Reported · from Buffer's live public revenue dashboard

Buffer

Social media scheduling and analytics for small teams and creators. Publishes its revenue, salaries and equity openly — the company that invented the public startup dashboard, and still runs one.

buffer.com

$2.2M

reported MRR

+1.2%

last 30 days

80550

customers

$13K Dec → $2.2M now+17243% over 191 months

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The timeline

2026$2.2M+8.3%
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$26.3M ARR and 80,550 customers, on a live dashboard anyone can open.
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MRR then $2.2M · 80550 customers
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10 paying customers
Reported
Reported at 80,550.
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25 paying customers
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Reported at 80,550.
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50 paying customers
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Reported at 80,550.
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100 paying customers
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Reported at 80,550.
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250 paying customers
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Reported at 80,550.
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500 paying customers
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Reported at 80,550.
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1,000 paying customers
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Reported at 80,550.
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2,500 paying customers
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Reported at 80,550.
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5,000 paying customers
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Reported at 80,550.
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10,000 paying customers
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Reported at 80,550.
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Highest month so far: $2.19M
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80550 paying customers.
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Crossed $25M ARR. The last $5M took fifteen months, after eight years stuck around $20M.
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2025$2.0M+8.0%
2024$1.9M+8.7%
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Back to an all-time high
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$1.83606383M MRR, past the previous best of $1.83333333M.
2023$1.7M+9.5%
2022$1.6M+0.8%
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Revenue rose again after 32 months of decline
Reported
Now at $1.51244681M MRR.
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Revenue fell back to around $18M, and sat near $20M for the better part of eight years. Not an up-and-to-the-right story, and published the whole way through it.
Reported
2021$1.6M-7.4%
2020$1.7M-6.9%
2019$1.8M+14.0%
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Revenue fell after 107 months of growth
Reported
Now at $1.82291666M MRR.
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$22M ARR, and the highest monthly growth rate in about eighteen months.
Reported
📶
107 months of growth in a row
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The longest unbroken run of month-over-month growth so far.
✖️
Revenue doubled
Reported
From $795K to $1.61382113M MRR.
2018$1.6M+22.6%
2017$1.3M+29.1%
2016$1.0M+30.4%
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Passed $10M ARR
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$858K MRR, an annual run rate of $10.29268284M.
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$10M ARR, five and a half years in.
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✖️
Revenue doubled
Reported
From $391K to $795K MRR.
2015$770K+24.5%
2014$619K+32.4%
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Crossed $500K MRR
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Reported at $505K.
2013$467K+48.0%
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Passed $5M ARR
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$417K MRR, an annual run rate of $5.00001M.
✖️
Revenue doubled
Reported
From $189K to $391K MRR.
2012$316K+92.3%
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Crossed $250K MRR
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Reported at $253K.
✖️
Revenue doubled
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From $88K to $189K MRR.
2011$164K+1199.8%
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Crossed $100K MRR
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Reported at $101K.
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Passed $1M ARR
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$88K MRR, an annual run rate of $1.06062396M.
✖️
Revenue doubled
Reported
From $38K to $88K MRR.
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Crossed $50K MRR
Reported
Reported at $51K.
✖️
Revenue doubled
Reported
From $13K to $38K MRR.
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Crossed $25K MRR
Reported
Reported at $25K.
2010$13K
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Crossed $1K MRR
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Reported at $13K.
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Crossed $5K MRR
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Reported at $13K.
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Crossed $10K MRR
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Reported at $13K.
✖️
Revenue doubled
Reported
From $2 to $13K MRR.
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Launched with four paying customers and $20 of annual revenue.
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MRR then $2 · 4 customers
30 days later$13K+756062%
90 days later$38K+2268186%
6 months later$76K+4536372%
Today$2.2M+131137625%
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Connected revenue
Reported
$2 MRR, 4 paying customers — with 185 months of history rebuilt back to $2.
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Lowest month so far: $2
Reported
4 paying customers.

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