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Luc Lelievre's avatar

It's commendable. You will be recognized for aligning with the right side of history.

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Bill Rice, Jr.'s avatar

Peter, thanks for sharing your Substack analytics. I've done the same thing with several of my articles. It's interesting to see if the growth and subscriber trends for excellent authors like yourself have changed in recent months. (Mine have in an alarming manner).

I note your percentage of paid subscribers is just a little over 1 percent of your total subscribers. FWIW, Substack writes that authors can expect "five to 10 percent" of subscribers to become "paid." Per my analysis, this percentage is not accurate. Most veteran sites seem to have "2 to 5 percent" paid (or even less).

I wish you had 1,000 paid subscribers - which is the "magic number" that would allow independent writers to make a decent living from Substack.

I routinely read your articles and cross-posts and hope I can upgrade to paid status soon. Thank you very much for your excellent work!

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