Meanings
- informalpluralplural onlySubstack authors collectively.
As more people signed up to join the Substackerati, the company garnered praise from journalists.
2020 November 16, Clio Chang, “The Substackerati”, in Columbia Journalism Review, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Aug 20262 more examples
A lot of people have trouble pigeonholing the "substackerati", which only refers to a few people anyway, and end up saying silly things about them.
2021 April 12, Rob Beschizza, “Substack, Ghost and the revenge of the bloggers”, in Boing Boing, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2025Jasmine: One thing is that I am just not as good as many of the Substackerati at churning out 1,000-word takes on whatever just broke.
2026 August 17, Nate Silver, Jasmine Sun, “Why does everyone hate data centers?”, in Silver Bulletin, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2026
Origin
- EnglishSubstack
- Latinlītera
- Latinlīterātī
- Englishliterati
- EnglishSubstackerati
Blend of Substack + literati. Coined by Clio Chang in a 2020 article (see quotation below).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Substackerati. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Substackerati
“Substackerati.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Substackerati. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Substackerati,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Substackerati.
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