The Cosmic Cheeto
Rafael Frumkin, Kat Rosenfield, Jena Martin, Ali Kriegsman, Sarah Flocken, Alexandra Hidalgo, Kevin Sampsell, Katie MacBride, Patrick Cottrell, Narratively Academy, Brodie Crellin, Maria Kuznetsova, Chris Harrigan| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 163 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
| Active | |||||
Read this Newsletter
rafaelfrumkin.substack.comLatest Issues
Writing a book will change you
Something happened to me when I first picked up Patrick Cottrell’s Afternoon Hours of a Hermit that rarely happens to me when I pick up a book for the first time: I felt like I was looking into a mise en abyme containing reflections of both...
A Pretend Palestinian, a Trans Man, and Judith Butler Walk Into a Bankrupt Lesbian Bar...
A detail from inside the Last Ditch lesbian bar (from the Boston Globe)
Triumphalism seems to have fallen out of fashion, hasn’t it?
Winning is not just uncool but morally reprobate. This was an idea I could certainly get behind after liv...
The Hail Mary That Is Getting Sober While Writing About Getting Sober
A small note on my video: I’ve just moved to a remote fishing village! While this has impacted the quality of my live videos, I feel it’s a very small price to pay for living a two-minutes’ walk from the ocean.
I’ll be retooling my p...
The Braided Essay That Brought Me to Australia
If you know me at all — whether IRL or parasocially through this blog — then you know I’m a dreamer. Stubbornly insistent upon an interpretation of reality that isn’t everything’s been going to shit and always will.
Sometime after the las...
Sally Rooney’s Church of Love
Sex and striving for the millennial love fiend
This is part two in a three-part series. Read part one here.
Key Facts
Audience Metrics
Subscribers, engagement, traffic and sponsorship for The Cosmic Cheeto.
| Subscribers | Engagement | 79 | Monthly Web Visits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accepts Sponsors | Estimated Cost per Ad | ||||
SEO Reach
Where The Cosmic Cheeto ranks on Google, and how much search traffic it brings in.
| Ranked Keywords | 414 | Monthly Search Traffic | Top Keywords |
|---|
Chart Rankings
How this newsletter ranks in the official Substack charts.
| #249 |
Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Novelist writing long-form essays on identity, literature, and living an unchartered life. Narrative nuance over political polemic. Post-postmodern & ideologically unoptimized.
Culture writer, novelist, and podcaster. On Twitter at @katrosenfield.
I’m a pathologist who writes novels, essays and poems. My podcast is about the recovered memory movement and how we are shaped by culture. The through line is — I want to know why.
obsessed with ambition, the internet, e-commerce and myself.
I write unhinged fiction for smiley people who are silently enraged (all of us). My debut novel BE WELL (Heliotrope, 2026) is out now! Come for the thoughts on my writing process, stay for the dumb puns.
Forever juggling writing, academia, motherhood, marriage, and family. I write to help me and my readers turn heartbreaks and frustrations into delicious insights and wondrous joys.
Kevin Sampsell is a publisher (Future Tense Books), Bookseller (Powell's), collage artist, & author of books such as I Made an Accident and Sean the Stick. New novel, Baby in the Night, just came out! He writes the substack, Susan's Eyebrows.
Dog lover, goat-wrangler, and bath taker. Journalist and Ask a Sober Lady newsletter writer. Words in New York Magazine, Business Insider, Rolling Stone, Slate, & Longreads, among others.
Denver, CO. author of afternoon hours of a hermit and sorry to disrupt the peace. basketball fan
Narratively Academy is a creative community for writers to hone your craft and develop all the tools you need to pursue your writing and publishing dreams—through intimate classes, live videos, how-to guides, community chats, and much more.
I read the internet and I edit The Story.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I access the email archive for The Cosmic Cheeto?
You can find recent issues that have been published by The Cosmic Cheeto on Reletter by scrolling up to where it says Latest Issues. Tap on the link for any of the most recent emails or hit More Issues to see older ones.
How many subscribers does The Cosmic Cheeto have?
To see how many people subscribe to The Cosmic Cheeto, simply upgrade your Reletter account. We provide readership numbers and lots of other stats for this newsletter so you can decide if it's worth reaching out to.
How can I advertise in The Cosmic Cheeto?
Newsletter advertising can be extremely effective when it's done right. Before you pitch The Cosmic Cheeto as a potential sponsor or partner, make sure that you've done your research and checked its newsletter stats with Reletter.
Then, personalize one of our winning pitching templates and send it to the right person using the contact info provided.
How much does it cost to sponsor a publication like The Cosmic Cheeto?
Newsletter ad rates (or CPM) vary depending on many factors, including industry, number of subscribers, open rate, ad placement and more.
To find out how much an ad will cost, contact The Cosmic Cheeto using the contact information provided and ask for a copy of their media kit.
How can I find newsletters related to The Cosmic Cheeto?
Scroll up to where it says Related Newsletters to see other publications like The Cosmic Cheeto. You can also search our email newsletter directory to discover other newsletters that cover the topics you're interested in.
How do I contact The Cosmic Cheeto?
Reletter provides this newsletter's website URL above, where you will often find their contact information. We also provide links to associated social media accounts and pitching templates so you can reach out fast.