# Substack Content Monitor

**Use case:** 

Monitor Substack newsletters by date range to extract competitor posts, topics, and publication metadata for content strategy.

## Input

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.lennysnewsletter.com",
    "https://stratechery.com"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerNewsletter": 15,
  "includeContent": true,
  "includeComments": false,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 20,
  "includePublicationInfo": true,
  "contentType": "all",
  "startDate": "2026-01-01",
  "endDate": "2026-12-31",
  "onlyFree": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "publishedAt": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "postType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "audience": {
    "label": "Audience",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "wordcount": {
    "label": "Words",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "reactionCount": {
    "label": "Reactions",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "commentCount": {
    "label": "Comments",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "authorName": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publicationName": {
    "label": "Publication",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Substack Scraper](https://apify.com/automation-lab/substack-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/automation-lab/substack-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.