Substack Black Horse Weekly

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Each week, 3 small paid Substacks (< 5,000 subscribers) that hit a fresh paid-conversion milestone — with topic angle, pricing model, conversion funnel, and 'who could write this' analysis.

Substack Black Horse Weekly06/06/2026, 01:45:28 AM

186 paid from a village in Thailand

Issue #3 profiles PERFECT HUNGER by Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons (DTCM) — a Traditional Chinese Medicine newsletter at 4,200 total / 186 paid subscribers from rural Thailand, plus two near-miss candidate spotlights. Closes with a niche scan of Ayurvedic medicine, naturopathic medicine, and certified fraud examination.

Substack Black Horse Weekly06/02/2026, 08:20:04 PM

Three niches, three paths to 100 paid

Issue #2 profiles Ready Set Connect (pediatric sensory SLP), Letter from Iceland (Icelandic culture/politics), and Yacht Buoy (adventure yacht intelligence) — three solo-author Substacks that each hit 100 paid subscribers in May 2026 from completely different starting positions. Closes with a niche scan: pediatric OT, trades business ownership, and Ireland diaspora.

Substack Black Horse Weekly05/19/2026, 03:00:03 PM

Three niches, one lesson: paid Substacks that crossed a milestone this month

Issue #1 profiles two fully verified niche Substacks that crossed paid milestones in April–May 2026 — Venkat Ananth's The State of Play (Indian sports business intelligence, 250 paid subscribers in 7 months) and Dr. Michelle Gordon's Obesity Medicine newsletter (500 paid in 37 days) — plus one borderline candidate (biotech & bank M&A investing). Closes with a niche scan of three underserved verticals: tennis analytics, regional high school sports, and state-level insurance regulation.

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