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beehiiv Puts the Sponsor Inside Your Newsletter Draft

beehiiv Puts the Sponsor Inside Your Newsletter Draft

On-Demand Ads brings hourly sponsorship offers into the editor with a simple /ads command. The convenience comes with a five-day deadline—and an audience still worth being choosy for.

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beehiiv Group Subscriptions Turn One Sale Into a Team
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beehiiv Group Subscriptions Turn One Sale Into a Team

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beehiiv’s AI Agent Remembers—and Takes on Bigger Jobs
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beehiiv’s AI Agent Remembers—and Takes on Bigger Jobs

Memory and subagents arrived on September 29, turning beehiiv’s AI Agent into a more persistent publishing assistant. It can work through bigger assignments and change a live post’s layout; the price of putting it to work deserves a closer look.

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No Cap Space Runs a Media Business With One Full-Time Employee
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No Cap Space Runs a Media Business With One Full-Time Employee

Five founders, four other jobs, one daily newsletter. No Cap Space’s women’s basketball business shows how a small team can make podcasts, video and reporting work together on beehiiv.

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TIME Moved Two Million Readers to beehiiv Without a Pause
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TIME Moved Two Million Readers to beehiiv Without a Pause

Thirteen newsletters and more than two million subscribers. A beehiiv case study reports zero downtime—and reveals the unglamorous work behind TIME’s move.

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beehiiv’s Member Directory Makes the Audience the Attraction
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beehiiv’s Member Directory Makes the Audience the Attraction

A newsletter introduces readers to ideas. beehiiv’s new member directory lets them discover each other, with shared profile data, separate notification preferences and room for paid membership.

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beehiiv Paid Recommendations and the $2 Reader
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beehiiv Paid Recommendations and the $2 Reader

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Company Facts

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Founded
2021 · New York, United States
Category
SAAS
Founders
Tyler Denk, Benjamin Hargett, Jacob Hurd
Latest funding
Series B · $33 million
Revenue
Company reported $32 million annualized revenue in its November 19, 2025 retrospective; this is a run rate, not audited full-year revenue.
Customers
Independent writers, newsletter businesses, media publishers and marketing teams. beehiiv reports 170,000+ publications and 450 million+ unique readers as of Q2 2026; these are platform totals, not paying-customer counts. Named customers include Milk Road, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post’s Verified newsletter.
Model
Freemium SaaS plus advertising and paid-recommendation services. The live pricing page on 2026-10-13 lists Free, Lite, Pro and Enterprise. For 1,000 subscribers it displays Lite at $49/month and Pro at $95/month with yearly billing. Subscriber volume and billing terms affect price. beehiiv charges 0% on paid subscriptions and digital product sales; processing fees apply.
Alternatives
Substack for newsletter publishing and paid memberships; Kit and Mailchimp for email and creator marketing; Ghost for publishing and memberships. Fit depends on discovery, automation, website control and monetization needs.

Updates

Recent updates
Jun 2026
Cloudflare partnership introduced AI Crawl Control for publishers.
Mar 2026
Introduced On-Demand Ads with hourly opportunity refreshes.
Mar 2026
Introduced MCP integration for managing accounts through AI platforms.
Feb 2026
The Washington Post announced its creator-led Verified newsletter on beehiiv.

Timeline

Company history
2021
Morning Brew alumni launch beehiiv

Tyler Denk, Benjamin Hargett and Jacob Hurd build and launch the platform.

2023
Capital and an ad network

Raises a $12.5 million Series A, launches the Ad Network and acquires Swapstack.

2024
A website builder joins the business

Raises a $33 million Series B and acquires Typedream in June.

2025
The rebuilt Website Builder opens to everyone

The new builder leaves beta in July.

2026
Beyond email delivery

Introduces On-Demand Ads and MCP connectivity and partners with Cloudflare.

Product History

What shipped, and when
2021

Newsletter publishing

Newsletter editor, email delivery, analytics and audience management.

2023

Ad Network

Connects publishers with advertisers within the publishing workflow; launched September 2023.

2025

Website Builder

No-code websites, rebuilt following the Typedream acquisition; available to all plans from July 2025.

Paid subscriptions and digital products

Sell memberships and digital products with a 0% beehiiv commission; payment processing still applies.

2026

Podcasts

Native podcast hosting and audience tools.

2026

Communities

Integrated spaces and channels for audience conversations.

2026

On-Demand Ads

Available sponsorship opportunities refresh hourly within the editor.

2026

beehiiv MCP

Connects AI platforms to publication management tasks.

FAQs

Frequently asked
What does beehiiv do?

It combines newsletter publishing with websites, growth tools, advertising, subscriptions, podcasts, communities and digital products.

Who founded beehiiv?

Tyler Denk, Benjamin Hargett and Jacob Hurd, former Morning Brew employees, founded it in 2021.

Is beehiiv free?

The Free plan supports up to 2,500 subscribers and unlimited email sends; paid plans add features and higher limits.

Does beehiiv take a percentage of subscriptions?

It charges 0% on paid subscription revenue; payment processing fees still apply.

Who is beehiiv suited to?

Creators and publishers building audience-led businesses; the right fit depends on publishing, marketing and monetization requirements.