Study the newsletters that win with the Substack research tool
Capture Substack posts and Notes while you read, save them to swipe files, and track competing publications over time. TrackCreatives shows which subject lines, openings and formats keep showing up in the newsletters that grow.
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What is Substack research
Substack has become the home of paid newsletters, and the writers who grow there share the same patterns: a subject line that earns the open, a first paragraph that earns the read, and a structure that earns the share. Researching that by scrolling your inbox is slow and forgets everything.
TrackCreatives captures Substack posts and Notes through the Chrome extension as you browse, stores the text, and lets you organize it into swipe files by niche or by publication. Add a publication as a competitor and its new posts appear in your dashboard with the AI breakdown already run.
Writers use it to build a library of openings and formats. Marketers use it to see which newsletters in a niche are pushing an offer and how. Agencies use it to brief ghostwriters with real examples instead of vibes.
Everything the Substack tool captures
Posts, Notes and the patterns inside them.
Capture while you read
The extension saves posts and Notes from any Substack as you scroll, with author, date and full text.
Swipe files
Organize captures by niche, publication or format and share them with your team.
AI breakdown
Subject line, opening, structure and call to action analysis on any post.
Publication tracking
Follow competing newsletters and get their new posts with the breakdown done.
Search your library
Full text search across everything you have captured.
Script and email builder
Turn a captured post into an outline or an email draft for your own list.
How to research Substack in three steps
Read, capture, study.
Install the extension
Add the TrackCreatives Chrome extension and open any Substack publication or the Notes feed.
Capture posts
The panel captures posts and Notes as you scroll. Click Add to TrackCreatives to save them to a swipe file.
Study the patterns
Open any post for the AI breakdown, compare openings across a niche, and draft your own in the email builder.
Why writers research Substack with TrackCreatives
Captures posts and Notes in place, no copy and paste.
Swipe files that keep a niche's best openings in one spot.
AI breakdowns of subject lines and structure.
Competitor tracking for publications, the same as ads.
Search across your whole library.
Included with every plan from $15 a month.
Questions
Does it capture paid posts?
Can I track a publication automatically?
Do you store the full text?
Does it work with Notes?
Can I export?
Build a library of the newsletters that win
Capture as you read, study on your own time.