The Vermilion Border
Investor Due Diligence Report
substackCulture
Weekly fiction from along the border of matter and mind•.
200
0%
1.5
4.5
3.00%
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Previously ~2x per week
2.0 posts/week
Score based on available components only.
| Component | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter | Subscribers | Weekly Growth | Price | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Parnas Perspective | 803K | +0.1% | $6.49/mo | substack |
| Dracula Daily | 241K | -0.4% | $8/mo | substack |
| Books Worth Reading | 209K | -1.3% | $6.99/mo | substack |
| This Day In History | 159K | +2.9% | $5/mo | substack |
Platform Dependency
Hosted on substack subdomain
Key Person
Single-author publication — key-person dependency
Revenue Model
Pre-monetization — no paid subscription tier
Subscriber threshold
200 subscribers — below the 2K category median (based on 1971 newsletters)
Has paid tier
No paid subscription tier yet
Peer monetization
10% of 1339 similar-size peers in Culture have paid tiers
Disclaimer: This report is generated automatically based on publicly available data and proprietary estimation models. Estimated subscriber counts are derived from engagement patterns and should be verified through direct disclosure. Revenue estimates are based on known pricing and estimated paid subscriber counts. This report is for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for investment decisions.
| Engagement Rate |
| 61/100 |
| 30% |
| In Retrospect with Frederick Joseph |
| 95K |
| N/A |
| $7/mo |
| substack |