Safer alternatives
Higher-scoring alternatives to Substack
Scored against the same Balanced rubric as Substack. We compare services in the same category — Social — and surface those that out-score Substack overall.
Comparing against
Substack
https://substack.com
Fair
Raw score 54
Tied 244th · 43rd percentile
In Social: 11th · 63rd percentile
Mastodon
https://mastodon.social
StrongRaw score 75+21 vs source
Flickr
https://flickr.com
StrongRaw score 72+18 vs source
1st · 100th percentile
DeviantArt
https://deviantart.com/
StrongRaw score 70+16 vs source
2nd · 96th percentile
Zhihu
https://zhihu.com/
FairRaw score 69+15 vs source
3rd · 93rd percentile
DCInside
https://dcinside.com/
FairRaw score 68+14 vs source