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Review summary

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Evaluating 73 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. People are deeply frustrated because canceling memberships and subscriptions is extremely difficult, while automated support agents completely fail to resolve ongoing billing errors and account charges. Furthermore, consumers find the website very hard to navigate and strongly complain about aggressive monetization prompts appearing everywhere. Some reviewers were happy with the platform, praising its granular dashboard controls, flexible notification options, and useful publication settings. A few other people also felt that casual use of the site for reading independent journalism, newsletters, and diverse news was entirely smooth and trouble-free.

What people talk about most

Subscription

Customers expressed widespread frustration regarding subscription management, highlighting unauthorized... See more

Website

Reviewers highlight negative aspects of website navigation and performance, noting that the platform is hard... See more

User experience

Users describe negative interactions with user experience, pointing out that the app constantly freezes,... See more

Customer service

Clients share negative opinions on customer service, highlighting extreme frustration with unhelpful AI... See more

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Customers consistently note negative experiences with payment, expressing deep frustration over unexpected... See more

Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I tried Substack for its free newsletter feature, but the monetization prompts are incredibly aggressive and intrusive. It pushes readers to pledge money almost immediately by opening a new tab a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If it's spam and phishing emails you want go ahead and create an account. These will continue well after you've unsubscribed and removed your account due to the poor security protocols implemented on... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The initial problem began the second I registered...emails..masses of them every day.My inbox groaned under the endless barage. When I unsubscribed..the emails continued.When I went to the website and... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor, subscription has auto renewed. Sub Stack says you can cancel within 7 days for a full refund. I had done so numerous times through help but nothing is happening and now it isn’t even recognisi... See more


Company details

  1. Software company
  2. also in
  3. Email service provider
  4. Internet marketing service

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Substack makes it simple for a writer to start an email newsletter that makes money from subscriptions.


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  • PO Box 720263, 94172, San Francisco, United States

  • substack.com

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We had medium

We had medium, now we have substack.. Less of a product doesn't exist.. I refuse to use this unless being paid dearly to use it. I hope you paid all your writers dearly, because no one of technical skills will voluntarily share their words on this scammy website.

7 November 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

F*** Substack

F*** Substack. I had a newsletter which I had spent weeks building up. But when I tried to change the email address, it disappeared from my account and I never got any notification about the new one. I've completely lost all access to my newsletter. I'm utterly distraught.
There is no public forum, and the Customer Service NEVER responds to emails. I cannot describe how much I hate Substack – . Try Beehiiv or other solutions instead, rather than let these guys throw all of your hard work in the toilet.

29 October 2023
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Great platform but shocking customer service

For such a great platform it's a shame their customer services are by email only with no guarantees of reply and no means to contact them by telephone for urgent matters. Response rate to my emails has been around 60%-70% since I joined them.

21 September 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Substack keeps creating fake accounts

Substack created an account with my email address without my permission. I login to this fake account and deleted it. It was deleted. Substacke created another fake account with my same email address again next day. I login and wrote to support to ask to delete it and not to create again. It indicates support will response within 48 hours. Several days pass by, but no one response to me at all - they still keep the fake account. I won't give any star to this company.

7 August 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had a paid subscription to a substack…

I had a paid subscription to a substack blog. I'm an elderly woman, a bit outspoken but not rude or mean, so imagine my surprise when I tried to comment on a blog only to have a little red typed message pop up telling me I have been suspended from commenting for 30 days. No reason given. Really, what did I say to cause this? Why are there no rules regarding how bloggers can treat their paid subscribers? I'm hurt and confused that I would be treated that way. Substack needs to have some kind of rules regarding how paid subscribers are treated.

8 August 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible customer support & lack of technical sophistication

Terrible customer support. They weren’t able to reply for almost 48 hours and didn’t even get the issue right. My follow up email to their response is now again unanswered for 24 hours. Also, a basic subdomain change breaks your access to your publication via your writers dashboard!? I thought they’d do better. Consider alternatives if you can

7 August 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wish I could give a 0 stars review

Wish I could give a 0 stars review.

I set up a perfectly nice substack, to help people really. It was randomly blocked by substack.

I appealed and got an email saying "we've determined that your publication is in violation of Substack's Content Guidelines and will not be reactivated."

No explanation, no ability to discuss/appeal just rubbish. Wont even give me my subscriber list.

7 July 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Posts cannot be found in search engines!

As a writer, I published several articles on Subtack. To my surprise, despite being live, my articles can never be found when using search engines!!!
Even when I type my name and the title, the article never appears in Google search results!
I would not trust until I see my articles in search engines or get a logical answer from the company. Nothing should block my posts

1 March 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Website content not indexed

Website content not indexed. Removed my ability to post new content. Rather not use the platform than go through the hassle of getting in touch with them. I had just starting using it.

20 October 2022
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