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Substack Content Ideas: 30 Newsletter Formats
Explore 30 repeatable Substack content formats organized by the reader job they serve, with examples and a system for choosing three you can sustain.
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#content-ideas — posts & field notes for creators
11 posts tagged #content-ideas.
Where ideas come from when you've already posted everything obvious. Methods for finding angles, breaking out of niche fatigue, and turning one observation into a week of posts.
What you'll find in these posts
- Substack Content Ideas: 30 Newsletter Formats — Explore 30 repeatable Substack content formats organized by the reader job they serve, with examples and a system for choosing three you can sustain.
- YouTube Video Ideas: 25 Repeatable Formats — Find 25 repeatable YouTube video ideas, organized by creator goal, plus a clear method to test, choose and plan your next long-form series.
- How to Brainstorm Content Ideas With ChatGPT — Ten copy-paste ChatGPT prompts for content ideas that actually fit your niche — plus the 4-part prompt anatomy and where ChatGPT stops being useful.
Below: every post we've published under #content-ideas, newest first. Each one is a short, opinionated read with a clear takeaway you can apply to this week's content. Subscribe above to get new posts in this tag by RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed.
- 13 min read
YouTube Video Ideas: 25 Repeatable Formats
Find 25 repeatable YouTube video ideas, organized by creator goal, plus a clear method to test, choose and plan your next long-form series.
- 10 min read
How to Brainstorm Content Ideas With ChatGPT
Ten copy-paste ChatGPT prompts for content ideas that actually fit your niche — plus the 4-part prompt anatomy and where ChatGPT stops being useful.
- 11 min read
Instagram Reels Ideas: 40 Formats for 2026
40 Instagram Reels ideas for 2026, grouped by goal and niche, each with the exact hook, format, and on-screen beat the Reels ranker rewards.
- 10 min read
YouTube Shorts Ideas: 60 Concepts + AI Workflow
60 specific YouTube Shorts ideas across 12 niches, plus what a good AI video ideas generator should actually do before you trust its output.
- 10 min read
What to Post on TikTok When You Have No Ideas
A repeatable system for finding TikTok ideas when your brain is empty: four input sources, seven prompts, and a posting cadence you can actually keep.
- 11 min read
50 TikTok Ideas for 2026 That Still Work
50 TikTok post ideas for 2026, grouped by account stage and niche, with the exact hook, format, and posting cadence each one needs to land.
- 6 min read
Write Scroll-Stopping Hooks: 12 Templates
How to write hooks that actually stop the scroll: 12 plug-and-play templates with real examples, plus how to pick the right one for your platform.
- 6 min read
Use Reddit to Find Content That Resonates
Reddit is the best free idea-mining tool on the internet — if you know how to read it. A 5-step workflow to find content ideas on Reddit that actually resonate.
- 5 min read
Find Viral Content Ideas Without Trend Chasing
Viral is the wrong target. A 4-signal framework for finding content ideas that resonate, repeat, and actually grow your audience.
- 6 min read
The 2026 Guide to AI Content Idea Generators
What an AI content idea generator should actually do — and how to tell the useful tools from the noise machines.