beehiiv Release Notes

Paid tier upgrade flows, gift scheduling, and cleaner click and poll data.

Week 3 of 6.

Three weeks in, and the backlog is losing.

This week we shipped our first video features, plus a stack of upgrades to the things you use every day. The highlights:

• 💎 An upgrade flow for every paid tier
• 🎁 Gift subscriptions, scheduled 45 days out
• 🔍 Click reports show the words people clicked
• 🗳️ Poll results count real readers only
• 🎥 Video in your community

...and plenty more. Let's get into it:

Video, community & podcasts

Video in your community

beehiiv is officially a video platform. Post videos right in your community, free for everyone or gated for paid members.

• Upload videos up to 60 minutes long
• Members watch right from their feed
• Keep a video free, or make it a perk for paid members

Coming soon: video podcasts, plus native video for your courses and website. 👀

Post your first video

Schedule community posts

Write when you have time. Schedule your community posts for when your members are online.

• Click the clock next to Post and type a time like next thursday at 9am, or pick one from the calendar
• Next usual time suggests when your team usually posts
• Your whole team sees what's queued, and mentions notify when the post goes live

Batch a week of prompts in one sitting.

Schedule podcast episodes

Your podcast episodes can now be scheduled too.

Just pick a date or choose to publish now.

Grow paid subscriptions

An upgrade flow for every paid tier

The Upgraded automation trigger now fires every time a subscriber moves into a paid tier they didn't already have, not only when they go from free to paid.

• A reader on Silver who buys Gold now enters Gold's upgrade flow
• Filter the trigger to a tier to give each one its own welcome

Every upgrade can get its own thank-you.

Build an upgrade flow

Note: The Upgraded trigger for every paid tier is available on Lite plans and up. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

Gift subscriptions, scheduled 45 days out

Readers buying a gift subscription on your website can now schedule it up to 45 days ahead, up from 30.

Right in time for the holidays.

Win back paused subscribers

Paid subscribers who pause are the easiest revenue to win back. Now you can segment them and send them through their own flow.

• Use Status is Paused in the segment builder
• Drop that segment into an automation for a dedicated win-back sequence

Keep them close until they come back.

Write and send

Merge tags in your subject lines

Personalize subject lines with merge tags like .

Hey Sarah, this one's for you.

Draft links that work for anyone

Shared draft links now open straight to the draft, no signup wall in the way.

So teammates and sponsors can sign off faster.

Schedule sends from Claude or ChatGPT

Ask your AI to schedule your next send or cancel one, right from chat.

You still get a final look before anything goes out.

Connect your AI tool

Note: Scheduling sends from Claude or ChatGPT is available on Max, Pro and Enterprise plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

Tracking parameters only where you want them

Limit custom link parameters to the domains you choose, so subscriber IDs only go on links to your own sites.

• Subdomains are included automatically
• A new Subscription UUID merge tag

Note: Custom link parameters are available on Max, Pro and Enterprise plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

Understand your readers

Click reports show the words people clicked

Your clicks report now shows the link text readers clicked, not just the URL.

• See which words drove the click when several links go to the same page
• Link text is in the export too

Now you’ll know which line actually worked.

Open a post report

Poll results count real readers only

Poll results now ignore clicks from bots and email security scanners, so every vote is from a real reader.

• Any automation a vote triggers reflects what readers actually chose
• Removing subscribers no longer changes past results

Now those are numbers you can show a sponsor.

Note: Polls are available on paid plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

Much faster subscriber exports

Subscriber exports are rebuilt and much faster on big lists, on every plan.

Export your full list, a segment or a newsletter list.

Click-to-open rate in mailbox visibility

Mailbox visibility now includes click-to-open rate (CTOR), plus more data on how each post was delivered and engaged with.

So you can see if Gmail readers engage more than Outlook readers, for example.

Note: Mailbox visibility is available on Pro and Enterprise plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

Find any post in your archive

A brand new filter panel for your posts, with new filters too.

• Filter by post type, status, platform, ad type and publish date
• Narrow by audience: segments and newsletter lists
• Or by attributes like content tags and authors

Years of issues, a few clicks away.

Open your posts

Small touches

A couple more you'll notice.

• New bulk actions for segments
• Category pages on your website now show the image tied to each content tag

That's Week 3. Halfway there, and video was only the start 👀

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Podcast ads, ad intros in your own voice, Cmd+K everywhere, and deliverability by inbox provider.

Week 2 of 6.

Podcast ads got its own update on Tuesday (it's below, in case you missed it). The team didn't slow down around it. Here's everything else that's landed in beehiiv recently, and a lot of it is the daily-use stuff you've been asking for.

The highlights:

• 🎙️ Podcast ads
• 💰 Ad intros in your own voice
• 📈 The editor tells you where an ad earns best
• ⌨️ Cmd+K, everywhere
• 📬 Deliverability by inbox provider

...and plenty more. Let's get into it:

Make more money

Podcast ads

Sell your own sponsors, turn on programmatic ads, or do both. No minimum download requirement.

• Pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll ad breaks on every episode
• Sell slots direct, or leave them open and programmatic ads fill them
• A campaigns manager, ad reports and IAB-certified metrics

Turn your back catalog into cash.

Note: Podcast ads are available on paid plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

Ad intros in your own voice

Write a short intro above any Ad Network placement so it reads like your recommendation, not a banner.

• Add the intro right from the ad block in the editor
• Shows above the ad in email and on web

Build trust, add your endorsement, and drive better results for your sponsors.

The editor tells you where an ad earns best

Ads near the top of your newsletter get more clicks. So the editor now recommends where to place yours, and shows what you're leaving on the table.

• See the estimated extra earnings on the ad block, and again on the Review step
• Click Move up to reposition it in one step

Same ad, more money.

Write and send

Cmd+K is your new best friend

One shortcut, three jobs.

• No text selected? Cmd+K opens the command palette
• Text selected? Cmd+K drops in a link
• g then p jumps to posts, g then d to your dashboard
• Type # to link to any section of the post you're writing

Hands on the keyboard, never the mouse.

Small editor touches

A few highly requested fixes to things you touch every day.

• The style sidebar remembers how you left it
• Embed link titles accept rich text
• Signup blocks on your website get button width control
• A post.rank merge tag for numbered post lists on your site

Smarter RSS blocks

RSS-powered newsletters now look hand-built.

• Custom CTA design and link styles, per section
• Image captions and credits pull in straight from your feed

No manual cleanup after the feed loads.

A/B test while your domain warms up

New sending domain? No more waiting to test subject lines.

• Subject line tests now run while your domain is still warming up

Optimize from your very first send.

Deliverability by inbox provider

Every post now shows how it landed at Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, AOL and more.

• Open any post's analytics to see sent, delivered, bounce rate and open rate by provider, compared to your previous send
• Or ask Claude or ChatGPT how your last send landed, through the beehiiv MCP

Catch a Gmail dip before it becomes a trend.

Note: Deliverability by inbox provider is available on Pro and Enterprise plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

Login codes in the subject line

When readers log in to your website, their code now shows right in the email subject line.

• No opening the email, no scrolling

One less step between your reader and your content.

Search, AI & API

Faster search

Big backend performance work across the app. You'll feel it most in two places.

• Subscriber search is faster on large lists, and searching by email domain or a pasted list of addresses no longer times out
• Post search finds part of a title or subject line, ignores capitals and extra spaces, and works in the posts list, post pickers and your website's archive search

Find what you're looking for, even at a million subscribers.

Upload images from ChatGPT

Drop an image into ChatGPT and it uploads straight to your beehiiv media library, ready for your next post.

• No hosting it somewhere first, no copying links

Publication-scoped API keys

For agencies and teams running multiple publications, API keys can now be scoped to specific publications.

• Set the scope when you create a key in your API settings

Give access to exactly what's needed, nothing more.

Note: Publication-scoped API keys are available on Lite plans and up. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

That's Week 2. Four more to go, and next week's list is already long. Including a few I've been waiting a long time to share 👀

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Bring your own sponsors, add programmatic ads, and let every episode earn.

Since we launched podcasts in April, thousands of shows have made beehiiv home. You can host your show, grow it alongside your newsletter, and earn from your biggest fans with premium episodes. And as always, beehiiv doesn’t take a cent of your subscription revenue.

Today, we’re adding the next piece: Podcast Ads 💰

Sell your own sponsors, turn on programmatic ads, or do both, with no minimum download count to get started. Every listener can help you earn.

And if you don’t have a show yet, your newsletter audience is the best head start you could ask for.

Here’s what’s new:

• 🎙️ Dynamic ad insertion
• 🤝 Campaigns manager
• ⚡ Programmatic ads
• 📊 Ad reporting
• ✅ IAB-certified downloads
• 📦 Import podcast ad breaks
• 📚 Podcast office hours

Let’s dive in:

Dynamic ad insertion

Mark your ad breaks and beehiiv fills them with your sponsors, programmatic ads, or both, every time someone hits play.

That includes every episode you’ve ever published.

With dynamic ad insertion, your ads aren’t baked into your audio anymore. beehiiv drops them in fresh every time someone downloads or streams an episode.

