Substack Limiter

A Tampermonkey userscript that limits how many Substack feed posts you can see per day.

Why?

I like Substack. I want to discover new writers and see what people I follow are posting. But the "For You" feed is another potential infinite scroll that I don't want in my life.

I wanted a middle ground:

• See enough to discover new writers worth following (20 posts/day)
• Not so much that I doom-scroll through an endless feed
• No willpower required - the limit is enforced, not suggested

How it works

• Counts posts as they appear in the feed (including infinite scroll)
• After 20 posts, hides additional posts and shows a banner
• Resets at midnight
• Individual article pages are unaffected - read as much long-form as you want

Installation

1. Install Tampermonkey for your browser
2. Click the Tampermonkey icon → "Create new script"
3. Delete the template and paste the contents of substack-limiter.user.js
4. Save (Ctrl/Cmd+S)

Configuration

Edit the DAILY_LIMIT constant at the top of the script:

const DAILY_LIMIT = 20;  // Change this to your preferred limit

Part of a bigger system

I'm using this with mindful-blocker, a hosts-file-based website blocker with reflection timers and time restrictions!