Supplement routines, built to stick.
We treat supplements as a habit, not a purchase: what to take, when to take it, what to take it with, and how to build a routine that still holds on a rushed Tuesday in February.
Nine issues, day by day.
The Daily Capsule launched in the autumn of 2024 as the routines title of VOL Collective, the independent editorial studio in New York. The first issue carried ten founder interviews, each ending with the founder's own day written out hour by hour.
We follow the label and the evidence, give every amount the way the label gives it, and never promise a result. Before you add anything to a medication, a pregnancy or a health condition, we send you to a doctor or pharmacist first.
Today 39,600 people read The Daily Capsule each month, most of them in the US, and 13,300 get The Morning Stack every weekday at 7 a.m. Fifty-eight percent take three or more supplements a day, and one in three has dropped a product because they kept forgetting it. That second number is why we exist.
The people behind The Daily Capsule
Daniel Mercer
Publisher & Editorial Director
Natalie Hayes
Editor-in-Chief
Vivian Hart
Executive Editor
Ramin Vandi
Director of Features & PartnershipsConnor Whitaker
Deputy EditorMolly Montgomery
Senior EditorErika Winters
Commissioning EditorGavin Holloway
Science EditorEmma Holloway
Research EditorCarla Sinclair
Fact-checkerTheresa Lambert
Copy EditorClaire Burke
Associate EditorJordan Warren
Newsletter EditorMarina Harper
Social EditorNatasha Brennan
Contributing PhotographerRebecca Atkins
Picture ResearcherRachel Chandler
Features EditorAshley Chen
Features EditorJonah Keller
Features EditorThe Daily Capsule, year by year
- 2023
VOL Collective begins
VOL Collective publishes its first interview in New York. Our editors notice that the most useful part of every wellness interview is the founder's own morning.
- 2024
Issue 01
The Daily Capsule launches in the autumn with ten founder interviews, each ending with the founder's day written out hour by hour.
- 2025
The Morning Stack
The weekday newsletter passes 8,000 subscribers, and our reader survey finds that one in three readers has dropped a product because they kept forgetting it.
- 2026
Issue 09 and the first Habit Week
The routine guides launch in August, starting with how to read a label without the guesswork. With 39,600 readers a month, we run the first Habit Week: seven founders, seven routines, one a day in the newsletter, with readers tracking along.