That means:

• Every download can earn. Listeners don’t always start with your latest episode, so your old episodes keep paying you.
• Your ads never go stale. New creative from a sponsor? Offer expired? Swap the ad in seconds. No re-editing, no re-exporting, no re-uploading.
• You stay in control. Choose where ads go and change them anytime, without touching a single episode’s audio.

And you don’t have to juggle any of the operations. beehiiv automatically plays your sponsor ads first, then programmatic ads when available, followed by any house promos.

Mark your ad breaks

To get started with podcast ads, open any episode in the new ad locator and choose where ads play: before, during, or after your episode.

For mid-roll (during your episode), double-click the waveform, play to the perfect moment, or type in a timestamp. Add as many mid-roll breaks as you want, and put each one exactly where it fits, so an ad never cuts in mid-sentence.

Then pick how many ads play in each break.

You can even set pre-roll and post-roll breaks as defaults, so they’re ready to go when publishing future episodes.

Pro tip: Start with 2 to 4 ads per break, and about one mid-roll for every 10 to 15 minutes of audio.

Earn from every episode

Your back catalog is still working. New listeners find your old episodes every day, and binge-listeners work their way through your archive. Now those plays can pay you.

Add pre-roll and post-roll breaks to every past episode in one click, and they start earning on the very next play.

You can also drop mid-roll ads into back catalog episodes (just not in bulk).

Pro tip: The beehiiv Agent or beehiiv MCP can help flag your most downloaded episodes for this.

Note: Podcast ads are available on all paid plans.

Campaigns manager

Landed a sponsor or advertiser? Get their campaign running in minutes.

Upload the ad (up to 90 seconds, MP3 or WAV) to the podcast campaigns manager, set your flight dates and an optional impression goal, and pick which shows and placements it runs on. When the deal ends, the spot opens up for your next sponsor.

On Pro and Enterprise plans, you get even more control:

• Target by device and location, so you can reach listeners in specific markets
• Set frequency caps, so no one hears the same ad on repeat
• Add third-party tracking, for sponsor-side reporting and promo attribution

You can run promos for your other content the same way, like a plug for your newsletter, digital product, or your premium podcast feed.

Note: Campaigns manager is available on all paid plans.

Programmatic ads

No sponsor yet? No problem.

Turn on programmatic ads and your open breaks become available to marketplace advertisers. When one wants to reach an audience like yours, their ad automatically plays in your ad break, and you earn.

All you have to do is mark your ad breaks and choose which ad categories to block. Everything else runs on autopilot.

There’s no minimum download requirement, so you can turn on ads from episode one. How often your breaks sell depends on your show’s size, its category, and what advertisers are buying at the time.

Earn on the breaks you don’t sell

If you already have direct-sold sponsorships, programmatic works for you too.

Even the best shows don’t directly sell every ad break. Turn on programmatic ads to give those unsold spots a chance to earn.

Getting paid is just as hands off

Earnings show up in your dashboard as your ads run, with regularly scheduled payouts.

Ad reporting

Podcast ad reporting now has its own dashboard, separate from your downloads.

Baked-in ads only gave you a download count. Now you see impressions and delivery for every campaign, plus revenue and eCPM for programmatic.

That means you know what every campaign earned you, and you can show sponsors exactly what they got. It makes your next sponsor pitch or renewal a lot easier.

Pro tip: Ask beehiiv in Claude or ChatGPT: “Build me a one-page sponsor pitch with my podcast downloads, unique listeners, growth, and top countries, plus my newsletter subscribers and open rate. Match my brand, and write it in my voice using my episode transcripts.” You’ll have an on-brand media kit in minutes, backed by IAB-certified numbers.

Certified downloads

When a sponsor asks how many people hear your show, your answer should mean the same thing to them as it does to you.

beehiiv’s podcast metrics are IAB v2.2 certified, following the industry standards agencies and advertisers already buy against.

This means your download count reflects real listeners, not noise. We filter out:

• Bots, crawlers, and data center traffic
• Pre-loads that never reach a minute of listening
• Duplicate requests, like the same listener re-downloading an episode on the same day

And you get a cleaner, more credible number to put in your media kit, that gives sponsors a reason to say yes.

Import podcast ad breaks

Got a show somewhere else? Bring it to beehiiv with your ad breaks intact.

When you import your podcast, tell us your ad break timestamps and we’ll set them up for you. No need to re-mark by hand. Then upload your sponsor ads or turn on programmatic, and you’re ready to earn.

Moving your podcast to beehiiv has tons of other benefits too:

• A smooth switch. We’ll guide you through the migration and redirect, so your listeners and reviews come with you.
• One home for your audience. Bring your podcast, newsletter, and community together, with automations to keep subscribers listening.
• More from every episode. Turn each transcript into show notes, social posts, a newsletter draft, and more with beehiiv Agent, Claude, or ChatGPT.

Creators like Milly Tamati are making the move every day. She brought The Generalist World Pod to beehiiv in April, right next to her 55,000+ subscriber newsletter and community.

Milly’s downloads grew 8x in her first three months here 🤯

Now she’s turning on podcast ads. The game plan:

• A formula for ad breaks. She’s set up automatic pre- and post-roll ad placements and loads across her back catalog and future episodes.
• Programmatic enabled. She’s opted in to give available spots a chance to earn through third-party ad marketplaces.
• Podcast sponsorship packages. She can now include podcast inventory in Generalist World sponsorship deals, with dedicated reporting for sponsors.
• Community promotion. She can use podcast ad slots to promote Generalist World events and share community shoutouts.

Learn from a podcast pro

Whether it’s day 1 or day 1,000 for your show, we want your podcast to win. So our Head of Podcasts, Ainsley Rossitto, is hosting live podcast office hours this Thursday, October 29 at 1pm ET.

Ainsley spent six years at Paramount building podcast strategy for major talent and franchises, and worked at NPR. She led the build of beehiiv’s new podcast ad tools, and now she’ll show you how the pros use them.

Join to:

• See podcast ads in action, from marking breaks to running your first campaign
• Steal what’s working, with real strategies for growing and monetizing your show
• Get your questions answered live

Plus, every attendee will get free access to Ainsley’s exclusive playbooks.

Can’t make it? Join on Wednesday, November 11 at 2pm ET instead.

Get started with podcasts

Newsletters. Websites. Communities. And now, podcasts that pay.

We’re just getting started 🎥

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Faster sends, smarter insights, and an editor that works on your phone.

The beehiiv you logged into today is better than the one you used yesterday. (Probably by a lot.)

Truth is, we’ve shipped updates every week since we launched nearly 5 years ago. Often daily. We just never made a big deal about it, because if we emailed you every time, we’d take over your inbox.

But for the next 6 weeks, we’re shipping so much that keeping quiet isn’t an option. So every week, I’m rounding it all up right here.

This week alone:

• 📱 Write and edit from your phone
• ✉️ Sender settings for every newsletter
• 🛡️ Safety checks before you hit send
• 📊 Custom date ranges on your dashboard
• 🤖 New MCP tools

...plus 9 more improvements. Let’s get into it:

1. Write and edit from your phone

The beehiiv editor now works on your phone. The canvas fits your screen, the drag handle sits right where your thumb is, and the block menu opens full screen.

Fix the typo you spotted on the train. Finish the draft while you’re in line for coffee.

2. Sender settings for every newsletter

One publication, multiple newsletters, each with its own identity.

You can now set the sender name, reply-to, UTMs and custom headers for each list and each post. Say your weekly roundup comes from your editor, but your partner offers come from your partnerships lead. Readers see the right name, and replies land in the right inbox.

3. Send test, right next to schedule

We noticed people were publishing real posts just to test them. Not ideal.

So “send test email” now sits right next to the Schedule button. Check it in your inbox first, then send it for real.

4. Safety checks before you hit send

Two new safety nets on the review step:

• See your sender name exactly how it’ll look in the inbox
• Get a heads-up if your domain’s email authentication (DMARC) needs attention

And catch the “why did this land in spam?” mistakes before they happen, not after.

5. Faster web posts, sends, and dashboards

On average, large web posts now load 3.8x faster, even the ones packed with links. Emails send faster too, and the dashboard loads in lightning speed, thanks to a bunch of behind-the-scenes improvements.

Smarter answers from your data

6. Custom date ranges

Pick any window, like launch week, Q3 or Black Friday, and every stat on your dashboard updates. Each one is compared against the same-length period right before it.

No more exporting to a spreadsheet to answer “how did that month go?”

7. Poll answers saved to subscriber profiles

When a reader answers a poll in your email, their answer now saves straight to their subscriber profile.

Ask “What best describes you?” and everyone who taps “Founder” is tagged automatically. Then use segments and automations to send each group exactly what they care about.

8. Segment upgrades

Segments let you group your subscribers by who they are and what they do. Two upgrades:

• Resubscribe date: a new condition to find readers who came back. Welcome them back or win them over again.
• More complete click data: verified clicks in automations and welcome emails now count toward your segments.

Note: Polls and automations are available on Pro and Enterprise plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

More ways to earn

9. Custom deals for group subscriptions

Group subscriptions let one company buy multiple seats in a single purchase. Now you can:

• Create custom deals with your own pricing and payment link
• Bill by invoice
• Track every deal from pending to active
• Manage seats and deals through the beehiiv MCP

Sell to the whole company, not one reader at a time and unlock a whole new revenue stream.

