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Some Tentative Thoughts on Substack

Josh Blackman | 7.29.2026 9:01 AM

I launched my original blog on WordPress back in September 2009, shortly after I graduated law school. At the time, I was also very active on the nascent Twitter to promote my posts. Over the past seventeen years, the landscape has changed quite a bit. Podcasts have surged in popularity. Advisory Opinions, Strict Scrutiny, and others command massive audiences, and their hosts write best-selling books. Social media has shifted from long-ish threads to bite-sized POV videos. And Substack has emerged as a popular platform that authors can monetize.

The Volokh Conspiracy has moved from place-to-place, but has remained largely the same: posts by a host of authors are sorted chronologically. Indeed, I think it is a testament to Eugene's vision that this platform has endured for more than a quarter century. True enough, some bloggers have come and gone. I joined in late 2019. Others have left the site to publish on their own platforms. Still, the Volokh Conspiracy has had remarkable stability in........

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