What Are Substack Notes (And Why You Should Absolutely Use Them)

The power of Substack Notes, how to use them, what's coming soon, and more

Substack Notes is a powerful but underutilized, new tool for boosting your newsletter subscribers.

While Notes might seem like a Twitter competitor, it's actually very different and extremely useful for Substack writers.

Notes are like a microblogging social network within Substack. You can use Notes to connect with readers, promote your best content, and grow your audience.

Let's learn how to use Substack Notes to take your publication to the next level.

What Exactly Are Substack Notes?

Substack Notes are a social media feature built into the Substack platform. It works similarly to Twitter with short posts, replies, likes, and content sharing.

But you're not confined to a maximum number of words or characters, and you have more options to style text (which only Twitter Blue or now X Premium is offering).

Any Substack user — writers or readers — can post text, links, photos, and quotes as Notes. You can also "restack" other posts from Substack to your Notes feed. This is similar to Retweets…