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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.
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Beehiiv introduces the new Recommendation Network, a unified experience combining Recommendations and Boosts to help newsletters grow faster and earn more. The network offers better discovery, smarter insights, and more powerful automations for creators and publishers. It also announces the Summer Release Event 2026, a free virtual event showcasing upcoming updates.
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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.
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