Best: Ousted mainstream journalists boosted Substack's early growth
Chris Best · Substack Cofounder on AI Slop Content & the Decline of Social Media · Sep 2, 2025 · at 5:46
Chris Best is co-founder and CEO of Substack. He discusses how cultural shifts in media institutions aligned with Substack's early growth trajectory.
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“The fact that this thing that we were creating this new economic engine for culture that gives you this independence happened to be there at a time where a bunch of the most interesting writers in the world were getting summarily Tossed from their long-time institutions, you know, that, that lined up really well for us from a business perspective.”
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