Investor Due Diligence Report
Will Friedwald's Substack - covering mostly music (primarily jazz and the Great American Songbook) but also theater, film, fiction, comics, Muppets, and other aspects of popular culture.
5K
0%
0.5
11.0
0.23%
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Bi-weekly
0.6 posts/week
Score based on available components only.
| Component | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter | Subscribers | Weekly Growth | Price | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Row | 68K | +0.8% | Free | substack |
| Mini Philosophy | 60K | +0.8% | $8/mo | substack |
| A History of Mankind | 57K | N/A | $9/mo | substack |
| Demystify Culture | 43K | +1.4% | $6.5/mo | substack |
Platform Dependency
Hosted on substack subdomain
Key Person
Single-author publication — key-person dependency
Audience Concentration
Consistent engagement across posts
Revenue Model
Pre-monetization — no paid subscription tier
Subscriber threshold
5K subscribers — above the 2K category median for first paid tier
Has paid tier
No paid subscription tier yet
Peer monetization
100% of 578 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 |
| 50/100 |
| 30% |
| 33K |
| N/A |
| $5/mo |
| substack |