Medium VS Substack: Which One Is Better For Writers?
By Anshika Verma24, Mar 2025 11:05 AMjagranjosh.com
medium vs substack
These two are great platforms for writers but they provide content to its raiders in different ways. Tap to read about Medium Vs Substack, check out which one is better for writers? Tap to read!
What is medium?
Medium is a platform for people who are interested in writing or reading insightful contents, stories or intellectual writings.
What is substack?
Substack is an online platform that provides journalists, content creators and writers to publish their newsletters and content writeups.
Founding year
Medium was founded in 2012 whereas Substack was founded in 2017. Medium is majorly used by independent authors and Substack was used by columnists and journalists.
How to build your audience?
Medium is a great platform that will help you to build your audiences if you are just a beginner in publishing content.
Publishing tool
Substack is a great tool to begin your newsletter publishing journey. In Medium, you can publish without the need of your own website.
What is a micro media empire?
With the use of Substack, you can easily launch your ‘micro media empire.’ A platform where you can host a podcast.
Charge a subscription fee
Substack allows the publisher to either charge a subscription fee for the contents or they want to publish it for free.