Dylan Patel on

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  1. Patel says Substack monetization reached hundreds of thousands in months, then millions before he left the platform.

    “It got to a few $100,000 of revenue and I was like, Holy crap. And then I was able to start hiring. And then I left when we hit a few million of revenue.”

    4:45 · Chris Best Substack · 31 Oct 2025 · permalink
  2. Patel left Substack initially after reaching a few million in revenue to avoid the 10% fee.

    “And then I left when we hit a few million of revenue. More and more of the revenue was coming from not Substack. The reason was like, Hey, Substack takes 10%.”

    4:51 · Chris Best Substack · 31 Oct 2025 · permalink
  3. Patel says his Substack revenue alone reached multi-million dollars, sufficient to fund significant coverage.

    “Now, scaled to be And it has scaled to be multi million dollar Substack revenue.”

    12:36 · Chris Best Substack · 31 Oct 2025 · permalink
  4. Patel says Substack revenue alone reached multi-million dollars before expanding beyond the platform.

    “Now, scaled to be And it has scaled to be multi million dollar Substack revenue. Obviously, built a lot of business beyond that, even that is good enough”

    12:36 · Chris Best Substack · 31 Oct 2025 · permalink

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