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· Aug 4
Ghost 6.0 - Grow faster.
Connect to the world's largest open publishing network, understand your audience with native analytics, and build a sustainable publishing business.
ghost.org
Ghost 6.0 is here — meet our biggest upgrade yet
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web
🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
ghost.org/6/
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web
🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
ghost.org/6/
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I just moved Agents & Books from Substack to Ghost, too. LMK if you have any questions. The folks at @ghost.org made it completely painless!
Anne Helen Petersen’s Culture Study is moving to Patreon from Substack. It’s one of the platform’s most successful publications & a beneficiary of its six-figure development program.
This is bad for Substack.
(Why Patreon is a separate conversation.)
www.instagram.com/p/DQXNyWyjv8...
This is bad for Substack.
(Why Patreon is a separate conversation.)
www.instagram.com/p/DQXNyWyjv8...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I just moved Agents & Books from Substack to Ghost, too. LMK if you have any questions. The folks at @ghost.org made it completely painless!
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After 3 months - counting by number of servers (unique domains) - @ghost.org is now the most-deployed piece of ActivityPub software out there
31% of all sites that interop with open social web standards are running on Ghost
31% of all sites that interop with open social web standards are running on Ghost
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
After 3 months - counting by number of servers (unique domains) - @ghost.org is now the most-deployed piece of ActivityPub software out there
31% of all sites that interop with open social web standards are running on Ghost
31% of all sites that interop with open social web standards are running on Ghost
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Aggregate publisher revenue on @ghost.org is currently growing at ~$1M ARR per *week*
The business of independent publishing and journalism is looking in better shape than it has in a very long time
The business of independent publishing and journalism is looking in better shape than it has in a very long time
September 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Aggregate publisher revenue on @ghost.org is currently growing at ~$1M ARR per *week*
The business of independent publishing and journalism is looking in better shape than it has in a very long time
The business of independent publishing and journalism is looking in better shape than it has in a very long time
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We've now generated over $136M from free, open source software with @ghost.org 📈
$36M in revenue from managed hosting
$100M in platform revenue for indie publishers
The ecosystem is growing really quickly at this point, and really excited about where things are heading next:
$36M in revenue from managed hosting
$100M in platform revenue for indie publishers
The ecosystem is growing really quickly at this point, and really excited about where things are heading next:
August 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We've now generated over $136M from free, open source software with @ghost.org 📈
$36M in revenue from managed hosting
$100M in platform revenue for indie publishers
The ecosystem is growing really quickly at this point, and really excited about where things are heading next:
$36M in revenue from managed hosting
$100M in platform revenue for indie publishers
The ecosystem is growing really quickly at this point, and really excited about where things are heading next:
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If you’re a ghost user…
Ghost 6.0 is here — meet our biggest upgrade yet
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web
🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
ghost.org/6/
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web
🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
ghost.org/6/
Ghost 6.0 - Grow faster.
Connect to the world's largest open publishing network, understand your audience with native analytics, and build a sustainable publishing business.
ghost.org
August 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
If you’re a ghost user…
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Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each:
- person who reposts this post
- new follower @51st.news ws gets
- new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets
- new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets
- new follower I get
And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.
- person who reposts this post
- new follower @51st.news ws gets
- new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets
- new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets
- new follower I get
And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.
Three days remain to hit the goal in our campaign to hire @maustermuhle.bsky.social full-time.
We know there's a ways to go, but with less than half left to raise...we could reach it easy peasy if each person who donated asked one friend to give too. givebutter.com/SsQ8CG
We know there's a ways to go, but with less than half left to raise...we could reach it easy peasy if each person who donated asked one friend to give too. givebutter.com/SsQ8CG
Time to Grow The 51st
Help us hire Christina and Martin Full-Time!
givebutter.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each:
- person who reposts this post
- new follower @51st.news ws gets
- new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets
- new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets
- new follower I get
And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.
- person who reposts this post
- new follower @51st.news ws gets
- new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets
- new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets
- new follower I get
And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.
No need for 3rd party tools with Ghost 6.0
Ghost Analytics now gives you a complete overview of your traffic, engagement and audience.
In real time 📈
Ghost Analytics now gives you a complete overview of your traffic, engagement and audience.
In real time 📈
August 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
No need for 3rd party tools with Ghost 6.0
Ghost Analytics now gives you a complete overview of your traffic, engagement and audience.
In real time 📈
Ghost Analytics now gives you a complete overview of your traffic, engagement and audience.
