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Uses Substack subdomain (speedrun.substack.com). Migrating would require subscribers to re-subscribe at a new address.
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Avg Comments
5.5
Avg Likes
74.2
Engagement Rate
0.04%· ~80 likes + comments/post
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Typical for lists with 202K+ subscribers
Quality Score
Engagement vs Business
0.04% engagement rate
Score Breakdown
Engagement Score
| Public |
| Early Stage Markets Rarely Look Like Marketsa16z speedrun investor Emily Bennett offers tips on how founders can understand markets that don’t yet have a name.May 12, 2026 | Public |
| Should You Be Token-Maxxing?Founders from the class of SR006 weigh in on their token-burning habits.May 5, 2026 | Public |
| The Founder’s Guide to BloggingHow to win the war for attention with compelling writing.Apr 28, 2026 | Public |
| 60 founders. One stage. You could be next.Six months ago, these founders hit submit on an application to speedrun. Now it's your turn.Apr 21, 2026 | Public |
| Applied Intuition’s Qasar Younis on Radical Pragmatism and Building a Company to LastThe former COO of Y Combinator shares advice with speedrun foundersApr 14, 2026 | Public |
| The Growth Meta: Should Founders Be LinkedIn-Maxxing?Embrace the cringeApr 7, 2026 | Public |
| Liquid Death’s Mike Cessario on Building a Brand That Can’t Be CopiedWhy brand and distribution make all the differenceApr 2, 2026 | Public |
| How a Former RuneScape Designer Built a Cult Hit ProductTakeaways from a fireside chat with Superhuman founder Rahul VohraMar 26, 2026 | Public |
Weekly Growth
+4.0%
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202K places you in the top 10% of newsletters in this category.
Engagement Rate
0.04%
median: 0.00%
Posts per Week
1.3
median: 1.0
Publishing Consistency
74/100
median: 63/100
Subscribers
202K
median: 2K
Refactoring
173K subs
Founding Journey
240K subs
Clouded Judgement
87K subs
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Publishing Frequency
Weekly
Last published May 14, 2026
Usually publishes Tue, Thu, Wed
1.3 posts/week avg
Business Pricing
$7/mo median
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202.0K subscribers, 0.04% engagement, and 3 detected sponsors — a strong profile for advertisers.