Note: Custom deals are available on Pro and Enterprise plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

AI & API

10. New MCP tools

Work in beehiiv right from Claude, ChatGPT or Grok. It’s one of the most loved things we’ve ever shipped (8M+ tool calls), and now it can:

• Draft automations, segments and posts
• Build surveys, polls and digital products
• Accept Ad Network ads and Paid Recommendations

11. New API capabilities

If you or your team build on beehiiv, here’s what’s new:

• The Send API is now available on Pro (and out of beta)
• Podcast shows, episodes and private feeds
• Lists: create, update and import
• Preview links and recipients for every post
• Ad Network reports, plus an API for advertisers
• Sender, reply-to and UTMs for each post
• API keys scoped to a single publication (Lite and up)

Note: AI usage limits and API rate limits vary by plan. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

Start strong

12. Guided custom domain setup

A custom domain is great for your brand, but connecting one can be tricky. Now beehiiv walks you through it:

• One-click DNS setup
• Live status for every record
• Cloudflare detection
• Send the steps to a teammate
• Alerts if anything breaks

13. Faster subscriber import

Bringing your subscriber list to beehiiv is now nearly 2x faster. You can:

• Paste or upload your contacts
• Map custom fields and tags
• Assign readers to specific newsletter lists
• Drop them into an automation (or build one) without leaving the flow

14. An onboarding guide in your AI

Ask Claude, ChatGPT or Grok to “help me set up my publication.” The beehiiv MCP checks what you’ve done, shows what’s missing and walks you through the rest.

If you prefer to stay in-app, the beehiiv Agent is always there to answer your questions.

And that’s only Week 1. Five more to go, with plenty more of what you asked for on the way. Including some big announcements 👀

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Your newsletter doesn't live on an island.

beehiiv connects seamlessly to the tools you already use, in just a few clicks. And today, we’re adding even more to the mix:

• 🚀 Meta + HubSpot integrations
• 📝 WordPress integration
• 🤖 Grok connector
• 💰 More flexible ads
• ✨ Sending and API upgrades

Let’s dive in:

Meta + HubSpot integrations

Two of our most-requested integrations are now open for early access.

See which Meta ads drive subscribers

Thousands of beehiiv publications use the Meta pixel for ad tracking. But our new Meta integration goes a step further. It uses the Meta Conversions API to send signups directly back to Meta, giving you more data to optimize your campaigns.

You’ll see which ads actually drive growth, and put your budget where it counts.

Say you're testing three Instagram ad creatives to grow your list.

Today, you can see clicks when you connect a Pixel ID:

With Meta connected, beehiiv sends signup events directly from our servers to Meta, so conversions are tracked even when browser tracking falls short.

Keep HubSpot and beehiiv in sync

Our native HubSpot integration syncs your CRM contacts straight into beehiiv, so your list is always up to date, without the hassle of managing extra workflows on tools like Zapier.

For example, if you run your CRM out of HubSpot and your newsletter on beehiiv, anyone who opts into marketing on a HubSpot webinar form can automatically land on the right beehiiv list.

We’re kicking off beta access to Meta and HubSpot integrations with a small group of users. Spots are limited, so join the waitlist to request access.

Note: Meta and HubSpot integrations will be available on Pro and Enterprise plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

WordPress integration

If you publish on WordPress, you know the drill. Write a post. Copy it into your newsletter. Fix the formatting. Hit send.

Not anymore.

With the beehiiv WordPress plugin, you can publish posts straight to your newsletter without ever leaving WordPress. You can also add beehiiv signup forms to any page, turning more of your website visitors into subscribers.

Write it once and reach readers wherever they are: on your website or in their inbox.

Note: WordPress is available on Pro and Enterprise plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

Grok connector

Two weeks ago, I shared that publishers had made 6 million requests to beehiiv from AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT/Codex. Today, it’s more than 8 million 🤯

And now, Grok users can get in on the action with the official Grok connector.

Ask Grok to identify your most engaged readers, analyze your growth trends, suggest ways to improve, or even build a welcome automation.

Integrations marketplace

This year alone, we've added integrations with popular creator platforms like ManyChat, LinkedIn, and Linktree, making it easier than ever to connect beehiiv with the tools you already use.

The opportunities for audience growth are endless. Here's one cool flow that creators are using to turn those followers into newsletter subscribers:

1. Connect beehiiv + ManyChat.
2. Create a free digital product on beehiiv.
3. Promote that product on Instagram and ask followers to comment something specific, like “PLAN.”
4. ManyChat DMs each of them the plan and asks for an email.
5. Every reply lands in beehiiv as a new subscriber.

And that's just one example. With Linktree, you can collect newsletter subscribers right from your link-in-bio. And with integrations like Facebook Lead Ads and Typeform, you can automatically turn leads into subscribers.

It's not just about growing your audience, either. We want beehiiv to fit into the way you already work. For example, you can send key updates straight to Slack, so your team stays in the loop without needing to check yet another dashboard.

And if there's something you want to build that we don't have a native integration for (yet), you can connect thousands of other tools through Zapier and Make.

Make every sponsor sound like you

Your readers trust your voice and recommendations. Your sponsorships should reflect that.

Now you can add your own intro to any Ad Network ad and tell your readers why it’s worth their attention before the sponsor's message kicks in.

More sponsors than ever are ready to be introduced. Lovable and Alaska Airlines just joined the Ad Network, and we’re adding new brands every week.

The best part is that you still don’t need a sales team, a media kit, or a single awkward pitch email to land them. We bring the brands and handle the contracts.

You claim the offer and get paid 💰

Note: Ad Network is available on all paid plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

More control for teams

If you manage more than one newsletter or subscriber list, this one's for you. We've made it easier to control how every email appears in the inbox and who can access what behind the scenes.

Unified sender settings

Your sending details are now easier to manage. Set your sender name, from address, reply-to, and custom headers once, then customize them for individual lists, posts, or templates as needed.

So if your publication sends both a daily and weekly newsletter, each can go out under its own name, with replies going straight to the editor who runs it.

You can even send a guest issue under a guest writer's name.

Publication-specific API keys

beehiiv is easy enough to manage on your own, but some publishers want to bring in a pro. Now you can create API keys for individual publications, giving external folks access to exactly what they need without opening up your entire account.

API keys let your developer or agency build on beehiiv without needing your login credentials. Until now, one key unlocked every publication in your workspace.

Now you can limit a key to a single publication, so they only get access to that publication’s content (newsletter, website, community, podcast).

Note: Unified sender settings and publication-specific API keys are available on all paid plans. Learn more and/or upgrade here.

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Better ways to grow, earn, and get work done.

This year, we made newsletters more powerful on beehiiv, then added podcasts, community, an AI agent, and the beehiiv MCP.

This update makes all of it better, plus a few upgrades to the tools you use every week. Here’s what’s new:

• 💰 Paid Recommendations
• 🤖 beehiiv AI (Agent + MCP)
• 💬 Community @mentions
• 🎙️ Updated podcast suite
• ⚡ Faster workflows

Let’s get into it…

Recommendations are the top growth engine behind some of the fastest-growing newsletters on beehiiv, responsible for nearly 20M subscriptions 🤯.

Today, we're making the marketplace behind them a whole lot easier to use.

If you’re looking to earn…

You probably already recommend newsletters you love. Now you can get paid for it.

The new marketplace lets you search and filter every paid offer by category, country, and payout, so you can find newsletters your audience will actually want. You can even spot the ones that'll auto-accept you, so you can start earning right away.

Apply, get approved, and earn for every verified subscriber you send their way. Here are a few of the top offers live right now 👇

If you’re looking to grow…

Set your price per subscriber, deposit funds, and your offer goes live in front of thousands of publishers (like those above). Every offer now has its own shareable link, so you can promote it anywhere and invite other newsletters to recommend you directly.

You only pay for verified subscribers who actually engage with your content. It's growth with a money-back guarantee.

Note: Recommendations are available on all plans. Paid offers require a paid plan. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

beehiiv AI (Agent + MCP)

There's a lot you can do on beehiiv. Now AI can handle more of it for you.

Inside beehiiv

In August, we renamed Copilot to beehiiv Agent (you really didn't like "Copilot") and promised two things were coming: memory and subagents.

Both are live today.

• Memory. The Agent picks up where your last conversation left off, so you never have to re-explain your publication, your goals, or what you asked yesterday.
• Subagents. Hand it bigger, multi-step jobs. It splits up the work, runs it in the background, and checks in when it needs your call.

Plus the agent can take over and perform tasks on your behalf, like changing the design or layout of a live post you’re working on.

Outside beehiiv

In March, we became the first newsletter platform with an MCP. Since then, it's handled 6M+ requests 🤯.

Today, beehiiv is an official connector in both Claude and ChatGPT. No setup guide or config needed… just one click and you're in 👇

Community @mentions

The best conversations happen when the right people are in them.

Your community members can now pull each other in with @mentions. Type @name in a post, comment, or group chat, select the member, and they’ll get notified via email and mobile push.

