Newsletter Analytics

Build dashboards that track how Substack publications evolve over time. Monitor posting frequency, engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares), subscriber growth indicators, and author activity patterns. Use the Publications and Posts APIs to pull historical data, then visualize trends with your favorite charting library.

How it works

01

Pull publication metadata

Use the Publications API to get baseline metrics: author count, publication age, and description changes over time.

02

Fetch post history

Paginate through the Posts API to build a complete post timeline with engagement stats for each entry.

03

Compute trends

Calculate posting frequency, average engagement per post, growth in likes/comments, and peak publishing times.

04

Build your dashboard

Visualize the data with charts showing engagement over time, top-performing posts, and author contribution breakdowns.

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