Gregory's Server@_elena interesting, if its not a "professional" endeavour then I fail to see why someone would select SubStack/Ghost over a more useful option like micro.blog, which would give the option of blog/microblog/podcast/fediverse integration and a much lower monthly cost … likewise for such a user I think analytics is an unnecessary cul-de-sac, but there are free solutions if you require …
@craigmorgan I am happy to pay Ghost for its newsletter functionality. Sadly no self-hosting plan gives free newsletter capabilities. And Ghost is fast, beautiful and reliable.
I self-host and federated 3 Wordpress sites and I love the advanced styling options of Wordpress. I have been designing / developing WP sites for over 15 years.
Manton's micro.blog is superb but I have different needs / requirements