In real time 📈
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Looking for a Substack alternative? What about @ghost.org?
"Millions of people can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts from any supported social web client - including @bsky.app, Mastodon, Threads, @flipboard.com, @ghost.org, @wordpress.org, @surf.social, WriteFreely, and many more."
"Millions of people can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts from any supported social web client - including @bsky.app, Mastodon, Threads, @flipboard.com, @ghost.org, @wordpress.org, @surf.social, WriteFreely, and many more."
Ghost 6.0 is here — meet our biggest upgrade yet
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web
🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
ghost.org/6/
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web
🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
ghost.org/6/
Ghost 6.0 - Grow faster.
Connect to the world's largest open publishing network, understand your audience with native analytics, and build a sustainable publishing business.
ghost.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Looking for a Substack alternative? What about @ghost.org?
"Millions of people can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts from any supported social web client - including @bsky.app, Mastodon, Threads, @flipboard.com, @ghost.org, @wordpress.org, @surf.social, WriteFreely, and many more."
"Millions of people can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts from any supported social web client - including @bsky.app, Mastodon, Threads, @flipboard.com, @ghost.org, @wordpress.org, @surf.social, WriteFreely, and many more."
Sifting through all the reactions to Ghost 6.0 and we can’t tell who’s more excited 🤔 Which are you?
#TeamSocialWeb
#TeamAnalytics
#TeamSocialWeb
#TeamAnalytics
August 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Sifting through all the reactions to Ghost 6.0 and we can’t tell who’s more excited 🤔 Which are you?
#TeamSocialWeb
#TeamAnalytics
#TeamSocialWeb
#TeamAnalytics
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this is the future www.theverge.com/news/718286/...
One of the biggest newsletter platforms now syndicates to Bluesky and Mastodon
Ghost 6.0 adds social web-focused features.
www.theverge.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
this is the future www.theverge.com/news/718286/...
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my god, just look at that changelog. looks like it's upgrade day for me!
ghost.org/changelog/6/
ghost.org/changelog/6/
Ghost 6.0
Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishers
ghost.org
August 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
my god, just look at that changelog. looks like it's upgrade day for me!
ghost.org/changelog/6/
ghost.org/changelog/6/
Ghost 6.0 is here — meet our biggest upgrade yet
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web
🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
ghost.org/6/
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web
🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
ghost.org/6/
Ghost 6.0 - Grow faster.
Connect to the world's largest open publishing network, understand your audience with native analytics, and build a sustainable publishing business.
ghost.org
August 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ghost 6.0 is here — meet our biggest upgrade yet
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web
🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
ghost.org/6/
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web
🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
ghost.org/6/
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Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost.
I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
Former Substack writers who exited the platform in early 2024 are making more money on Beehiiv and Ghost thanks to their fixed pricing models.
digiday.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost.
I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
NEW: Even more email design settings
Customize your newsletter colors, style buttons, tweak backgrounds, and keep your brand consistent from homepage to inbox 💅
Customize your newsletter colors, style buttons, tweak backgrounds, and keep your brand consistent from homepage to inbox 💅
June 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NEW: Even more email design settings
Customize your newsletter colors, style buttons, tweak backgrounds, and keep your brand consistent from homepage to inbox 💅
Customize your newsletter colors, style buttons, tweak backgrounds, and keep your brand consistent from homepage to inbox 💅
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I love this partnership: @tinynewscollective.bsky.social is a crucial piece of revitalizing journalism, and @ghost.org is the perfect CMS for so many of their publishers.
Welcome to @ghost.org! We are partners with them for our publisher-members, and we appreciate their approach toward small and larger publishers alike. (We, of course, support the smallest of them!)
June 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I love this partnership: @tinynewscollective.bsky.social is a crucial piece of revitalizing journalism, and @ghost.org is the perfect CMS for so many of their publishers.
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It's been a while, but we are HIRING again 🚀
Join us as Staff Product Engineer and get paid to work on open source software shaping the future of independent media!
🌍 Fully remote since 2013
📅 4 day work week
💸 Competitive salary
🧑💻 Equipment paid for
careers.ghost.org
Join us as Staff Product Engineer and get paid to work on open source software shaping the future of independent media!
🌍 Fully remote since 2013
📅 4 day work week
💸 Competitive salary
🧑💻 Equipment paid for
careers.ghost.org
Ghost
Ghost is a proud non-profit organisation building open source technology for fiercely independent, professional publishers.
careers.ghost.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's been a while, but we are HIRING again 🚀
Join us as Staff Product Engineer and get paid to work on open source software shaping the future of independent media!
