🟩 We are just 37 members away from hitting 2,000. Help us finish this today, OK?
We’re the #1 most viewed, most engaged, fastest-growing news platform on Substack — but we’re still just #17 in paid members. Pound for pound, nobody is doing more with less. Let’s change that today.
Right now, The North Star is ranked:
📈 #1 in traffic
🔥 #1 in engagement
🚀 #1 in trending growth on all of Substack News.
We’ve had over 12 million visits in just the past two weeks.
We’re outpacing legacy media outlets with full teams and million-dollar budgets.
Even on Substack, many platforms have 10,000 and 20,000 paid members and we are reaching more people!
But here’s what most people don’t know:
We’re still #17 in paid members.
That’s right.
We’ve outworked, outpublished, and outperformed the platforms above us —
but with a fraction of the funding.
And now we’re just 37 members away from a major milestone: 2,000 paid subscribers.
Every one of those members matters.
They’re how we publish every single day.
They’re how we show the names, the faces, the videos that no one else will.
If you've been meaning to join —
If you've been moved by this work —
If you've ever said “I’ll subscribe later” —
Make today that day.
Why this matters
Because we tell the truth that makes people uncomfortable.
We report what corporate platforms won’t touch.
We call out genocide, war crimes, apartheid — with receipts, names, and dates.
No euphemisms.
No corporate filters.
No silence.
This platform exists because you keep it alive.
Help us cross the line
We’re not asking for charity.
We’re asking you to help fund the clearest, sharpest, most unapologetic independent journalism on the internet right now.
We’re not backed by billionaires.
We don’t run ads.
We don’t soft-pedal the truth.
But we’re telling the stories that will be in history books —
and we’re doing it right now.
Let’s finish this
Let’s close the gap.
Let’s hit 2,000 members.
Let’s show that truth matters — and it doesn’t need a corporation to survive.
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With love and urgency,
Shaun
Thank you all so much for your support. We are literally changing the news cycle. Mainstream news outlets have literally told me for years they see what I say and eventually say what I say about the world.
Thank you, Shaun for your ongoing work, courage, honesty and love in reporting and supporting. Glad to 'upgrade' in support and jump onboard.