before.… Read more

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Andrew Yeung

@andruyeung · Jun 22, 2026

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Extreme love/hate relationship with Substack. - Great UI - Newsletters have an elegant aesthetic - You can just focus on the writing and the product does everything else - High quality content for readers (my fav newsletters are there) But: - Not creator/writer friendly -… Read more

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Chris Miquel

@miqchris · Mar 25, 2026

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💡 Stop celebrating list growth without checking what you're adding. 50,000 new subscribers in March means nothing if: 🔹The activation rate is 8% 🔹Your complaint rate ticked up 🔹Gmail started deferring your sends to the promo folder List growth isn't a win. “Engaged” list… Read more

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Ricky

@rcmisk · Jul 25, 2026

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i started a newsletter with 0 subscribers and put the counter on my homepage anyway. no lead magnet. no "10x your growth" promise. just what i shipped that week, what it cost, and what broke. the count is pulled live from the database so i can't quietly edit it.

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Steven Van

@stevenvan_ · Mar 25, 2026

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The best newsletter growth hack isn't a viral post. It's your signup flow. The second someone subscribes, you have their full attention. @beehiiv lets you turn that moment into: - Cross-promo (show recommendations, gain subscribers) - Audience intel (survey them while they're… Read more

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Nicole DeTommaso 🪄

@nic_detommaso · Mar 21, 2026

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Last night I spent 3 hours rebuilding my newsletter onboarding from scratch. New subscribers now get a full welcome sequence walking them through: → My most popular guides by topic → The real VC numbers most people only learn after they're already in → How to get the most out… Read more

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Justin Gordon

@justingordon212 · Mar 12, 2026

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NEW Weekly(ish) newsletter updates: The LA Grind (Launched in May 2025) - 9,663 subscribers (+530 last 4 weeks) - 51% open rate - 5% click rate Welcome survey insights (3,023 people) - 56.1% founders, 7.3% investors - Events they want most: happy hours (2,138 people), coffee… Read more

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Gunnar S. Holm

@holmisthename · Mar 26, 2026

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Lead magnets are a cheat code to scaling your newsletter profitably. You can reverse-engineer your best revenue-generating subscribers and create specific lead magnets to attract more of them.

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Vini B |「 thecoding 」

@vinibarbosabr · Apr 2, 2026

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「thecoding」 now has 69 subscribers and 2.53K views Modest numbers, but still a nice milestone for the culture -- lol I've started writing Substack articles and posting on Notes since October, as I felt the need to diversify from X, avoiding a single point of failure for my… Read more

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Tim Stoddart

@TimStodz · Mar 16, 2026

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Writing a newsletter is the most profitable thing I’ve ever done. But the real money isn't in the ads. It’s in the authority you build by showing up every week and giving away 99% of what you know for free. When you lead with that much value, the selling becomes the easy part.… Read more

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Ryan Ayala

@RyanJAyala · Mar 7, 2026

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"Use X as the testing ground" Test ideas fast, then scale the winners. How @thedankoe uses the content ladder: • Tweet → watch what hits • Track which posts outperform • Rewrite, spin off variations • Pick a topic that pops (or one you’re itching to go deep on) Scale the… Read more

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Tim Stoddart

@TimStodz · Feb 16, 2026

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Beware Of The Creator Trap One thing I’ve noticed about the Substack community is how much people talk about how to get more subscribers If you’re an entrepreneur like I am (and you may not be) then don’t lose focus of what really matters, which is conversions and sales If… Read more

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Megs 🤍

@strategicnstyle · Mar 28, 2026

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@beehiiv has become the first newsletter platform you can run from @claudeai Connected it the other night. Asked Claude to edit my newsletter. It found my churn rate, my top posts, my broken welcome sequence, and my best acquisition channels—in seconds. Then it fixed them!!… Read more

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Kaleigh Moore

@kaleighf · Jun 22, 2026

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Cracked 2K subs on LinkedIn just by publishing weekly and enabling the "view my newsletter" button on my profile, pretty incredible considering I'm only 16 weeks in and not spending on list growth for this at all

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Ricky

@rcmisk · Jul 26, 2026

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I built my own newsletter manager instead of paying for one. Why: 1. I already owned the sending infrastructure 2. I wanted the subscriber list in my database, not someone else's 3. Every tool I priced charged by contacts I do not have yet 4. It took an afternoon It runs on… Read more

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Sharyph

@sharyph_ · Mar 17, 2026

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Building is no longer a moat. With AI, anyone can build a product, write a course, design a template, code an app. @AlexFinn built a $300K/year app solo this week...zero code written. @gregisenberg is telling his audience that a niche community of 5,000 engaged people is an… Read more

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The Information

@theinformation · Jul 17, 2026

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Creators with big followings “are no longer reaching their audiences reliably” @beehiiv CEO @denk_tweets says. “And so I think that is why newsletters are so powerful. The owned audience and distribution is really valuable in this new ecosystem.” Beehiiv has also recently… Read more

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Alex the Engineer

@AlexEngineerAI · May 31, 2026

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Building a niche newsletter with AI is one of the more underrated beginner income moves right now. The model: Pick a tight niche (AI tools for teachers, AI for real estate agents, AI for gym owners). Use Claude or ChatGPT to research, outline, and draft each weekly edition. You… Read more

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Kaleigh Moore

@kaleighf · Jul 14, 2026

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So glad I held onto my list of newsletter subs I started building back in 2016 even though my subject matter and focus has evolved a lot over the years I spent years 1-2 personally emailing every subscriber an intro and hello (2200 emails!) Automated welcome emails be damned!

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Ivan Sparrow

@ivesparrowai · May 21, 2026

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My email newsletter just crossed 4400 organic subscribers: > 95% of them came from the Apple Ads Guide I launched in December last year > the announcement brought in 600-1000 people > the release pulled in another 1800-2500 > another 700 came from article announcements and viral… Read more

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Nathan May

@_May_Ham · Feb 5, 2026

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Many people see “X newsletter sold for $50M” or “I’m doing $100K/mo” and start a newsletter with wrong expectations (eventually, they quit). Before jumping in, ask yourself 5 questions: 1. Are you B2B or B2C? If you’re B2C and you don’t already have a large organic audience… Read more

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Sharyph

@sharyph_ · Apr 20, 2026

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You Don't Need 10,000 Followers. You Need 309 Customers. Six-figure creators on Kajabi average 309 paying customers. Not 10,000 followers. Not 50,000 email subscribers. 309 people who bought their product. Let that land for a second. The entire creator economy is optimized… Read more

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Glenn Gabe

@glenngabe · Mar 30, 2026

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"Feast has more than 100K subscribers and open rates of almost 70%" -> The Guardian begins cross-publishing its Feast food newsletter, which has 100K+ subscribers, to Substack, as part of its Project Berger platform strategy "A potential second stage to the experiment would be… Read more