Investor Due Diligence Report
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, former Chief Economist at IIF and Chief FX Strategist at Goldman Sachs. All opinions are my own. Email: robinjbrooks@gmail.com. Click to read Robin J Brooks, a Substack with tens of thousands of subscribers.
14K
~0%
Subscriber count is a platform estimate
10.4
48.5
0.42%
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Daily
6.7 posts/week
85/100
Very Consistent (~1.1d avg)
| Newsletter | Subscribers | Weekly Growth | Price | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyla’s Newsletter | 149K | +0.7% | $10/mo | substack |
| Economics Matters by Laurence Kotlikoff | 124K | +0.4% | $25/mo | substack |
| Notes on the Crises | 57K | N/A | Free | substack |
| Stay-At-Home Macro (SAHM) | 41K | N/A | $10/mo | substack |
Platform Dependency
Hosted on substack subdomain
Publishing Consistency
Regular publishing schedule
Key Person
Single-author publication — key-person dependency
Audience Concentration
Consistent engagement across posts
Subscriber threshold
14K subscribers — above the 5K category median for first paid tier
Has paid tier
No paid subscription tier yet
Peer monetization
100% of 32 similar-size peers in Economics 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 | 39/100 | 30% |
| Publishing Consistency | 75/100 | 10% |
| The Daily Feather |
| 34.1K |
| N/A |
| $59/mo |
| substack |
Revenue Model
Pre-monetization — no paid subscription tier