Featured, the AI co-pilot for PR, has integrated 6,251 beehiiv newsletters into its Find Independent Writers feature, according to a company announcement. The move allows PR professionals and subject-matter experts to search for newsletter writers by topic using plain language, view detailed profiles, and draft pitches from a single interface. The addition comes as independent newsletters continue to gain prominence, with beehiiv hosting some of the largest publications in business and technology.
The Find Independent Writers tool, available on every Featured plan including the free tier, lets users type requests such as “find beehiiv newsletters that cover B2B SaaS marketing” and receive matching newsletters complete with author details, topics, publishing cadence, linked social accounts, and subscriber counts. Results can be downloaded as a CSV, and a Draft Pitch button generates a starting draft for users to edit before sending.
The integration is supported by The State of beehiiv for PR, an analysis of the 6,251 newsletters in Featured’s database as of October 20, 2026. The report reveals that 81.6% of these newsletters published at least once in the last 30 days, and 47.7% published 12 or more times in the last 90 days, indicating high activity. Social connectivity is strong: 85.7% link at least one social account, with Instagram (57.9%) and LinkedIn (57.0%) leading, followed by X (47.4%), YouTube (38.2%), Facebook (34.4%), and TikTok (23.7%). Among the 470 newsletters displaying subscriber counts, the median is 17,000, and 86 show 100,000 or more. The largest categories are business (27.0%), technology (16.8%), artificial intelligence (14.6%), marketing (10.5%), community (10.5%), news (10.4%), and finance (9.9%).
This development matters because it addresses a fragmented media landscape. Muck Rack’s State of Creator Journalism report from October 28, 2025, found that one in three journalists now self-publish independently. Meanwhile, beehiiv’s own State of Paid Newsletters 2026 report notes that subscription revenue on the platform grew from $8 million in 2024 to $19 million in 2025. As more writers build direct audiences, PR professionals need efficient ways to identify and engage them. Featured’s tool aims to replace manual searches across publications with a single query.
“beehiiv writers publish fast, and most of them link a LinkedIn or Instagram profile, which makes them easy to reach and easy to pitch badly,” said Brett Farmiloe, founder and CEO of Featured. “A pitch that lands is one that names the newsletter’s last issue and offers something the next issue needs. We built this search so a PR professional can find the five beehiiv newsletters that already cover their subject, not blast five hundred. Relevance over volume is the whole product.”
The Find Independent Writers feature also covers Substack, Ghost, and Medium, allowing users to search across platforms. For example, a query like “find independent writers who cover personal finance” returns matches from all four, while specifying a platform narrows results. Featured, which owns HARO and Connectively, positions the tool as a way to build brand authority and grow AI visibility. The addition of beehiiv newsletters is available now, with no credit card required for the free plan.