Every mention is a reason to come back. And the more people come back, the more your community turns into a place your audience can't find anywhere else.

This builds on the community updates we shipped earlier this month:

• Custom profile fields
• Member directory
• Email notifications
• Mobile-first experience
• Community Manager role

Some of the top digital communities are now being built right here on beehiiv. What are you waiting for?

Note: Community is available across all of our paid plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Updated podcast suite

In April, we launched Podcasts. Since then, thousands of shows have moved to beehiiv, generating millions of downloads and counting.

Take No Cap Space, for example. They’re an independent women's basketball media company, made up of mostly part-time cofounders. They ship a daily newsletter, two podcasts a week, and a premium audio feed for paying subscribers, all on beehiiv.

Since moving from Substack last November, they've cut 2–3 steps from every episode they publish. Their premium feed runs on autopilot, and because we take 0% of subscription revenue, every dollar stay with them.

Everything in their toolkit is available to you today:

• Switch in minutes. Import your full archive and we’ll help you keep things disruption-free for your listeners.
• Distribute everywhere. Publish once and go live on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and more.
• Get discovered. Every episode gets its own SEO-optimized page with an interactive transcript, built into your beehiiv website.
• Go free, paid, or both. Host free episodes for everyone, put premium ones behind a paywall, and hook listeners with a preview. We take 0% of what you earn.
• Promotion on autopilot. Set up an automation that emails your audience the moment a new episode goes live, with the right details pulled in for you.
• Trust your numbers. beehiiv is now IAB v2.2 certified. Bots and invalid traffic are filtered out, so your downloads mean the same thing to you, advertisers, and agencies.
• Just ask. beehiiv is the first podcast host with an MCP. Ask Claude which episodes are trending, where your listeners are, or which apps they use.

Faster workflows

Last but not least, we sped up the parts of beehiiv you touch every week.

• Faster segments. Even your biggest, most complex segments now calculate in seconds. And segments tied to automations refresh multiple times a day, so new subscribers enter your flows sooner.

You can also build segments in plain English with the beehiiv Agent or the MCP 😏.

• Faster imports. A new guided import experience that's more intuitive and 6x faster, so bringing your list only takes a few minutes.
• Simple domain setup. Make your newsletter and website yours. Our new guided setup handles all of the heavy lifting on your behalf.
• Custom date ranges. Pull data for any date range, now available in dashboards across the platform.

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In July, we launched Community to help you engage your audience in a totally new way. It’s a branded home where your audience can connect with you and each other, building deeper relationships beyond the inbox.

Today, we’re making communities on beehiiv even more powerful and easier to manage. Here’s what’s new:

• 👤 Custom Profile Fields
• 🗺️ Member Directory
• 🔔 Email Notifications
• 📲 Mobile-First Experience
• 🎛️ Community Manager Role

New to Community? You can launch one from your dashboard in just a few clicks, with all these new features waiting for you.

Let's dive in 👇

Members already share a name, avatar, headline, and location during onboarding.

Now, you can use that onboarding flow to collect anything else you want to know, like where they work or what they’re hoping to get out of your community.

You control every field:

1. Required or optional. Make a field required for every new member, or let them skip it.
2. Who sees the answer. Selecting ‘All members’ adds it to their community profile. ‘Admins only’ keeps it private between you and the member.
3. What order they’re asked. Just drag and drop to rearrange the onboarding flow.

You can also add new fields later. Existing members will be prompted to fill them out the next time they visit, so your member profiles always stay up to date.

And in that same spirit of making member data more useful, we’ve also updated the core location field. Now, members can search and select their location instead of entering free text. So whether you’re building a digital, IRL, or hybrid community, it’s easier than ever for you to understand where your members are based.

The best part? All of this data lives on your subscriber records as custom fields, so you can use it in segments, automations, and anywhere else across beehiiv. Your community connects seamlessly with the rest of your content ecosystem, and it all starts with the data.

Community is available across all of our paid plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Member Directory

Your community members can now find and connect with the right people, all on their own.

Most member directories stop at a name, photo, and maybe a short bio. beehiiv lets you customize yours with information that matters to your community, whether that’s location, company, role, or any of the custom profile fields you’ve collected.

To make it even easier for community members to connect, the Directory includes two filters: Online Now and Near Me. And if members already know who they’re looking for, they can find them through Global Search.

While the Directory makes it easier to be discovered, members are still in control of their visibility. Anyone who’d rather not appear can hide themselves from the Directory in their settings, without leaving your community.

The Directory is off by default, so you can turn it on whenever you’re ready. You don’t even need to call it a “directory” — rename it to whatever makes sense for your community. You’ll find it under Community → Directory.

Community is available across all of our paid plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Email Notifications

With email alerts, it’s easier than ever to keep members coming back.

These alerts let members know when they’ve received a direct message, comment, reply, follow, or a new badge, and each one includes a link right back into the conversation.

If you enable email notifications, members still control exactly which updates they receive. Their newsletter subscription stays separate, so community notifications don’t interfere with the emails they already signed up for.

Email notifications are sent from your custom domain and sender name, so you’ll need to enable that first.

Community is available across all of our paid plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Mobile-First Experience

Your members can now take your community with them, wherever they go.

When someone joins on desktop, we’ll prompt them to add your community to their phone.

The process is simple:

• Scan a QR code with their camera
• Get signed in automatically
• Follow a few prompts to install
• Start receiving mobile push notifications

No URL to type. No second login. No app store.

The next time they get a push notification, it’ll come from your brand, with your favicon and app name (not beehiiv’s).

That branded mobile experience pays off: we’ve found that people who install your community app have 2.5x the engagement rate.

There’s nothing extra to set up. Just make sure the Mobile App toggle is on under Community → Settings, and the desktop-to-mobile flow works automatically.

Community is available across all of our paid plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Community Manager Role

As communities grow, managing them often becomes a team effort. So we’ve added a new role built specifically for Community Managers.

This new role gives them the access they need, without handing over full admin control.

It sits between Moderator and Community Admin. Community Managers can create and edit channels, invite and remove members, manage Moderators, and review reported content.

Full Admin access stays with you. Only Admins can grant Admin access, promote someone to Community Manager, or take the community offline.

Similarly, Community Managers can ban members and Moderators, but they can’t ban other Managers or Admins.

To manage your community, they just need a team seat in your publication or workspace.

Community is available across all of our paid plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

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New playbooks for new platforms.

For the past few decades, SEO was the name of the game: get indexed by Google, rank on page one, capture the traffic.

But now, the ten blue links are less relevant than ever. Instead, your readers are bringing their questions to ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini. Those platforms are playing a different game: they either cite you, or they don’t.

Optimizing for those citations is what AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) is all about. Similar in theory to SEO, but with entirely new players and rules.

Most platforms make this your problem to figure out. But we aren’t most platforms…

Instead, we solved it for you. Today we're shipping:

• 🔍 AEO-Ready Websites
• 🛡 AI Crawl Control
• 🛒 Digital Products (AI Builder)
• 🤖 beehiiv Agent

Let’s dive in…

AI platforms can’t cite what they can’t parse. They need to know what’s on a page, who wrote it, and whether it’s trustworthy.

So we make it easy: every post now ships a machine-readable summary your readers never see.

It’s called structured data, and it’s the hidden layer that lets Google show richer results and lets ChatGPT confidently say, “this event starts at 7pm.” Every beehiiv post includes this data automatically, with no technical setup or plugins required.

Want more control? You can now add structured data blocks right from the post editor:

1. Open any post and head to the AEO Settings in the Web tab
2. Add a structured data block
3. Choose the type and fill in the relevant fields

That’s it. beehiiv will automatically generate structured data in the preferred JSON-LD format for AI platforms to crawl. And you’re not limited to just one block…

You can stack up to five per post. So if a post includes a tutorial, video, and FAQ, you can make sure AI platforms understand all three.

Of course, none of that matters if AI platforms can’t find the page in the first place. That’s why websites on beehiiv publish with a complete sitemap that covers posts, pages, authors, categories, products, and podcast episodes.

We also create a dynamic llms.txt file from your content. llms.txt is the emerging standard that gives LLMs a clean map of your site and what’s on it. You can customize your own, or put it on autopilot and let us handle it for you.

But discovery is only part of the equation. AI platforms don’t just care what a page says; they want to know who said it. That’s why we made your author identity verifiable.

Author pages now include Person and ProfilePage markup that links to your profile and any social accounts you’ve connected, helping establish who you are and why your content is trustworthy.

And that context doesn’t disappear just because your content sits behind a paywall.

Gated posts now emit proper paywall markup, so AI platforms understand your content is premium instead of penalizing you for hiding it. The result? AI can point people to your paid content without giving it away.

Underneath it all sits the boring stuff that makes the rest work: breadcrumbs, canonical URLs, internal linking, anchor text, Open Graph, rich embeds, and so much more.

Most platforms make this your problem. We made it the default 📈.

Note: Custom structured data blocks are only available to users on our Max or Enterprise plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

AI Crawl Control

Getting discovered shouldn’t mean giving up control.

Last month, AI bots from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft crawled content hosted on beehiiv more than half a billion times 🤯.

