🆚 PressReader vs. Substack

Type

Subscription management tool
Social media platform

About

PressReader is an online platform that allows users to subscribe to 6,000+ digital newspapers and magazines.

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

It combines email newsletter distribution with a web-based archive, provides 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.

Headquarters

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️100+ newspapers and 50+ magazines
Premium$29.99/month
For writers
Platform fee10%
Payment processing
Billing fee0.7%
Credit card fee2.9% + $0.30 per transaction fee
For readers
Free version ✔️
Set by writers

Categories

Subscriptions › Rank #15
Subscriptions › Rank #4
Social Media › Rank #30
Email Marketing › Rank #9

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Substack social media platform is 16 times more popular than PressReader.
Total websites

Market share

Subscriptions

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Substack is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, while PressReader is more popular in Mexico, Sri Lanka, and Costa Rica.
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Italy
Spain
France
Germany
Australia
Brazil
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Substack is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, business, and entertainment, while PressReader is more commonly used on general news sites.
Blogs/Wiki
General News
Business
Entertainment
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Politics/Opinion
Sports
Online Shopping
Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
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Rank
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See also

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