The Minutes of Dylan Patel on revenue https://minutesof.com/dylan-patel/on/revenue/ Everything Dylan Patel has said on revenue: 9 verbatim quotes between September 2025 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:17 +0000 Patel says Substack monetization reached hundreds of thousands in months, then millions before he left the pla https://minutesof.com/q/77cdeac6-d89b-4620-b7a3-82e6c9420050/ https://minutesof.com/q/77cdeac6-d89b-4620-b7a3-82e6c9420050/ “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.” — Chris Best Substack Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:23:40 +0000 revenue Patel left Substack initially after reaching a few million in revenue to avoid the 10% fee. https://minutesof.com/q/d6489a6e-b7ec-492f-b045-b892357854ec/ https://minutesof.com/q/d6489a6e-b7ec-492f-b045-b892357854ec/ “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%.” — Chris Best Substack Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:23:40 +0000 revenue Patel says his Substack revenue alone reached multi-million dollars, sufficient to fund significant coverage. https://minutesof.com/q/d8aceaf1-06fb-4825-a6b8-e78cf9a4af3d/ https://minutesof.com/q/d8aceaf1-06fb-4825-a6b8-e78cf9a4af3d/ “Now, scaled to be And it has scaled to be multi million dollar Substack revenue.” — Chris Best Substack Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:23:40 +0000 revenue Patel says Substack revenue alone reached multi-million dollars before expanding beyond the platform. https://minutesof.com/q/f8fc3fd1-9e9d-48ed-aa41-bb5569cee196/ https://minutesof.com/q/f8fc3fd1-9e9d-48ed-aa41-bb5569cee196/ “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” — Chris Best Substack Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:23:40 +0000 revenue