That content belongs to you, and you should decide what happens to it.

That’s why we partnered with Cloudflare to build AI Crawl Control, making beehiiv the first content platform that lets publishers decide which AI bots can access their work.

First, visit the Crawler Analytics dashboard to see exactly who’s crawling your content.

Most publishers have never seen this data. For many, it’s the first time they realize that GPTBot has read every post they’ve ever written.

From there, you get to decide what happens next. You have full control over which crawlers can access your website and content, and which ones can’t (e.g., you can block Googlebot while still allowing GPTBot).

And it’s enforced, not requested. Your crawl rules run at the edge on Cloudflare’s network: blocked means blocked.

Note: AI Crawl Control only works for users with a custom domain. Everyone can view the dashboard, but you must be on a Max or Enterprise plan to take action and block. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Digital Products (AI Builder)

We launched Digital Products last November so you could sell eBooks, guides, templates, research reports, webinars, and coaching sessions directly to your audience.

And no matter what you sell, we never take a cent of your revenue. What you earn is yours 😏.

Over the past few months, we’ve been quietly expanding what’s possible with Digital Products. We’ve added product reviews, updated product templates, international currency support, and plenty more.

The result?

Hundreds of thousands of product sales, and more revenue for our users (that’s you). But we wanted to make it even easier to go from great idea to first sale…

Now you can simply describe the product you want to launch, and let AI do the work for you. Whether you’re building with the beehiiv MCP or the beehiiv Agent (more on that below), you can launch a new product in minutes:

• Brainstorm product ideas based on your content and audience
• Generate a cover image from a prompt
• Create the full product: name, description, details, and price
• Embed it in an upcoming newsletter
• Add it to your website as a product card

It’s never been easier to make your first sale.

Note: Digital Products are only available to users on our paid plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

beehiiv Agent

Out: Copilot
In: beehiiv Agent 😏

It turns out people really disliked the name “Copilot.” But this update is way bigger than just a rebrand.

The Agent team has been heads down on:

• New website capabilities, so you can design and build the website of your dreams entirely through chat.
• Digital Products and Referral Program support, to convert attention into revenue and existing subscribers into a growth flywheel.
• Memory is coming, so your agent remembers your last conversation instead of starting cold.
• Subagents too, so you can hand off bigger, more complex jobs to run in the background.

⭐ Bonus: MCP with the CEO

I recently put together a video showcasing exactly how I use the beehiiv MCP to run my weekly newsletter. It breaks down:

• How to connect to the MCP
• How I use Projects in Claude
• The four skills I rely on every week

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Click Triggers for automations

We're still raising the bar for newsletters.

Sure, the last few months have been packed with new releases, with podcasts, Community, Copilot, and more. But we haven’t forgotten what made beehiiv a best-in-class newsletter platform in the first place.

Today, we’re rolling out a new batch of updates built around our core newsletter capabilities:

🫵 Click Triggers for automations
💰 Custom Group Deals (for paid subscriptions)
💻 Send API (now available on Max plans)
❓ Random Cohort Sends
🎨 Visual Editor stable release

Let’s dive in…

Clicks are one of the strongest signals of subscriber intent. Now, you can trigger an automation the moment someone clicks a specific link.

With Click Triggers, you can easily launch a follow-up sequence, tag high-intent readers, or kick off a sales flow, all based on real engagement signals from your readers.

Getting started is simple:

1. Create a new automation
2. Select the “Clicked a link” trigger
3. Add the specific URL (either exact match, or “starts with”)

You can even build your automation around a specific post, automation, or email.

I’ve used this exact trigger to drive thousands of dollars in sales. Here’s how:

First, I created The Newsletter Playbook for Founders. It’s the exact playbook I used to scale Morning Brew to 4M subscribers and my personal newsletter to a six-figure side project.

By the way, that digital product was built directly on beehiiv, using the same tools available to every publisher on our platform. And unlike our competitors, we never take a cent of what you earn 😉.

After building the playbook, I promoted it in a recent edition of my newsletter. The link got thousands of clicks, but only a few hundred people purchased.

But thanks to the new click trigger, I was able to reach out directly to every person who clicked. I waited 24 hours to check whether or not they purchased the playbook, and those who didn’t got a personalized follow-up reminder from me. This drove hundreds more sales.

It’s a perfect example of how newsletters, digital products, and automations can work together to generate revenue on autopilot 🤑.

Note: Click Triggers are available to users on Max and Enterprise plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Custom Group Deals

Group Subscriptions let you sell access to entire teams, companies, and organizations. Toggle it on for any paid plan or tier, and the group purchase option will instantly appear at checkout.

Today, we’re introducing Custom Group Deals, giving you more flexibility to create tailored packages for your biggest customers.

Instead of offering the same group subscription to everyone, each deal can have its own pricing, seat limit, and payment terms (credit card, invoice, or off-platform).

Let’s say your standard subscription costs $10/month per seat, but you want to offer the wonderful employees at beehiiv a special group rate of $5/month per seat.

Just head to Subscriptions → Tiers → Group Subscriptions, then select the option to create a custom group. From there, fill in the relevant deal details (feel free to make me the primary billing contact).

Once the deal is created, you can send the primary admin a link to complete payment. In this example, that’s me.

While the primary admin (me) can invite employees to join the group subscription, you can also manage members on your customer’s behalf. This gives you the flexibility to offer a more hands-on, concierge experience for your highest-value customers.

In short: group subscriptions on beehiiv are now more powerful and flexible than ever.

Note: Paid Subscriptions are available on all paid plans, and Group Subscriptions are available on our Max and Enterprise tiers. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Send API now on the Max Plan 👀

The Send API lets you create and send posts programmatically from your own CMS, internal tools, the command line, or wherever else you work.

Previously, the Send API was only available to Enterprise customers. Today, we’re extending access to users on our Max plan as well.

But we’re doing more than just expanding access—we’re also adding several powerful new capabilities:

• Preview. Each API call now returns a preview URL with an exact rendering of the email, so you can send with confidence.
• Instant validation. We’ve added additional validation for common mistakes, so you get instant feedback instead of waiting around for async failures.
• Audience confirmation. Post responses now include the full recipient list and total count, so you can verify your audience before and after sending.
• Improved developer documentation. We’ve made it easier to find what you need, get started, and start sending faster 🫡.

Note: Send API is available to users on Max and Enterprise plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Random Cohort Sending

Random Cohort Sends allow you to send to a randomized slice of your audience, then exclude that same cohort from future sends.

It’s a powerful upgrade to your content workflows. You can now run multiple ad campaigns across distinct, non-overlapping cohorts. Or, test new messaging with a smaller group before rolling it out more widely.

Note: Random Cohort Sending is only available to users on Enterprise plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Visual Editor is Live ✨

We recently introduced our all-new Visual Editor in beta, and I genuinely believe it offers the best writing experience on the internet.

After weeks of rave reviews, we’re officially removing the “beta” tag. Just head to the editor, toggle on the new version, and start writing with confidence.

The editor sits at the heart of beehiiv, and we’ve spent the entire year rebuilding it from the ground up. Our all-new Visual Editor delivers:

• A true what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) experience
• More design and customization capabilities
• Major performance improvements
• Real-time collaborative editing
• And so much more…

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Back in April, we launched Podcasts.

Since then, thousands of shows have switched to beehiiv to manage their podcast, newsletter, website, and community, all within one integrated ecosystem.

But your podcast shouldn’t just live alongside your newsletter—it should help grow it. Today, we’re introducing powerful new features to put that growth on autopilot.

Tune in to see what’s new👇

Podcast automations

You can now trigger an automation the moment a new podcast episode goes live, so your audience never misses your latest content. No more manual sends or tracking down the right link.

Podcast automations tap into the full power of beehiiv’s automation suite. You can dynamically pull in episode details, such as the title, description, and release info, for an alert that’s hard to miss. Or, build a multi-touch sequence that keeps listeners engaged and deepens the relationship over time.

Juggling multiple shows? You can build separate automations for each, so every audience gets the right message at just the right time.

Publish once, and our automation suite does the rest💪

Note: Podcast automations are available to users on all paid plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Premium Episode Previews

With paid podcasts, you can turn your most engaged listeners into recurring revenue. We’re making it easier than ever to give free listeners a reason to upgrade.

Now, you can add an audio preview to gated podcast episodes, so visitors get a taste of what they’re missing before they commit. Use our new audio tool to select a clip from the episode, or upload your own preview file.

Visitors can listen to the preview, then subscribe to unlock the rest. Think of it as a trailer for the full episode.

Previews only appear to non-subscribers on the episode page. Paid subscribers get the full episode.

And unlike most other podcast platforms, beehiiv never takes a cent of what you earn.😌

Podcast Importer

Breaking up with your old host just got a lot easier.

Our brand-new import tool makes migrating a breeze. Just point us to your existing RSS feed, and we’ll pull your entire archive into beehiiv.

This includes:

• Every episode file
• Every title and description
• Every episode image and key art

We’ll also walk you through setting up an RSS redirect, so your audience can keep listening uninterrupted on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other platforms, while preserving your existing reviews and rankings.

