Reported · from Justin Jackson's open-startup reporting and Build Your SaaS
Transistor.fm
Podcast hosting and analytics for companies and independent shows. Two founders, no investors, and the revenue published openly from the very first $33.
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Q2 2022$46K+3.1% Past $550K ARR. The open reporting ran from zero to roughly $50K a month and stopped near $1M a year.
Reported52 months of growth in a row
ReportedThe longest unbroken run of month-over-month growth so far.
Highest month so far: $46K
Reported0 paying customers.
Q1 2022$44K+3.2% Q4 2021$43K+3.4% Q3 2021$42K+3.5% Q2 2021$40K+3.6% Q1 2021$39K+3.7% Q4 2020$37K+3.9% Q3 2020$36K+4.0% Q2 2020$35K+4.2% Q1 2020$33K+4.4% Q4 2019$32K+4.6% Q3 2019$30K+12.2% $30K MRR in just over a year, with every number posted publicly along the way.
ReportedQ2 2019$27K+18.8% Crossed $25K MRR
ReportedReported at $26K.
Revenue doubled
ReportedFrom $13K to $26K MRR.
Q1 2019$23K+25.7% $20K MRR, eleven and a half months after that first $33.
ReportedQ4 2018$18K+42.7% Q3 2018$13K+74.7% Revenue doubled
ReportedFrom $5K to $13K MRR.
Crossed $10K MRR
ReportedReported at $11K.
Q2 2018$7.3K+294.6% Crossed $5K MRR
ReportedReported at $5K.
Revenue doubled
ReportedFrom $2K to $5K MRR.
Q1 2018$1.8K Crossed $1K MRR
ReportedReported at $2K.
Revenue doubled
ReportedFrom $33 to $2K MRR.
$33 of revenue in the first month, as a side project between two people who had never shipped together.
ReportedConnected revenue
Reported$33 MRR, 0 paying customers — with 49 months of history rebuilt back to $33.
Lowest month so far: $33
Reported0 paying customers.
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