Perhaps all of those "top 10" had an angle to them that hooked me. Maybe that's true for the majority of your columns, most popular or not, but if there is any true to my judgments, I think it speaks well for popular judgment more broadly. I certainly tend to be prejudiced against something that "goes viral." It would take a lot to cause me to veer from that, but this does makes me think.
Also found your reporting of your Substack numbers interesting, as a fellow author trying to make sense of my own numbers. I hope I don't feel competitive (my numbers certainly pale next to yours, despite growth that pleases me), but it's good to see data, because it's something that authors don't talk about, something where an unveiling of the curtain is struly revealing.
Heartened that you write largely to express your passions....And I thank you for putting in such hard work since the beginning of the column, and for producing something that is professionally done, whetherit is financially rewarded in that way or not.
I suppose my comment has a bit of "Here's to 2025 in it!", which is hokey, but after all, there is a reason you do this particular column at this point in time.
I also enjoy other Substack writers sharing their data, so that was a galvanizing force me to do it. Here's another stat: a subscriber upgraded from free to paid today. So I'm back up to 18 paid :-) I do hope baseball fans, in particular, check out your column, David. Here's to 2025!
Perhaps all of those "top 10" had an angle to them that hooked me. Maybe that's true for the majority of your columns, most popular or not, but if there is any true to my judgments, I think it speaks well for popular judgment more broadly. I certainly tend to be prejudiced against something that "goes viral." It would take a lot to cause me to veer from that, but this does makes me think.
Also found your reporting of your Substack numbers interesting, as a fellow author trying to make sense of my own numbers. I hope I don't feel competitive (my numbers certainly pale next to yours, despite growth that pleases me), but it's good to see data, because it's something that authors don't talk about, something where an unveiling of the curtain is struly revealing.
Heartened that you write largely to express your passions....And I thank you for putting in such hard work since the beginning of the column, and for producing something that is professionally done, whetherit is financially rewarded in that way or not.
I suppose my comment has a bit of "Here's to 2025 in it!", which is hokey, but after all, there is a reason you do this particular column at this point in time.
I also enjoy other Substack writers sharing their data, so that was a galvanizing force me to do it. Here's another stat: a subscriber upgraded from free to paid today. So I'm back up to 18 paid :-) I do hope baseball fans, in particular, check out your column, David. Here's to 2025!