No lost subscribers. No starting over. No asking your audience to resubscribe. Just a new host that’ll take your podcast to the next level.

The beehiiv Advantage 🎧

beehiiv isn’t just another podcast host. It’s one platform for your newsletter, website, podcast, and all the workflows that support them.

Oh, and we built the first MCP for podcasts, so you can pull insights and automate workflows just by asking.

Here’s everything else you unlock with your podcast on beehiiv:

• SEO-optimized webpages for every episode
• Instant distribution to Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and more
• Interactive transcripts for each episode
• Native Spotify integration that keeps listener subscriptions in sync
• IAB-standard analytics with real-time reporting and bot filtering
• Native integration with your newsletter and website
• Analytics prefixes to aggregate data across third-party providers
• Paid podcasts and private feeds — with a 0% take rate

By the way: we’re introducing dynamic ads and video soon🤫

Recommendation Network

It’s not podcast-related, but the recent launch of the all-new Recommendation Network has been wild.

Newsletters are growing faster and earning more passive revenue than ever. In case you missed it: we brought Recommendations and Boosts together into one unified experience, with better discovery, smarter insights, and more powerful automations.

I created a video tutorial showing exactly how I’m using Recommendations for my personal newsletter. Give it a watch and unlock more growth👇

To celebrate our Summer Release Event, we’re offering 20% off any annual plan through July 31st. We rarely discount the platform, but we were so excited about these updates that we couldn’t resist. More features. Less $$$. It really is that simple.

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This product update looks and feels a bit different than usual, because it is.

Yesterday, we hosted our first-ever Summer Release Event. Thousands of you joined us live as we introduced the next era of beehiiv to the world.

And based on the overwhelming feedback, I think we nailed it 🎯.

We covered a lot yesterday, so consider this a recap of everything we announced. It’s all live in-platform, and I can’t wait to see what you build.

Welcome to the all-new beehiiv 🐝.

p.s. - Missed the event? You can watch all 21 glorious minutes right here.

p.p.s. - To celebrate the event, we’re offering 20% off any annual plan through the end of July. Claim the offer while you can.

Community

Audience ownership has always been at the heart of what we’re building at beehiiv.

Your newsletter gives you a direct relationship with your readers. Community takes that one step further by giving readers a place to connect and build deeper relationships on a platform that’s owned by you, not faceless algorithms.

And when you bring the right people together, the community itself becomes part of the value you provide.

Whether they’re united by a shared love of design, startups, or even the World Cup, human connection is more important than ever. And starting today, you can foster those connections on beehiiv.

Let me show you how it works using my new community for Big Desk Energy.

You can create a free community open to everyone, or a paid community that requires a subscription to access.

Some quick math: a newsletter with 10,000 readers, a $20/mo membership, and a 3% free-to-paid conversion rate would net $72,000/yr in revenue.

Next, you can seed your community with the content your audience already loves. Your posts and podcasts sync in real time, giving members something to engage with from day one.

Then, make it your own. This is YOUR community: customize the design and overall experience to match your unique aesthetic.

That branding carries through to your own Community app, giving your audience a familiar place to return to again and again. Staying top of mind and cutting through the noise just got a whole lot easier.

When you’re ready to launch, invite your existing contacts to join. They’ll land directly in the community feed, the central hub for content, conversations, and everything happening in your community.

Members can share text, images, and audio, with video coming soon. They can also comment, reply, react, and repost, turning the feed into an active, ongoing conversation.

You can also create custom channels for more focused conversations. If you’ve used Slack or Discord, it’ll feel instantly familiar. For Big Desk Energy, I created channels for #Hiring, #SF, #NYC, and #LA.

And because every newsletter post or podcast episode can sync directly to your community, each new release becomes a conversation for your members to join.

Every member has their own profile, and you can follow the people you want to hear more from to personalize your feed.

We also built a complete messaging suite, so members can connect through direct messages or spin up group chats.

As your community grows, keeping conversations healthy and on-topic becomes increasingly important. That’s why we built native moderation tools that make it easy to identify and remove bad actors.

And because analytics are central to everything we do, you’ll have a clear view of member engagement, community health, and revenue every step of the way.

Building a community on beehiiv is fundamentally better than using a standalone community platform. Your audience, content, and business operations already live here, which unlocks advantages like:

• Moving readers from newsletter to community in just a few clicks
• Offering one unified paid subscription across your newsletter, podcast, and community
• Using automations to send timely, personalized messages to members
• Syncing newsletter posts and podcast episodes to your community in real time
• Hosting live webinars and events directly within your website and community
• Understanding your audience holistically across your entire ecosystem 🫶

And there’s so much more coming soon.

beehiiv is the one platform you need to power your entire content business. And now, that includes Community.

Note: Community is available across all paid plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Copilot

Back in March, we became the first newsletter platform to launch an MCP. We still hear from customers every day about how much it has transformed the way they work with AI.

Yesterday, we introduced Copilot, our in-app agent that never sleeps, knows your audience, and is ready whenever you need it.

Think of it as a native MCP, built directly into the beehiiv platform.

Ask Copilot to surface engagement trends, analyze your top-performing content, build an automation, or help launch your next revenue stream.

From question, to answer, to action — it all starts with just a prompt.

You don’t have to build your content empire alone. With Copilot, you have an expert operator by your side, every step of the way.

Visual editor

Introducing the best writing experience on the internet.

The editor sits at the heart of beehiiv, and we’ve spent the entire year rebuilding it from the ground up. Our all-new visual editor delivers:

• A true what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) experience
• Additional design and customization capabilities
• Powerful performance improvements
• Real-time collaborative editing
• And so much more…

Early reviews have been glowing. And while I could keep describing what’s possible, this is something you really need to experience for yourself.

The all-new visual editor is currently available as an opt-in beta ✨.

To celebrate the Summer Release Event, we’re offering 20% off any annual plan through the end of July. We rarely discount the platform, but we were so excited about these updates that we couldn’t resist.

Programmatic Ads

Programmatic Ads are the newest way to earn with the beehiiv Ad Network. Think YouTube ads, but for your newsletter.

Now, there are two ways to leverage the Ad Network:

1. On-demand. Browse available opportunities, choose the copy you prefer, and insert it directly into your newsletter.
2. Programmatic. Simply drop a Programmatic Ad block into your newsletter, and we’ll automatically fill it with the most relevant, highest-paying opportunity for your audience.

Newsletters on beehiiv are already earning more than $1M every month through premium sponsorships from brands like Ramp, HubSpot, Kalshi, and AG1.

With Programmatic Ads, you can put that monetization on autopilot. We’re currently accepting publishers off the waitlist on a rolling basis.

beehiiv is the one platform you need to power your entire content business.

More updates

Beyond everything above, we also introduced massive updates to many of our existing products and features. The goal is simple: deliver a world-class experience across every part of the platform.

Here’s a quick recap:

Podcasts.

Host, distribute, and monetize your show where your audience already lives. We also introduced new subscription tools, deeper analytics, and integrations with leading third-party platforms.

Digital Products.

Guides, templates, webinars, coaching—whatever you know, you can sell on beehiiv. We also made it possible to launch products in a single click, added more scheduling flexibility for coaching, and introduced powerful new webinar capabilities.

Paid Subscriptions.

Now the most complete subscription toolkit in the industry, full stop. We introduced group subscriptions, metered paywalls, free and paid trials, discounts and promotions, donations, and a brand new analytics suite.

Website Builder.

Describe the website you want, and our AI-powered builder brings it to life. It’s the home base for your newsletter, podcast, products, and everything else you create, and we’re making it better with dozens of updates every week.

As much as I love newsletters, this update is probably better experienced through video. Well, that and we spent a ton of money on the event, so I’d really appreciate it if you watched.

Give it a watch, subscribe to the channel, and drop a comment. I’ll reply to every one.

I can’t wait to see what you build 🤝.

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The brand-new Recommendation Network is designed to help you grow faster, earn more, and get more out of the beehiiv ecosystem.

Back at Morning Brew, I built a growth engine that scaled the newsletter to over 3,000,000 subscribers.

Some of our biggest growth wins came from partnering with other newsletter brands. That experience became the foundation for Recommendations, one of the first features we built at beehiiv.

Then we introduced Boosts, which turned Recommendations into a paid growth channel. Newsletters looking to grow could pay to acquire new subscribers, and newsletters with engaged audiences could monetize by recommending others.

Once the flywheel started to spin, it quickly picked up momentum. Over 15,000,000 subscriptions have been created to date via Recommendations and Boosts. But we knew we were just scratching the surface…

That’s why today we’re introducing the next evolution of our Recommendation Network. It combines Recommendations and Boosts into a single unified experience with better discovery, smarter insights, and more powerful automations.

But before we jump in: We’re hosting the Summer Release Event 2026 on July 16th (next Thursday). If you like these updates, you’re going to LOVE what we have in store for you next. It’s a free, 30-minute virtual event → RSVP.

Now let’s get started 👇

Today, beehiiv is home to over 60,000 active creators and publishers. There have never been more opportunities to discover and promote great newsletters, and accelerate your subscriber growth in return.

