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💰 How @Qcompunding makes $72,800 per month writing on Substack.

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Most finance writers track the wrong number.

Free subs are cheap. Revenue / subscriber, across all tiers (free + paid) measures quality.

We tracked the top 475 publications in Finance, here are the top quality writers on Substack:

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> Blue is top 5% of Substack earners in finance.
> Red is bottom 5%
> Cover AI, Semis, Oil, Macro — get more revenue

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Want to earn more on Substack?

Start writing about AI & Semis.

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What are the top-earning finance substacks writing about?

🤖 AI & Semis: 20.3%
🏦 Macro & Central Banks: 19.8%
📈 Equity Research: 17.8%
⚡ Energy & Commodities: 15.7%
🌍 Geopolitics & Trade: 11.2%
₿ Crypto: just 4.1%
AI and macro dominate. Somehow crypto still has legs.

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Querying our database today:

Substacks' Finance top earners 🤑 average a 3.34% paid subscriber rate.

The standout? @Norseman1 🇳🇴 at 21.57%, he's 6× the category average.

@GaliciaInvestor 🇪🇸 comes in last at 0.23% paid subs.

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Want an instant earnings estimate on any finance Substack publication?

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How @rebound_capital earns an est. ~$58,100 per month // ~$697K per year.

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Rebound's research quality is solid, but audience engagement is quite low with 30 likes/post across an average of 7 post/month.

Assume half the comments and restacks are done by him.

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# 61-72 on https://t.co/CEKzIzh4UN Top Earners list be like:

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@eastdakota @citrini Does he make $161.5k per month?

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@QCompounding https://t.co/bHdmoJLved

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💰 How @Qcompunding makes $72,800 per month writing on Substack.

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Shout out to @QCompounding, the 17th most breaded writer in finance.

At 17th place, he's taking home ~$873K annually writing about stocks, beating 99% of investors with simply a keyboard and wifi connection.

Get the full list at: https://t.co/LdDfyjwsyq

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💰 How @Qcompunding makes $72,800 per month writing on Substack.

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QC posts ~12x/month, with 75-90% of posts are paywalled content.

Paid subs have been turned on since Sept '23. Its very likely that QC has banked more than +$1 Million dollars writing on Substack.