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Paid newsletter break-even calculator

Estimate the number of paying subscribers needed to cover your monthly newsletter platform cost after payment fees and expected refunds.

Calculate a monthly break-even estimate

Platform and tool costs ($/mo)Price per paid subscriber ($/mo)Payment and platform fees (%)Expected refunds or churn loss (%)

Enter your assumptions, then calculate.

Planning estimate only. It excludes taxes, currency conversion, chargebacks, advertising, labor, content production, and other business costs. No earnings are guaranteed.

Formula and interpretation

Net revenue per subscriber

Subscriber price × (1 − fee rate) × (1 − expected loss rate).

Break-even subscribers

Monthly platform and tool costs ÷ estimated net revenue per subscriber, rounded up.

Use a range

Run conservative and optimistic assumptions. A single estimate should not be treated as a forecast.

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