🌍 Fully remote since 2013
📅 4 day work week
💸 Competitive salary
🧑💻 Equipment paid for
careers.ghost.org
Join us as Staff Product Engineer and get paid to work on open source software shaping the future of independent media!
🌍 Fully remote since 2013
📅 4 day work week
💸 Competitive salary
🧑💻 Equipment paid for
careers.ghost.org
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The fediverse is more than just Mastodon (see jointhefediverse.net), and with the next version of @ghost.org, it will get even bigger.
"[...] it’s a statement that the open web still matters."
activitypub.ghost.org/ramping-up-f...
"[...] it’s a statement that the open web still matters."
activitypub.ghost.org/ramping-up-f...
Ramping up for expansion
Ghost 6.0 is coming soon
activitypub.ghost.org
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The fediverse is more than just Mastodon (see jointhefediverse.net), and with the next version of @ghost.org, it will get even bigger.
"[...] it’s a statement that the open web still matters."
activitypub.ghost.org/ramping-up-f...
"[...] it’s a statement that the open web still matters."
activitypub.ghost.org/ramping-up-f...
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Ghost 6.0 is coming this summer, what's on your wishlist? ✍️
May 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ghost 6.0 is coming this summer, what's on your wishlist? ✍️
Ghost 6.0 is coming this summer, what's on your wishlist? ✍️
May 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ghost 6.0 is coming this summer, what's on your wishlist? ✍️
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Congrats to @johnonolan.bsky.social and the team at @ghost.org on their 12th birthday!
Here's John's post reflecting on the idea behind the product, some of the incredible indie publishers who have adopted it (including @404media.co & @caseynewton.bsky.social) and what's next.
john.onolan.org/12/
Here's John's post reflecting on the idea behind the product, some of the incredible indie publishers who have adopted it (including @404media.co & @caseynewton.bsky.social) and what's next.
john.onolan.org/12/
12 years of Ghost
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one
john.onolan.org
May 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Congrats to @johnonolan.bsky.social and the team at @ghost.org on their 12th birthday!
Here's John's post reflecting on the idea behind the product, some of the incredible indie publishers who have adopted it (including @404media.co & @caseynewton.bsky.social) and what's next.
john.onolan.org/12/
Here's John's post reflecting on the idea behind the product, some of the incredible indie publishers who have adopted it (including @404media.co & @caseynewton.bsky.social) and what's next.
john.onolan.org/12/
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Another year, and several milestones all at once.
12 years since @ghost.org launched on Kickstarter, now at $8M ARR, and powering almost $100M in revenue for independent publishers 📈
A few reflections on building an open source publishing platform, for a long time:
john.onolan.org/12/
12 years since @ghost.org launched on Kickstarter, now at $8M ARR, and powering almost $100M in revenue for independent publishers 📈
A few reflections on building an open source publishing platform, for a long time:
john.onolan.org/12/
12 years of Ghost
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one
john.onolan.org
May 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Another year, and several milestones all at once.
12 years since @ghost.org launched on Kickstarter, now at $8M ARR, and powering almost $100M in revenue for independent publishers 📈
A few reflections on building an open source publishing platform, for a long time:
john.onolan.org/12/
12 years since @ghost.org launched on Kickstarter, now at $8M ARR, and powering almost $100M in revenue for independent publishers 📈
A few reflections on building an open source publishing platform, for a long time:
john.onolan.org/12/
Q: How come Ghost only supports Twitter/Facebook links on authors? I want Bluesky - it’s 2025!
A: Yeah, fair point. Fixed:
A: Yeah, fair point. Fixed:
April 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Q: How come Ghost only supports Twitter/Facebook links on authors? I want Bluesky - it’s 2025!
A: Yeah, fair point. Fixed:
A: Yeah, fair point. Fixed:
🚢 Shipped 🚢
Ghost staff user logins now have automatic verification for unknown devices, and Email-2FA can be enabled in your admin panel, under:
Settings→Staff→Security 🔒
Ghost staff user logins now have automatic verification for unknown devices, and Email-2FA can be enabled in your admin panel, under:
Settings→Staff→Security 🔒
April 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🚢 Shipped 🚢
Ghost staff user logins now have automatic verification for unknown devices, and Email-2FA can be enabled in your admin panel, under:
Settings→Staff→Security 🔒
Ghost staff user logins now have automatic verification for unknown devices, and Email-2FA can be enabled in your admin panel, under:
Settings→Staff→Security 🔒