How to list your website on Substack
Free newsletter and publication with your website linked from your profile, posts and About page.
- Link
- Link type unverified
- Cost
- Free
- Effort
- Moderate
- Reach (our estimate)
- High authority
- Region
- Worldwide
- When
- Week 4 onwards
Short answer
Substack is free to join, and the link type is not confirmed yet, so check it on your live listing. To get listed, create a publication; it takes about an hour.
How to get listed on Substack
- Step 1: Create a publication.
- Step 2: Add your website to the About page and profile.
- Step 3: Publish posts that link to relevant pages on your site.
- Step 4: Grow subscribers through recommendations.
You need
Free account.
Good to know
Substack only takes a cut of paid subscriptions.
Have these ready before you start
- Business or product name, written the same way everywhere
- Website address (the exact page you want linked)
- A 50-word and a 150-word description
- Logo, plus two or three screenshots or photos
- Contact email, and address and phone for a local business
At a glance
- Website
- substack.com
- Category
- Publishing
- Reach (our estimate)
- High authority
- When to do it
- Week 4 onwards
- Position
- 5 of 25 in Publishing
About the link
We have not confirmed the link attribute. Check the live listing after it is published.
Best for
- Creators
- Small businesses
- Startups
On these lists
Questions about Substack
Are Substack links dofollow?
We have not confirmed it. Once your Substack listing is live, check the link to your site: a rel="nofollow" attribute means it is nofollow.
Is Substack free?
Yes. Listing on Substack is free.
How much work does a listing on Substack take?
A full profile with screenshots or a verification step: about an hour. How long approval takes is up to Substack: many sites review a listing before it goes live.
Plan it, then tick it off.
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