Reported · from The Publer story, published by Publer
Publer
Social media scheduling and analytics across a dozen networks. Nine years bootstrapped, most of them without the founder taking a proper salary.
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2026$250K+7.1% $3M ARR — and, by the company's own account of it, barely made it.
Reported2025$233K+16.7% 2024$200K+41.2% $2.4M ARR and 13,300 customers, still bootstrapped.
ReportedMRR then $200K · 13300 customers
30 days later$203K+1%90 days later$208K+4%6 months later$217K+8%Today$250K+25%2023$142K+70.0% 2022$83K+18.2% $1M ARR. Seven years in, the founder draws a fair salary for the first time and is finally debt-free.
Reported2021$71K+22.2% Breakeven, five years in.
Reported2020$58K+28.6% 2019$45K+40.0% 2018$32K+66.7% 2017$19K+200.0% 2016$6.4K Started as a side project, alongside a day job.
ReportedConnected revenue
Reported$0 MRR, 0 paying customers — with 117 months of history rebuilt back to $0.
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