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Substack

Substack is an American online platform that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure to support subscription-based content, including newsletters, podcasts, and video. It allows writers to send digital content directly to subscribers. Founded in 2017, Substack is headquartered in San Francisco. The company has faced criticism over the years for their content moderation policies as well as security breaches which involve user data.

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Website.name: Substack Inc.
Website.logo: Substack_logo.png
Website.employees: 94 (June 2022)
Website.commercial: Yes
Website.type: Subscription platform
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Website.revenue: (2021)
Website.current_status: Live
Website.headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S.

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History
Content
Finances
Programs
Criticism
Privacy and security incidents
Content moderation and extremism
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==History== Substack was founded in 2017 by Chris Best, the co-founder of Kik Messenger; Jairaj Sethi, a head of platform and principal developer at Kik Messenger; and Hamish McKenzie, a former PandoDaily tech reporter. Best and McKenzie have said Ben Thompson's Stratechery, a subscription-based tech and media newsletter, was a major inspiration for their platform. Best acts as CEO of the company.