Pete Buttigieg's Substack
Investor Due Diligence Report
substackPolitics
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
920K
+0.5%
383.8
2.8K
0.35%
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Monthly
0.4 posts/week
49/100
Variable (~20.6d avg)
| Newsletter | Subscribers | Weekly Growth | Price | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Kinzinger | 454K | +0.2% | $9/mo | substack |
| Thinking about... | 450K | +0.2% | $7.5/mo | substack |
| Glenn Greenwald | 319K | -0.3% | $8/mo | substack |
| Our Moral Moment w/ Bishop William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove | 243K | -0.2% | $8/mo | substack |
Platform Dependency
Hosted on substack subdomain
Publishing Consistency
Variable publishing frequency
Key Person
Single-author publication — key-person dependency
Revenue Model
Pre-monetization — no paid subscription tier
Subscriber threshold
920K subscribers — above the 6K category median for first paid tier
Has paid tier
No paid subscription tier yet
Peer monetization
100% of 10 similar-size peers in Politics 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.
Score based on available components only.
| Component | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Engagement Rate | 100/100 | 30% |
| Growth Consistency | 95/100 | 15% |
| Publishing Consistency | 24/100 | 10% |
| The Big Picture |
| 200K |
| N/A |
| $6/mo |
| substack |