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Sites using Substack

44 launches via launch platforms Category: Publishing #1 of 20 in Publishing Tracked since Apr 2026 Last seen: Jul 17, 2026 Website: substack.com

Newsletter and publishing platform

Found via: Product Hunt 11 · Hacker News 33 · StackScope Discovery (Indie) 2 · StackScope Wider Web 15

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Last 7 days 0.1% +0.0pp
Most used with Cloudflare, Cloudflare Bot Management, HSTS
Top product types Developer Tools, AI, Content
Green hosting 65% vs 44% avg

Substack has been detected on 44 launches we've crawled, with 11 of those in July 2026 (0.1% of the month's launches so far). The 7-day rolling share is 0.1%, roughly steady week on week. Most recent detection: Opuslabs, today.

It's most commonly paired with Cloudflare, Cloudflare Bot Management, and HSTS. By product type, the launches using it are most often Developer Tools (29%), AI (13%), and Content (13%). By domain ending, launches using it are 2.0 times as likely as the average launch to live on a .com domain. The 44 scored launches using Substack average a StackScope score of 7.0 out of 10, against 6.3 across all launches we score.

What kind of products ship with Substack

31 launches

Developer Tools
29.03%
AI
12.90%
Content
12.90%
Games
9.68%
Directory
6.45%
Finance
6.45%
Marketing
6.45%
Productivity
6.45%
Design
3.23%
Education
3.23%
Health
3.23%

Countries that use Substack

Estimated origin for 12 of 44 launches

  • United States United States 66.67%
  • India India 25.00%
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom 8.33%

Share of new launches using Substack

Each dot is one launch day. Line is the 7-day rolling average.

0.1%
last 7 days
+0.0pp vs prior week
0.1%
July so far
11 of 10,669 launches
44
launches all time
since Apr 2026
Substack daily detection trend 5% 2% 0% May Jun Jul Apr 22, 2026: Improved detection coverage for this technology. Apr 19 · 0 / 392 = 0.0% Apr 20 · 0 / 620 = 0.0% Apr 21 · 0 / 835 = 0.0% Apr 22 · 0 / 721 = 0.0% Apr 23 · 0 / 603 = 0.0% Apr 24 · 1 / 553 = 0.2% Apr 25 · 1 / 420 = 0.2% Apr 26 · 1 / 377 = 0.3% Apr 27 · 0 / 529 = 0.0% Apr 28 · 1 / 836 = 0.1% Apr 29 · 0 / 658 = 0.0% Apr 30 · 0 / 573 = 0.0% May 1 · 1 / 568 = 0.2% May 2 · 0 / 368 = 0.0% May 3 · 0 / 346 = 0.0% May 4 · 1 / 536 = 0.2% May 5 · 2 / 855 = 0.2% May 6 · 0 / 671 = 0.0% May 7 · 0 / 624 = 0.0% May 8 · 0 / 597 = 0.0% May 9 · 0 / 428 = 0.0% May 10 · 0 / 350 = 0.0% May 11 · 0 / 536 = 0.0% May 12 · 1 / 797 = 0.1% May 13 · 0 / 687 = 0.0% May 14 · 1 / 625 = 0.2% May 15 · 0 / 542 = 0.0% May 16 · 0 / 407 = 0.0% May 17 · 1 / 367 = 0.3% May 18 · 1 / 566 = 0.2% May 19 · 0 / 846 = 0.0% May 20 · 0 / 674 = 0.0% May 21 · 0 / 606 = 0.0% May 22 · 0 / 546 = 0.0% May 23 · 1 / 378 = 0.3% May 24 · 0 / 341 = 0.0% May 25 · 1 / 535 = 0.2% May 26 · 0 / 877 = 0.0% May 27 · 2 / 683 = 0.3% May 28 · 0 / 577 = 0.0% May 29 · 0 / 486 = 0.0% May 30 · 0 / 377 = 0.0% May 31 · 0 / 368 = 0.0% Jun 1 · 0 / 619 = 0.0% Jun 2 · 1 / 927 = 0.1% Jun 3 · 0 / 711 = 0.0% Jun 4 · 1 / 598 = 0.2% Jun 5 · 0 / 578 = 0.0% Jun 6 · 0 / 436 = 0.0% Jun 7 · 0 / 405 = 0.0% Jun 8 · 0 / 511 = 0.0% Jun 9 · 0 / 872 = 0.0% Jun 10 · 1 / 725 = 0.1% Jun 11 · 0 / 573 = 0.0% Jun 12 · 0 / 445 = 0.0% Jun 13 · 0 / 381 = 0.0% Jun 14 · 0 / 346 = 0.0% Jun 15 · 0 / 530 = 0.0% Jun 16 · 0 / 1047 = 0.0% Jun 17 · 1 / 899 = 0.1% Jun 18 · 0 / 672 = 0.0% Jun 19 · 1 / 544 = 0.2% Jun 20 · 0 / 443 = 0.0% Jun 21 · 0 / 384 = 0.0% Jun 22 · 1 / 574 = 0.2% Jun 23 · 1 / 899 = 0.1% Jun 24 · 1 / 739 = 0.1% Jun 25 · 1 / 619 = 0.2% Jun 26 · 1 / 533 = 0.2% Jun 27 · 1 / 433 = 0.2% Jun 28 · 0 / 385 = 0.0% Jun 29 · 1 / 503 = 0.2% Jun 30 · 1 / 803 = 0.1% Jul 1 · 0 / 799 = 0.0% Jul 2 · 1 / 604 = 0.2% Jul 3 · 1 / 498 = 0.2% Jul 4 · 0 / 411 = 0.0% Jul 5 · 0 / 367 = 0.0% Jul 6 · 1 / 552 = 0.2% Jul 7 · 2 / 929 = 0.2% Jul 8 · 0 / 752 = 0.0% Jul 9 · 0 / 690 = 0.0% Jul 10 · 1 / 566 = 0.2% Jul 11 · 0 / 450 = 0.0% Jul 12 · 0 / 397 = 0.0% Jul 13 · 0 / 553 = 0.0% Jul 14 · 1 / 885 = 0.1% Jul 15 · 1 / 738 = 0.1% Jul 16 · 2 / 820 = 0.2% Jul 17 · 1 / 658 = 0.2%
Apr 19, 2026 90 days Jul 17, 2026

