Ghost 6.0
The new version of Ghost connects every site to an open social network that provides built-in reach without losing independence.
The latest release of Ghost comes with a bunch of really exciting changes. For me, the most important is that each Ghost instance is now a part of a big decentralized social network:
“Ghost publications are now connected with an open network. People can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts across Bluesky, Flipboard, Threads, Mastodon, WordPress, Ghost, and any other social web platform. Distribution is now built-in.”
That’s a huge step forward for independent publishing: built-in reach without sacrificing independence. This is in addition to a frankly excellent built-in newsletter product and web publishing tools.
I’m so much of a fan that I moved my site to Ghost Pro this year. It’s been a perfect transition so far: I can’t speak highly enough about the platform and the way it’s supported. The open social network works as advertised and it’s all as slick as you’d want it to be.
It’s also exciting to hear about how successful publishers have become on Ghost:
“Today, Ghost's annual revenue is over $8.5M while total publisher earnings on Ghost have now surpassed $100M.”
These numbers are at the foothills of something bigger: something that’s made clear when you consider that, when the previous version of Ghost was released, these numbers were $4M and $8M respectively. It’s also worth noticing that publisher revenue is increasing far faster than Ghost’s take, which is an indication of how good the deal is.
I’m not involved with Ghost; I just happen to love it. If you’re wavering, and particularly if you’re still on Substack, my message is very simple: come on in. The water isn’t just fine, it’s so much better.
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