Detect Substack
Substack is an American online platform that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure to support subscription newsletters.
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Websites using Substack
8 hostnames in the PluginView corpus for this technology.
| Hostname | Last seen |
|---|---|
| substack.com | 8/6/2026 |
| wonkette.com | 8/4/2026 |
| thebulwark.com | 8/5/2026 |
| e-ir.info | 8/5/2026 |
| asiasentinel.com | 8/5/2026 |
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What a detection means
- Establishes
- One or more public signals on the scanned page matched a known Substack signature at the time of the scan.
- Does not establish
- A sitewide install of Substack, an active vendor contract, exclusive use, or that Substack is still in place today.
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How to check a site for Substack
- 1. Enter the website URL in the scan form — homepage, pricing, checkout, or login pages usually expose the strongest Substack signals.
- 2. PluginView reads only public responses and scores them against proprietary Substack fingerprints. Rule bodies and identifiers are not published.
- 3. Review the confidence score and text explanation for Substack on the results page.
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FAQ: detecting Substack
- Can PluginView detect Substack without logging in?
- Yes. PluginView only reads publicly accessible responses when checking for Substack. It does not bypass authentication or paywalls.
- What category is Substack?
- Substack is classified under Blogs in the PluginView directory.
- Does PluginView publish Substack fingerprint rules?
- No. Detection uses proprietary fingerprint rules that are not published. Scan results explain matches in plain language without disclosing rule bodies or identifiers.
