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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.

transistor.fm

$46K
reported MRR
+1.0%
last 30 days
$1.8K Mar $46K now+2380% over 53 months
Q1 '18
Q3 '18
Q1 '19
Q3 '19
Q1 '20
Q3 '20
Q1 '21
Q3 '21
Q1 '22

Hover any month for the exact figure. Solid bars are figures the company published; faded bars are filled in between them.

The timeline

  1. 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.

    Reported
    📶

    52 months of growth in a row

    Reported

    The longest unbroken run of month-over-month growth so far.

    🏔️

    Highest month so far: $46K

    Reported

    0 paying customers.

  2. Q1 2022$44K+3.2%
  3. Q4 2021$43K+3.4%
  4. Q3 2021$42K+3.5%
  5. Q2 2021$40K+3.6%
  6. Q1 2021$39K+3.7%
  7. Q4 2020$37K+3.9%
  8. Q3 2020$36K+4.0%
  9. Q2 2020$35K+4.2%
  10. Q1 2020$33K+4.4%
  11. Q4 2019$32K+4.6%
  12. Q3 2019$30K+12.2%

    $30K MRR in just over a year, with every number posted publicly along the way.

    Reported
  13. Q2 2019$27K+18.8%
    📈

    Crossed $25K MRR

    Reported

    Reported at $26K.

    ✖️

    Revenue doubled

    Reported

    From $13K to $26K MRR.

  14. Q1 2019$23K+25.7%

    $20K MRR, eleven and a half months after that first $33.

    Reported
  15. Q4 2018$18K+42.7%
  16. Q3 2018$13K+74.7%
    ✖️

    Revenue doubled

    Reported

    From $5K to $13K MRR.

    📈

    Crossed $10K MRR

    Reported

    Reported at $11K.

  17. Q2 2018$7.3K+294.6%
    📈

    Crossed $5K MRR

    Reported

    Reported at $5K.

    ✖️

    Revenue doubled

    Reported

    From $2K to $5K MRR.

  18. Q1 2018$1.8K
    📈

    Crossed $1K MRR

    Reported

    Reported at $2K.

    ✖️

    Revenue doubled

    Reported

    From $33 to $2K MRR.

    🚀

    $33 of revenue in the first month, as a side project between two people who had never shipped together.

    Reported
    🔌

    Connected revenue

    Reported

    $33 MRR, 0 paying customers — with 49 months of history rebuilt back to $33.

    🕳️

    Lowest month so far: $33

    Reported

    0 paying customers.

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