Hamish McKenzie | The Future of Media & Substack with its Co-Founder

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Follow us on Substack: https://jimmysjobs.substack.com/ In this exclusive episode of Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future, Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie shares the platform’s bold vision to reshape media, publishing, and free speech. With over 5 million paid subscriptions, Substack is becoming a major force in the media economy. Hamish breaks down how the platform is helping writers, podcasters, and creators take control of their audience and income - without relying on ads or algorithms. This conversation explores Substack’s move into video and audio, the challenges of scaling in the UK, and the role AI will play in future content creation. Hamish also discusses Substack’s impact on elections, journalism, and the creator economy - and why he believes we’re only at the beginning. If you care about the future of media, free expression, or the business of content - this is one you can’t miss. ********** Follow us on socials! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmysjobs Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jimmysjobsofthefuture Twitter / X: https://www.twitter.com/JimmyM Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-mcloughlin-obe/ Want to come on the show? [email protected] Sponsor the show or Partner with us: [email protected] Credits: Host / Exec Producer: Jimmy McLoughlin OBE Producer: Sunny Winter https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnywinter/ Junior Producer: Thuy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Jimmy's Jobs of the Future. Today I'm delighted to be joined by Hamish McKenzie, the founder of Substack.
0:07.1	He was here for a flying visit in the UK earlier this year for the South by Southwest London event.
0:13.4	And I pinged him and emailed see if he would like to do the show. And we spent a bit of time
0:17.5	hanging out together and talking about the future of media and what it may look like.
0:22.6	I've been on substack for a little while. I always find substack a little bit hard.
0:28.6	Traditionally because I'm a, I'm dyslexic, so I find writing quite challenging.
0:34.6	But what is particularly interesting is the way that Substack is moving from
0:38.2	not just written, but also to audio clips and more video clips as well. So you can also
0:43.8	check out this episode there as well and you can sign up to our Substack in the show
0:48.5	note links below as well. But this was a really interesting conversation with one of the people that is almost creating
0:57.1	the rails, I suppose you could call it of the future of media. And it was fascinating listening to
1:02.9	and talk about how they've almost got 50 people making a million pounds a year on the platform.
1:10.4	I think it's really interesting
1:12.1	and I think it could be the next big evolution
1:14.8	that comes here in the UK.
1:16.8	I think there's a little bit of a challenge around it
1:18.6	and that's where we start the conversation with Hamish.
1:22.1	Make sure you subscribe so we can continue to get
1:24.8	bigger and bigger guests.
1:31.3	Thank you. so we can continue to get bigger and bigger guests. You've had some remarkable growth over us a couple of years, right?
1:34.3	Yeah, and the start of this year in particular has been hot for sub-sax growth.
1:37.7	We're now more than 5 million paid subscriptions.
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