Reported · from Ghost's live public financial dashboard

Ghost

Open source publishing and newsletters for independent writers, run as a non-profit foundation with no investors and no shareholders. All revenue goes back into the product.

ghost.org

$925K

reported MRR

+1.1%

last 30 days

30579

customers

$10K Dec → $925K now+9150% over 162 months

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The timeline

2026$925K+11.1%
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Crossed $10M ARR as a bootstrapped non-profit building open source software. Independent publishers have now earned around $130M through the platform.
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MRR then $925K · 30579 customers
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10 paying customers
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Reported at 30,579.
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25 paying customers
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Reported at 30,579.
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50 paying customers
Reported
Reported at 30,579.
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100 paying customers
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Reported at 30,579.
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250 paying customers
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Reported at 30,579.
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500 paying customers
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Reported at 30,579.
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1,000 paying customers
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Reported at 30,579.
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2,500 paying customers
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Reported at 30,579.
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5,000 paying customers
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Reported at 30,579.
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10,000 paying customers
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Reported at 30,579.
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161 months of growth in a row
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The longest unbroken run of month-over-month growth so far.
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Highest month so far: $925K
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30579 paying customers.
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Passed $10M ARR
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$843K MRR, an annual run rate of $10.11397716M.
2025$833K+17.4%
2024$709K+21.0%
2023$586K+26.6%
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Crossed $500K MRR
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Reported at $504K.
2022$463K+35.2%
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Passed $5M ARR
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$422K MRR, an annual run rate of $5.062455M.
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Past $4.2M ARR, still a non-profit foundation with no outside investment.
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2021$343K+44.2%
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$3.3M ARR, up from $1.5M the year before.
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Crossed $250K MRR
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Reported at $250K.
2020$238K+99.0%
2019$119K+23.5%
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Crossed $100K MRR
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Reported at $100K.
2018$97K+30.8%
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Passed $1M ARR
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$85K MRR, an annual run rate of $1.02272724M.
2017$74K+34.3%
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$750K ARR with a team of ten, published on an open dashboard anyone could read.
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2016$55K+37.5%
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Crossed $50K MRR
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Reported at $50K.
2015$40K+60.0%
2014$25K+150.0%
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Crossed $25K MRR
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Reported at $25K.
2013$10K
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Crossed $10K MRR
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Reported at $10K.
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Crossed $5K MRR
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Reported at $5K.
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Crossed $1K MRR
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Reported at $1K.
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Kickstarter campaign for an open source publishing platform. The $30,000 goal was met in eleven hours and the campaign closed at around $300,000, plus $50,000 in sponsorships afterwards.
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Connected revenue
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$0 MRR, 0 paying customers — with 156 months of history rebuilt back to $0.
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Lowest month so far: $0
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0 paying customers.

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