How StackScope detects technologies

⋮ Apr 22, 2026: Improved detection coverage for this technology.

Publishing leaders

Tool % of launches % of category
#1 Substack Current page 0.07% 43.56%
#2 Gist 0.05% 32.67%
#3 Heyzine <0.01% 2.97%
#4 Medium <0.01% 2.97%
#5 Crossref <0.01% 1.98%

Percentages show adoption among indie launches: the share of all analysed launches, and of launches using any Publishing tool. All 20 in Publishing →

Often used with

Tool Launches
Cloudflare 43
Cloudflare Bot Management 41
HSTS 40
HTTP/3 34
Google Fonts 33

Tools most often detected on the same launches as Substack.

Highest-scoring launches using Substack

The top launches by StackScope score among the 44 we've detected using Substack.

Screenshot of mypage.cc, a launch using Substack mypage.cc Jun 22, 2026 · score 10.0 India Screenshot of Agentic API Grader by SaaStr.ai, a launch using Substack Agentic API Grader by SaaStr.ai May 5, 2026 · score 9.5 Marketing Screenshot of Porting my Newsletter to MCP, a launch using Substack Porting my Newsletter to MCP May 25, 2026 · score 8.6 Productivity Screenshot of Playground, a launch using Substack Playground Apr 28, 2026 · score 8.6 AI Screenshot of Releases, a launch using Substack Releases Apr 1, 2026 · score 8.6 Developer Tools Screenshot of Etymon, a launch using Substack Etymon Jun 23, 2026 · score 8.2 United States Games

Most recent of 44 launches using Substack

Screenshot of Opuslabs, a launch using Substack Opuslabs Jul 17, 2026 · score 8.6 United States Developer Tools Screenshot of Nadi, a launch using Substack Nadi Jul 16, 2026 · score 7.6 United Kingdom Screenshot of Wealthory calculator, a launch using Substack Wealthory calculator Jul 16, 2026 · score 8.4 Finance Screenshot of Bulaev, a launch using Substack Bulaev Jul 15, 2026 · score 8.6 United States Marketing Screenshot of Bulaev, a launch using Substack Bulaev Jul 14, 2026 · score 8.6 Screenshot of Flashpoint | Deacon Brantley, a launch using Substack Flashpoint | Deacon Brantley Jul 10, 2026 · score 6.1 Finance Screenshot of Devashish, a launch using Substack Devashish Jul 7, 2026 · score 8.6 Developer Tools Screenshot of Armoredmeatball, a launch using Substack Armoredmeatball Jul 7, 2026 · score 6.4 AI Screenshot of Venetianblinds.js, a launch using Substack Venetianblinds.js Jul 6, 2026 · score 6.4 Developer Tools Screenshot of chokepoints.ai, a launch using Substack chokepoints.ai Jul 3, 2026 · score 8.2 Screenshot of Nextkicklabs, a launch using Substack Nextkicklabs Jul 2, 2026 · score 8.6 Developer Tools Screenshot of Agentsxbackend, a launch using Substack Agentsxbackend Jun 30, 2026 · score 6.4 Games

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