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There is significant activity on Substack right now around Notes. I decided to find everything out for both of us and peel it like an onion—layer by layer.

By the way, I tried out many things myself, but let’s see what others think about Notes and how they work first. Are you in?

🧾 What Is Substack Notes, Really?

📌 1) What Substack Notes is – officially explained

If you want to understand what Notes really is, the first place to look is Substack's own documentation.

According to the official support guide, Notes is a feature “where creators can publish short-form posts and share ideas — both with their own readers and with the wider Substack network.”

The guide states this clearly:

“Notes is a feature where creators can publish short-form posts and share ideas with each other and their readers.”

For me, this means Notes is not just a comment section but a separate space for short-form contentappears —separate from email newsletters.

These short-form posts can include:

• short thoughts and observations

• links

• images

• quotes

• or simple comments

Why does this matter?
Because Notes is not simply comments — it is short posts that are publicly visible when someone follows you or scrolls through feeds.

💡 IN SHORT: Substack Notes is the social layer within Substack, where short content can be shared with others.

Substack sources:

Substack about Notes and a list of articles about Notes

📌 2) How Notes works – briefly explained

Once you understand how readers and supporters interact with Notes, the difference from “normal” articles becomes clear.

Substack explains that you can:

• publish Notes,

• receive interactions (likes, replies, restacks),

• and even share links to external content.

One minor but important detail:

Who can post or interact with Notes: Anyone who has a Substack account.
You can view Notes even if you are not logged in — but you need to be logged in to interact.

Substack source:

Who can participate in Substack Notes?

📌 3) Why Substack Notes feels like a social feed

Many people compare Notes to Twitter — and not without reason:

• It is a social feed for short thoughts.

• It works similarly to an X/Twitter feed: you see others' Notes, comments, likes, and restack.

Some guides describe Notes as a kind of “social media feed inside Substack”, a place where you can interact quickly instead of publishing long newsletters.

And importantly, every interaction can direct attention to your newsletter — unlike most external social networks.

📌 4) What other analyses say about Notes

In broader analyses, you often see statements like this:

Notes is described as an integrated social feed that helps to:

• increase reach

• make content more visible

• and bring new readers directly to newsletters

This perspective matters because Notes is not just “a place to post” — it is a growth tool when used strategically.

✨ Summary – the first layer of the onion

• Substack Notes is a space where you can publish short-form content.

• It functions as a social feed, similar to Twitter/X.

• Anyone with a Substack account can post, like, comment, or restack.

• Unlike traditional newsletter posts, Notes acts as a discovery and engagement tool, not just content.

Sources used for this post:

Substack about Notes

List of articles about Notes

How to use ‘Substack Notes’ by Claire Venus

The Notes algorithm explained by Karen Cherry

How To Use Substack Notes by Matt Giaro

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🌿 Silke Kristin Juelich

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