🆚 Fourthwall vs. Substack

Type

E-commerce platform
Social media platform

About

Fourthwall is a direct-to-fan platform that enables creators to build branded websites, sell merchandise, offer memberships, and accept donations.

It provides a no-code website builder, print-on-demand and digital product sales, membership tiers for exclusive posts and video collections, donation tools, personalized thank-you videos, and no monthly fees.

Substack is an online publishing and social platform that enables writers and journalists to create subscription-based newsletters, podcasts, and multimedia content delivered directly to subscribers.

It provides email newsletter distribution, a web-based archive, built-in payment processing, and audience analytics, and includes social features such as recommendations, comments, and a Notes feed for short-form posts and discovery.

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Headquarters

Santa Monica, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️ No monthly fees
Fees
Physical products 0%
Digital products 3%
Memberships 5%
Credit card fees
US 2.9% + $0.30
Non-US 3.9% + $0.30
For writers
Platform fee 10%
Payment processing
Billing fee 0.7%
Credit card fee 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction fee
For readers
Most content Free ✔️
Paid subscriptions Varies by writer

Categories

E-Commerce › Rank #154
Subscriptions › Rank #26
Subscriptions › Rank #3
Social Media › Rank #25
Email Marketing › Rank #9
Blogging Platforms › Rank #4

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Substack social media platform is 53 times more popular than Fourthwall.
Total websites

Market share

Subscriptions

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Substack is more popular than Fourthwall in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Italy
Canada
Spain
France
Australia
Brazil
Germany
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Substack is more popular than Fourthwall in all market segments.
Blogs/Wiki
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Education/Reference
General News
Politics/Opinion
Sports
Online Shopping
Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#292,307
#375,856
#451,151
#525,442
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Name
Rank
#1,765
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See also

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