Privacy-friendly alternatives to Substack
The newsletter publishing platform sites closest to Substack, with the fewest trackers first: what each homepage loads before you accept cookies. Substack itself loads 0 trackers.
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Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform
Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used by Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.
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Buttondown — Newsletter software for people like you
Buttondown is the last email platform you'll migrate to. We're focused on your success, not on bleeding you dry.
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Where Creator Communities Thrive — Patreon
Build a community, share exclusive work, and turn your passion into a thriving business with Patreon. Get started today!
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HYVOR® - Independent Software Foundry
Privacy-first website tools, crafted with care. Trusted by millions, from indie makers to enterprises.
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Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog easily.
Publish your passions your way. Whether you’d like to share your knowledge, experiences or the latest news, create a unique and beautiful blog.
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Podimo: Listen to Podcasts and Thousands of Audiobooks
Podimo offers podcast only available in our app, thousands of audiobooks and a lively community of creators and listeners.
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Professional Live Streaming & Video Hosting | Dacast
Dacast is the professional live streaming and video hosting platform for organizations that broadcast on a schedule. Reliable, transparent, from $39/mo.
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Jeeng | Monetization and Personalization Solutions for Publishers
With Jeeng, publishers can accurately curate content and ads and deliver them directly to subscribers at the right time, on the right channel.
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FeedPress – RSS Analytics and Podcast Hosting, Done Right
The most trusted solution for bloggers and podcasters to manage, track, and grow their RSS feeds with powerful analytics and seamless hosting.
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Digital Publishing and Content Experience Platform | Joomag
Joomag is a leading Content Experience Platform for creating and distributing high-design content — magazines, catalogs, brochures, proposals and reports that are personalized and interactive.
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Newsletter Platform: Create Newsletters and Websites - beehiiv
beehiiv is the newsletter platform built for creators, publishers, and businesses. Grow, publish, and monetize your audience in one place.
Uses marketing and email tracking. Compare with Substack →
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クリエイターが文章やマンガ、写真、音声を投稿することができ、ユーザーはそのコンテンツを楽しんで応援できるメディアプラットフォームです。だれもが創作を楽しんで続けられるよう、安心できる雰囲気や、多様性を大切にしています。
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Write.as — A place for focused writing.
Type words, put them on the internet. Reach friends and family no matter where they live online.
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Host Unlimited Shows • Best Audio and Video Podcast Hosting • Transistor
Upload once and distribute your video and audio podcast to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and more. Unlimited shows, detailed analytics, free podcast website, and real human support.
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Automattic – Making the web a better place
We are passionate about making the web a better place. 20 years: explore the Automattic timeline or take a literary jaunt with Year Without Pants. WordPress.com Your blog or websitehas a (free!) home on the web.Your story, your way. Beeper Tower of Babelfragmented messaging woesyou need a Beeper. Tumblr Where your interestsconnect you to your people,one post…
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Hashnode: a blog that gets cited by ChatGPT, Google and Perplexity
Get cited by AI. Start a blog on your own domain, written by you or your agents, and built so Google, ChatGPT and Perplexity can read it and cite it. Free to start.
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follow.it | The Ultimate News Platform
Never miss important news again, without information overload. As publisher, turn your news into revenue and increase traffic.
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