Search Substack authors and publication profiles by name or keyword. Returns handle, display name, bio, follower count, subscriber badge, bestseller tier and primary publication for each profile.
curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/substack/users?query=lenny&page=1" -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
{
"count": 20,
"has_next_page": true,
"page": 1,
"query": "lenny",
"users": [
{
"bestseller_tier": 10000,
"biography": "Writing • Angel investing • Advising",
"date_joined": "2021-05-01 23:55:21",
"follower_count": 1383966,
"full_name": "Lenny Rachitsky",
"is_bestseller": true,
"leaderboard": {
"board": "paid",
"category": "Business",
"category_id": 62,
"rank": 1
},
"paid_subscriber_band": "Tens of thousands",
"paid_subscriber_floor": 10000,
"primary_publication": {
"logo_url": "https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/441213db-4824-4e48-9d28-a3a18952cbfc_592x592.png",
"name": "Lenny's Newsletter",
"publication_id": "10845",
"subdomain": "lenny",
"url": "https://www.lennysnewsletter.com"
},
"profile_pic_url": "https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/afba5161-65bb-4d99-8d6b-cce660917fa1_1540x1540.png",
"subscriber_count": 1200000,
"subscriber_count_label": "1.2M+",
"twitter_handle": "lennysan",
"url": "https://substack.com/@lenny",
"user_id": "1849774",
"username": "lenny"
}
]
}