The new Recommendation Network has two sides:

• Outgoing Recommendations → the newsletters you recommend to your audience.
• Incoming Recommendations → the newsletters sending new subscribers your way.

Let’s start with Outgoing Recommendations. Search for the newsletters you already know and love, or discover new ones across the beehiiv ecosystem.

Then, add these newsletters to your list of active recommendations with just a click.

You can also add paid recommendations, which open up an entirely new revenue stream. You’ll get paid automatically for every qualified subscriber you send.

Once you choose your Outgoing Recommendations, they’ll appear for new readers right after they sign up. After submitting their email, readers will see the option to subscribe to a few of the newsletters you recommend.

Add as many Outgoing Recommendations as you’d like, and you can show up to four at a time to new readers.

You’re always in control of which newsletters appear in each slot, with flexible settings to prioritize and manage your recommendations:

• Shuffle: Randomly shuffles through your available recommendations.
• Pinned: Always shows a specific newsletter.
• Smart: We’ll automatically fill the slot with relevant newsletters.
• Your publication: Features another publication in your account.
• None: Leaves the slot blank for now.

Outgoing recommendations matter because reciprocity is what drives the network. In fact, newsletters that recommend others are 32x more likely to be recommended back. Said differently: what goes around, comes around. 💫

You’ll see that momentum in your Incoming Recommendations. When you recommend other newsletters, they’re notified and can easily return the favor. If there are specific newsletters you’d love to be recommended by, you can also invite them directly.

As more publications recommend you, you’ll see those referrals, subscribers, and network effects come to life in your Incoming Recommendations dashboard.

Looking to turbocharge your subscriber growth? You can add funds to the Recommendation Network and pay others to promote your newsletter.

Creating an offer is simple:

• Name your price: Set the amount you’re willing to pay per qualified subscriber.
• Choose your audience: Add geographic targeting to reach the right readers.
• Set your budget: Decide how much you want to spend.

Once your offer is live, other publishers can apply to recommend your newsletter. Approve the publications you want, and reject the ones that aren’t the right fit.

Don’t want to wait for applications or invite publishers one by one? Turn on Auto-Accept. We’ll distribute your offer across the network to publications that match your criteria, helping you scale faster with less manual work.

And to keep that momentum going, consider Auto-Deposit. We’ll automatically add funds on a set schedule, based on your balance. For example, if your remaining balance dips below $50, you can configure Auto-Deposit to add additional funds.

No matter how you set up paid recommendations, you’re only ever charged for verified subscribers who are actively engaging with your content. It’s subscriber growth with a money-back guarantee.

Plus, you’ll have full visibility into what’s working. Our dashboards make it easy to track performance, double down on the publishers driving results, and cut the ones that aren’t.

Whether you’re looking to drive revenue or accelerate your growth, the new Recommendation Network is the most powerful growth engine ever built for newsletters. Period.

Note: The Recommendation Network is available to all users on all plans, but generating revenue or acquiring subscribers through Paid Recommendations requires a paid plan. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

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Today, we’re introducing one of our most requested features to date: Group Subscriptions.

With Group Subscriptions, you can sell your paid newsletter to entire teams, companies, and organizations. One purchase. Multiple seats. Zero headaches.

We’re also introducing a new suite of dashboards and tools to help you better understand, grow, and retain your paying subscribers.

ICYMI: We are hosting the Summer Release Event 2026 on July 16th. If you like these updates, you’re going to LOVE what we have in store for you next. It’s free, virtual, and just 30 minutes → RSVP.

Let’s dive in 👇

Up until now, every subscription sale happened one reader at a time.

With Group Subscriptions, you can now sell access to entire teams, companies, and organizations.

Toggle it on for any paid plan or tier, and the group purchase option will instantly appear at checkout.

When someone purchases a Group Subscription, they become the account admin and get access to a dedicated admin dashboard.

From there, they can:

• Invite members individually or bulk-add an entire team via CSV upload
• Track seat usage and see how many subscriptions remain available
• Add or remove members as their team changes
• Manage billing, renewals, and plan details from a single place

The moment organizations become customers, your business changes. That's why we built a dedicated dashboard for tracking group revenue, seat utilization, and growth.

It’s just one of the many new dashboards we’re introducing today…

And of course, there are no platform fees. We never take a cent of what you earn.

Activate Group Subscriptions

Note: Group Subscriptions are only available to users on our Max plan. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Subscription Dashboards

Group Subscriptions are the newest way to drive subscription revenue on beehiiv. But we didn't stop at a single new feature. Instead, we took the opportunity to rebuild our entire paid subscription experience from the ground up.

The result: a new three-step setup flow that takes you from zero to recurring revenue in minutes.

Once you're up and running, you'll be greeted by a beautiful new dashboard packed with the data you need to scale your subscription business.

Revenue Overview

See exactly how much you're earning and how fast it's compounding, all in one view.

Subscription Overview

Track every subscription, trial, and downgrade in a beautiful new dashboard so you always know where your revenue is headed.

Plan Overview

Visualize and compare your subscriptions by billing cadence and tier to see exactly what’s driving your business.

…and there’s a whole lot more waiting for you to discover.

Did we mention you keep every dollar you earn on beehiiv?

Launch a Paid Newsletter

Spotify Open Access

beehiiv is now an approved Spotify Open Access partner.

This means creators can sell premium podcast subscriptions through beehiiv and give subscribers access to that same content directly on Spotify.

The flow is simple: a subscriber links their Spotify account to your publication, upgrades through your newsletter or website, and their premium episodes automatically unlock on Spotify.

The result? One subscription, managed in beehiiv and delivered wherever your audience listens.

And it works in reverse, too. Listeners can discover your content on Spotify, upgrade to a paid subscription, and stay connected to the rest of your content ecosystem on beehiiv.

Oh, and unlike most other subscription platforms, beehiiv never takes a cent of what you earn.

Join the thousands of creators who already run their podcast business on beehiiv. Getting started is simple:

• Launch your podcast. Add your show details, publish your first episode, and start reaching your audience beyond the inbox.
• Already have a podcast? You can cut that subscription and migrate your entire archive over to beehiiv in just a few minutes.

Launch Your Podcast

Tyler here (cofounder/CEO) 👋. Well, technically I’ve been here the whole time. I write each one of these updates myself.

On July 16th, we’re hosting the beehiiv Summer Release Event 2026. What we’re announcing will redefine what's possible on our platform and reshape the entire industry.

It’s probably the project I’m most proud of in my entire career. I think you’re going to love it.

It’s free, virtual, and just 30 minutes :). You Won’t Want to Miss It → RSVP

MCP v3 — Write Access Unlocked 🔓

The beehiiv MCP is now more powerful than ever. With full write access, you can now:

• Create and edit posts
• Build multi-step automations
• Launch products, polls, and surveys

MCP v3 gives your AI the context it needs to understand your business on beehiiv: from podcasts and automations to segments, monetization data, and more.

Join the thousands of users who are already using the beehiiv MCP to expand what’s possible 👇

Connect to the MCP →

By the way: we created a quick-start guide to help you get set up in less than 30 seconds. Check it out.

We’re hiring!

If you've made it this far, you're probably a beehiiv power user and/or deeply familiar with how we ship and market new features.

Those are the same traits we're looking for in the Sr. Product Marketing Manager role open right now on our team. If it sounds like a fit - apply here.

Apply to join

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Write Access is here

The most-requested MCP feature just shipped.

Back in March, we were the first newsletter platform to introduce an MCP.

The response from all of you has been incredible. But there was one request we heard again and again...

That’s why today we’re introducing Write Access for the beehiiv MCP 🥳. You can now:

• ✍️ Create and edit posts
• ⚡ Build multi-step automations
• 🚀 Launch products, polls, and surveys

...all by simply chatting with your AI tool of choice.

The most successful newsletter operators are already using AI to move faster, automate repetitive work, and spend more time on what actually grows their business. Let me show you how...

ICYMI: We are hosting the Summer Release Event 2026 on July 16th. If you like these updates, you’re going to LOVE what we have in store for you next. It’s free, virtual, and just 30 minutes → RSVP.

Let’s start with the basics…

You’ve probably used ChatGPT or Claude to answer a question or perform a task. Out of the box, both models know a ton and can search the web to find answers.

But what if you wanted Claude to read your emails? Or create a calendar invite on your behalf? To do that, Claude needs access to the tools where that information lives.

That's where an MCP comes in.

MCP is an open standard that lets AI tools connect directly to software like Gmail and Google Calendar, so you can get real work done just by chatting with Claude.

In that example:

• Reading your emails → Gmail (read access)
• Creating calendar invites → Google Calendar (write access)

Now swap Gmail and Google Calendar for beehiiv, and consider everything you can accomplish with Claude connected to your publication.

We shipped read access first, and it quickly became part of my daily workflow. Now, I wake up to a Slack message every morning with a full breakdown of my new subscribers from the day before. It took about three minutes to set up:

But that was just the start. Write access for the beehiiv MCP unlocks a new world of possibilities.

Here's what my newsletter workflow looks like now:

• I finish a rough draft and drop it into Claude for feedback.
• Claude proofreads it, tightens the copy, and suggests improvements.
• When I'm happy with the final version, I simply ask Claude to create the post for me in beehiiv using the exact template I always use.

