I got 1M+ views on Notes. And 786 new subscribers in the last 30 days. The data says you don't have to go viral to get them. Plus: the 5 Note templates that bring me subscribers consistently.
I was sceptical honestly but I’ve just posted a milestone note acknowledging even my very small achievement of surpassing 20 subscribers and already have had two new ones off the back of it! 😮 Thank you!
Wow Yana this post is super helpful! Thank you so much for sharing your insights and experience. I just had one note go completely insane and it got me around 300 new subscribers. I didn’t really know what to do next because I didn’t expect anything like that to happen. This post can help me with my next steps!
Hi Juliette, thank you so much! And congrats on the Note! And yes definitely, you need to act on it so that you keep momentum and build on it. Can you share a link to your Note?
The finding that your highest-converting notes come from analyzing your own archive rather than copying viral formats is the part I keep coming back to. Most growth advice treats templates as plug and play, but your data suggests the template only works because it matches what your specific audience already rewards. That distinction matters. Did you notice any of the five templates performing worse for paid conversion even when the subscriber numbers looked strong?
The 0.27 correlation is honestly the most useful line in this whole piece. It explains why some people rack up likes and stay small: the note's job is the profile tap, not the dopamine hit. I suspect the personal story template converts best because readers click to see who the person is, not just to like the lesson.
Thank you for these awesome insights. Just started 2 days ago and will absolutely use this to grow as fast as I can. I want to show my love for the work I do to as many people as possible.
And here is the latest information. 67,229 Impressions and 391 new subscribers! @Yana G.Y. your notes writer course is the reason this note and now my others are doing so well! Thank you for your guidance and suggestions. You are AMAZING! Now I am back at the Substack Quest to help me with the conversions and every other golden nugget you provide!
Thank you so much for this!
I am honestly torn between restacking and keeping it all to myself. Since restacking is no good for you, I'll go with the latter. Thank you so much!
I never said it' snot good, it's just not the data point that drives most subscribers :)
It came out sounding too harsh, I just meant it as a joke. Great post, thank you so much!
No worries, no hard feelings at all :)) Thank you so much!
This is incredibly helpful. Thank you for this!
Thank you so much!
I was sceptical honestly but I’ve just posted a milestone note acknowledging even my very small achievement of surpassing 20 subscribers and already have had two new ones off the back of it! 😮 Thank you!
see? it works :))
My next move: “Claude please analyse this Substack post about Claude analysing the Substack post”
try ask "write 5 notes using the templates from this post" - much better results
Thank you so much!!
You definitely deserve a like for this. Man I should subscribe too but I’m trying not to get too caught up on the “growth” side of substack
Wow Yana this post is super helpful! Thank you so much for sharing your insights and experience. I just had one note go completely insane and it got me around 300 new subscribers. I didn’t really know what to do next because I didn’t expect anything like that to happen. This post can help me with my next steps!
Hi Juliette, thank you so much! And congrats on the Note! And yes definitely, you need to act on it so that you keep momentum and build on it. Can you share a link to your Note?
Very true and I have to admit I was a bit overwhelmed at first! This was the Note: https://substack.com/@thatsocialchat/note/c-342148914?r=7qzjor&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Oh I love that one, thank you!
The finding that your highest-converting notes come from analyzing your own archive rather than copying viral formats is the part I keep coming back to. Most growth advice treats templates as plug and play, but your data suggests the template only works because it matches what your specific audience already rewards. That distinction matters. Did you notice any of the five templates performing worse for paid conversion even when the subscriber numbers looked strong?
can’t say because most of the paid conversion happens on the posts after they subscribe. Notes are really top of funnel
The 0.27 correlation is honestly the most useful line in this whole piece. It explains why some people rack up likes and stay small: the note's job is the profile tap, not the dopamine hit. I suspect the personal story template converts best because readers click to see who the person is, not just to like the lesson.
I think so too :)
Yana this is WAY good and full of great, actionable advice. This is what bringing value is all about.
Thank you so much, Drew! Curious how it works for you :)
Will report back!
Thank you!
10% profile-to-subscribe is capture, not revenue per note.
Free subs can look strong while paid sits on a different template.
Which note type produced the highest paid revenue per 1,000 impressions?
They didn’t produce a direct revenue, it’s my conversion engine working behind all this.
Analyzing your own archive for patterns is smart. Those results speak for themselves.
Yep :) All the answers are in the data :)
Thank you for these awesome insights. Just started 2 days ago and will absolutely use this to grow as fast as I can. I want to show my love for the work I do to as many people as possible.
Can't wait to see how this works for you :)
Me too:)
Thank you for sharing this article, it’s great advice.
Thank you so much!
Another masterpiece Yana. I’m going to ingest all the learning!
Thank you, Anfernee! Curious how it works for you
I will go analyse and update you :)
And here is the latest information. 67,229 Impressions and 391 new subscribers! @Yana G.Y. your notes writer course is the reason this note and now my others are doing so well! Thank you for your guidance and suggestions. You are AMAZING! Now I am back at the Substack Quest to help me with the conversions and every other golden nugget you provide!
Oh wow!!! That's amazing! Now time to convert them, yes :) I'm here when you're ready to talk about it