Substack
Creator & Fan Platforms · Blogging & Newsletter Platforms
$87.4Mtotal raised · 3 rounds on record
$3.3Mlatest round · Venture round · May 2023 · 3 yr ago
200+team · employees, estimated range
2017founded
Overview
Substack is a platform for independent writers to publish newsletters and build paid subscriptions, based on direct subscriptions that give creators their own publishing platform. Its job ads cover full stack software engineers for community and IT systems administrators. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$87.4M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$3.3M
Venture round · May 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
The money's age
Long since its last round
41 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 3, 2025
On the Hacker News front page An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip · 1503 points
Feb 11, 2025
On the Hacker News front page I tasted Honda’s spicy rodent-repelling tape and I will do it again (2021) · 1579 points
Sep 18, 2024
On the Hacker News front page Apple mobile processors are now made in America by TSMC · 1612 points
Sep 14, 2023
On the Hacker News front page The Tyranny of the Marginal User · 1576 points
May 17, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $3.3M · SEC Form D
Apr 28, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $65M · SEC Form D
Jul 8, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $19.1M · SEC Form D
2017
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.01%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
407970
best: 1652 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | May 2023 | $3.3M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Apr 2021 | $65M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jul 2019 | $19.1M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Substack Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Christopher BestExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Visa sponsorship
3 ▼ 50%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$103k
Median offered salary
0
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Software quality assurance analysts and testers
2
Operations research analysts
1
In the register as Substack, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Other sponsors in the same field
Patreon 
Passes
Alert me
US Department of Labor · latest filing Jan 21, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
3/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
0
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
71 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
-100%
Activity Timeline
Added JavaScript to stack
Aug 2026
Added TypeScript to stack
Aug 2026
Added React.js to stack
Aug 2026
Added PostgreSQL to stack
Aug 2026
Added SQL to stack
Jul 2026
Added Python to stack
Jul 2026
People
Christopher Best
Executive Officer, Director
Hamish McKenzie
Director
Andrew Chen
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Substack over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
5
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
85/100
Languages
JavaScript
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
React.js
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
Okta
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco
United States
HQ
1 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff