Last updated: November 10, 2026
Is Substack down? User reports indicate possible problems with Substack
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- 5 December 2025. About 30 minutes. A global network failure left the site showing error pages, so readers and writers could not reach publications.
- 20 October 2025. A few hours. A major cloud failure took the site down, so readers and writers could not open publications or publish posts.
✓ Our latest check (10 November 2026, 2:13 AM PKT): substack.com answered normally in 870 ms.
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Is Substack Down Right Now?
No, Substack is not down right now. The Substack website at substack.com is loading normally, with publications, notes, and dashboards reachable as usual. If you are seeing an error, the trouble is most likely local rather than a full Substack outage.
Still, Substack has a public incident history. Its status page has logged elevated latencies, Notes failing to load, media upload problems, email delivery delays, and writer dashboards stuck on old stats. The newsletter platform founded by Chris Best and Hamish McKenzie serves millions of readers, so publishing rushes strain it. Checking the live Substack status above is the fastest way to know whether a Substack outage is happening right now.
Is Substack Down for Me or Everyone?
If substack.com opens for others but not for you, the fault is on your end. Try a different browser, clear the cache, or switch networks. If the site fails for everyone and writers report it together, it is a Substack outage affecting all users.
Why Is Substack So Slow?
Substack has logged several elevated latency incidents where every page crawls. Heavy publishing periods and background processing queues are the usual triggers. Check-in apps queue the same way on big nights, since an Untappd post can sit waiting while a whole bar uploads at once.
Wait for the incident to clear if the status page shows one. Outside incidents, a slow connection or overloaded browser tabs are the likely cause.
Why Are My Substack Emails Delayed?
Email delivery delays have hit the platform more than once, with newsletters arriving hours late. Queue backlogs during incidents are the cause.
Check the status page for delivery incidents before resending. Duplicate sends annoy subscribers, so confirm the delay is real first.
Why Isn’t Substack Loading My Notes?
Issues loading Notes have appeared repeatedly in the incident log. The short-form feed depends on services that have degraded independently of the main site.
Refresh and try the main publication pages, which often keep working. The app and website can fail separately, so try both.
Why Are My Substack Stats Not Updating?
Writer dashboards have suffered stuck stats and delayed post delivery numbers. The analytics pipeline lags behind publishing during incidents.
Stats usually backfill once the incident resolves. Do not republish posts to chase numbers that are simply delayed.
Common Substack Problems and Fixes
Site very slow to load
Check the status page for latency incidents. Otherwise clear the cache and lighten your browser load.
Notes will not load
This feed has its own incident history. Try the main site pages, which often stay up.
Emails arriving late
Delivery queues back up during incidents. Confirm on the status page before resending.
Stats dashboard stuck
Analytics delays are common during incidents and backfill afterward. Give it time.
Media uploads failing
Large files fail first when the platform strains. Compress images and retry in a quieter hour.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What should I do if paid Substack posts still show a paywall after I paid?
This usually means you are signed in with a different email than the one used to pay. Paid access follows the email on the payment. Sign out, then sign in with the email from your receipt.
Why are my Substack emails delayed?
Delivery queue backlogs during incidents cause delays. The status page confirms whether one is active.
Why is Substack so slow?
Documented latency incidents slow the whole platform. Outside those, check your connection and browser.
Is Substack free?
Reading is mostly free, with paid subscriptions set by each publication. Publishing a newsletter is free to start.
How do I stop a double charge for the same Substack subscription?
A second charge often comes from subscribing once on the website and once inside the app. App store subscriptions are billed apart from web ones. Cancel the duplicate in your phone subscription settings.
Why aren’t my stats updating?
Analytics pipelines lag during incidents and backfill later. The numbers are delayed, not lost.