Want to change the design? Just describe what you want. Claude can make style changes, update layouts, and even create entirely new templates for you. And don't worry about AI accidentally emailing your entire list. The MCP can create and edit content, but you're always in control of publishing.

It can also handle the tedious work you don’t feel like doing: adding content tags, generating alt text for images, updating metadata, and more.

Write access isn't limited to just posts. Here are a few prompts you can steal to put it to work across the beehiiv ecosystem:

Templates

“Create three new templates styled to my brand, based on my best-performing posts.”

Automations

“Build an automation when a subscriber clicks a link about pricing, then tag them as ‘high intent’ and send them a follow-up email.”

Digital Products

“Create a $99 downloadable product based on my most popular posts, with this description and image, and set it live so I can start selling today.”

Surveys

“Build my annual reader survey. I want to know who they are, what they want more of, and whether they’d be interested in a new podcast offering.”

Podcasts

“Write SEO-friendly titles, descriptions, and summaries for my last 10 episodes so they get discovered in search and on Apple/Spotify.”

Just about anything you can do in beehiiv can now be done through your AI tool of choice.

Connect to the MCP →

Note: Our MCP is available to all users, but write access is limited to users on our paid plans. You can learn more and/or upgrade here.

Command Palette + Shortcuts

Power users, this one's for you.

Just press Cmd+K (or Ctrl+K) anywhere in beehiiv to open the new Command Palette. From there, you can jump between pages, trigger actions, and search across your account — without ever touching your mouse.

Don’t need the Ferrari Command Palette? Use our new keyboard shortcuts to get where you need to go, faster.

It's one of those small improvements you'll notice every day.

Try It → Press Cmd+K

Tyler here (cofounder/CEO) 👋. Well, technically I’ve been here the whole time. I write each one of these updates myself.

On July 16th, we’re hosting the beehiiv Summer Release Event 2026. What we’re announcing will redefine what's possible on our platform and reshape the entire industry.

It’s probably the project I’m most proud of in my entire career. I think you’re going to love it.

It’s free, virtual, and just 30 minutes :).

You Won’t Want to Miss It → RSVP

Host Your Podcast on beehiiv

No podcast yet? There’s never been a better time to hit record. In just a few clicks, you can launch your first show and start building audience relationships beyond the inbox.

Or if you already have one hosted elsewhere, you can cut that subscription and migrate your entire archive over to beehiiv in just a few minutes.

Upload new episodes directly to beehiiv, and we’ll automatically distribute them to every major podcast platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Castro, and beyond.

Behind the scenes, we support MP3, M4A, and WAV, with automatic audio normalization so every episode sounds polished and consistent. Every upload also includes a full transcript, helping you get discovered in search and LLMs, improving accessibility, and turning every episode into reusable content.

Your podcast 🤝 your website

Since your podcast is fully integrated with your beehiiv website, each episode has its own SEO-optimized webpage to drive traffic and capture subscribers.

So instead of sending your audience to Apple, Spotify, or YouTube, you can keep them in your ecosystem. Just send them to your episode page, where they can listen or choose their preferred player.

We even built an interactive transcript that lets listeners skim, search, and jump to exactly what they want. It’s an audio experience designed around your audience.

And because podcast pages are powered by the beehiiv Website Builder, each one can be customized down to the last pixel. Explore the drag-and-drop editor, or use our AI tools to build your site from scratch with just a prompt.

Metrics that matter

Our podcast analytics are built to IAB standards, with breakdowns by country, listening app, device, and operating system, plus episode-level downloads and real-time data. No more waiting 24 hours for reports.

We also built advanced bot filtering to separate real listeners from noise, so you know exactly who’s tuning in.

Unified monetization

Bundle your podcast with your existing subscription and offer a private feed to paying subscribers. It’s a new way to create a premium experience for your most engaged audience, with exclusive episodes, early access, and more.

No third-party tools. No separate payment flows. No asking subscribers to pay twice. And unlike other platforms that feel entitled to a cut, beehiiv doesn’t take a cent.

One platform to rule them all.

When your podcast listeners, newsletter readers, and website visitors all live in one unified platform, you can get more out of your audience.

On beehiiv, your content goes further:

• Publish an episode and notify your audience instantly.
• Capture downloads through your integrated website and link in bio.
• Then build automations based on how people actually engage.

You can now offer a cohesive audience experience without juggling a half-dozen different tools. What are you waiting for?

Launch Your Podcast on beehiiv

Getting Started with the MCP

You can connect your beehiiv account to the AI client of your choice faster than you can brush your teeth. We even created a quick-start guide with step-by-step instructions.

This is your ✨ sign ✨ to unlock the power of AI and level up your newsletter.

Connect to the MCP →

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The beehiiv MCP is now available to all.

Last month, we rolled out early access to the beehiiv MCP for paid users.
The response? 🤯
Thousands of you built automated workflows to accelerate growth, unlock new revenue streams, and gain a deeper understanding of your audience.
Today, we’re taking it a step further.
Introducing the beehiiv MCP v2: now more powerful and available to everyone. No waitlist. No paid plan required.
With MCP v2, your AI has access to your entire beehiiv ecosystem, from podcasts and automations to segments, products, monetization data, and more.
Plus, we’re launching a few more updates:
🎙 New podcast pages
📨 Subscribe Forms v3
🎨 Audience templates
Let’s dive in 👇

Once upon a time, understanding your audience meant clicking through dashboards, exporting CSVs, and stitching the story together yourself.
Today, you just ask.
MCP is an open standard that lets AI tools connect directly to software like beehiiv. No more copying and pasting into a chat window. Your AI can plug into your account and access, analyze, and act on your data in real time.
The result is deeper insights and more tactical support for your business. For example, ask Claude to break down who’s reading your newsletter: the types of companies, their size, and how that’s changing over time. From there, it can use that data to help build a media kit for potential sponsors.
That’s exactly what I did here:

That's not a dashboard. That's an analyst who never sleeps, with full context across your entire business.
And starting today, every beehiiv user gets one. Setting it up takes less than 2 minutes…

What’s new in v2?

The analyst who never sleeps just earned a promotion.
Now, it’s a newsletter expert, with a PhD-level understanding of your entire business, and the ability to act on it.
You can now create advanced segments with just a prompt. Ask things like:

• “Find my free subscribers who've opened 5+ emails in the last 30 days but haven't upgraded. Save them as a segment called High Intent Free.”
• “Build a segment of paid subscribers who've clicked 3+ sponsor links this quarter. I want to send them an exclusive offer.”

And it doesn’t stop at segmentation. The MCP now has full access to podcasts, automations, products, surveys, polls, referrals, and more. Today, you can ask questions like:

• “Which podcast episodes are getting the most plays — from which apps, and in what cities?”
• “Where are subscribers dropping off in my onboarding automation?”
• “Which survey responses are showing the strongest churn signals?”

Where this is going…

Our direction is simple: automate the grind, so you can focus on the work that matters. Your ideas, your voice, your perspective — that’s the core of your brand. Let AI handle the rest.
Segments was just the first write-enabled workflow. Drafting and publishing posts, automations, surveys, and more are coming (very) soon.
Join the thousands already using the beehiiv MCP to expand what’s possible 👇

beehiiv MCP Examples

Podcast Pages

Every episode you publish gets its own auto-generated podcast page.
We just gave them a glow-up ✨
What’s new?

• Distribution to Apple, Spotify, Overcast, and more
• A dedicated page for every episode
• Full transcripts for every episode
• A playlist of recent episodes
• Dynamic timestamps
• Episode descriptions
• SEO/AEO optimization built in
• Full video embeds

No podcast yet? This is your sign. Launch your first show in just a few clicks and start building deeper audience relationships beyond the inbox.
Already hosting elsewhere? Cancel the extra subscription and migrate your entire archive to beehiiv in minutes.

Subscribe Forms v3

Subscribe Forms let you build fully customizable embeds that convert traffic into subscribers, anywhere on the internet.
For example, if you host your site on WordPress, you can build custom subscribe forms in beehiiv and drop them right in. Every signup flows directly into your account — no third-party plugins required.

• Go beyond email. Add custom fields to collect names, phone numbers, preferences — whatever matters most to you.
• Make it yours. Customize fonts, colors, sizing, and backgrounds. Add images or GIFs to stay perfectly on-brand.
• Stay in control. Enable double opt-in on any form to keep your list clean and high-quality.
• Track everything. Create unique forms for your homepage, lead magnets, and landing pages, then measure the impact of each one.

Today, we’re giving you even more control over how your forms show up, with new layouts, triggers, and frequency settings.

• Layouts: Inline, slide left/right, popup, sticky top/bottom.
• Triggers: Immediately, after a delay, on exit intent, or after scroll.
• Frequency: Every visit, or after X days.

Audience Templates

Templates now remember who they're for.
Pair each template with its intended audience:

• Your weekday newsletter 🤝 your weekday list
• Your premium digest 🤝 your paid subscribers
• Your monthly recap 🤝 everyone

Set it once, and it’s handled every time you open the template. That means less time setting things up, and no more “did I just send that to the wrong list?” moments.

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