They’ve got two million active subscribers, eight different newsletters, 30+ staffers, and multiple revenue streams. So how did they manage to stay under the radar? They’re based in Brazil and only publish in Portuguese.
Category: Newsletter success stories
António Tadeia and Pit Gottschalk have covered football in their home countries for decades. Now, they use indie newsletters to build their own audiences and bring in revenue.
The Borowitz Report was founded in 2001 but only launched a paid newsletter offering in March 2024. Now it’s got tens of thousands of paying subscribers. Here’s why Andy Borowitz’s readers keep following — and supporting — him.
Tangle, a daily newsletter that goes in-depth on one big news topic per day, now has 100,000 readers and more than 16,000 paying members. Founder Isaac Saul explains how he built it.
In 2015, Bergum left a career in finance, moved to Istanbul, and started a food blog. A decade later, he publishes two newsletters in two languages — with four different revenue streams. Here’s how he manages it all.
How Poynter adapted its Work-Life Chemistry workshop into a six-part email series — and started charging $50 per student.
There are a lot of great newsletters out there. These are the ones your favorite newsletter writers never miss.
At age 19, a first-time founder based in the Philippines launched a newsletter about business and tech. Two years later, it’s one of the top resources in the region.
The Star can quickly add 10,000+ emails on a list by promoting new newsletters to their existing readers. Their director of newsletters explains how they’ve built that growth strategy.
On the challenges of producing a newsletter from India, the value of keeping communities small, the double-edged sword of audience surveys, and how to do more for yourself by doing less.