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Transistor.fm Revenue: The $4.5M Number the Founders Never Confirmed (2026)
Third-party trackers peg Transistor.fm at roughly $4.5M ARR. The founders only ever confirmed the milestones: $1,400 in month one to "millions in ARR." The real story is the 50/50, no-VC structure two people chose on purpose.
The month a competitor copied my SaaS (at $30K MRR)
A competitor cloned my SaaS the month it hit $30K MRR. The real 90-day revenue ledger, what the lawyer said, the three weeks I wasted, and the moat a copy cannot take.
Ghost Revenue: The $10.8M ARR a Non-Profit Publishes in Public (2026)
Ghost publishes its finances live: $10.8M ARR, $907K MRR, 3.05% churn, 30,441 customers. The real story is not the number. It is the non-profit structure that means the company can never be sold.
The month my SaaS finally covered my rent (at $4,300 MRR)
The month my SaaS crossed $4,300 MRR I was finally ramen profitable. A first-person 2026 diary on what actually cleared my account after fees and tax, why the milestone felt smaller than the fantasy, and the checklist I use now.
Plausible Analytics Revenue: The $1M ARR Bet Against Google
Plausible crossed $1M ARR in 2022 from $64 MRR in 2019, bootstrapped and profitable. The real growth lever was not privacy. It was hiring a distribution co-founder.
The month my biggest customer left and took a third of my MRR
One acquired customer walked out with almost a third of my $24K MRR in a single month. A first-person 2026 diary on customer concentration risk, the cashflow scramble, and the concentration cap I live by now.
The Month I Killed My Free Plan at $16K MRR
A bootstrapped founder removed a freemium tier at about $16,200 MRR in 2026. The honest 90-day ledger: signups halved, support fell ~38%, and MRR grew ~21%.
Burnout at $15K MRR: a solo founder's diary (2026)
The month the chart was green and she was not. A solo founder's diary of burning out at $15,000 MRR in 2026, and the five boring boundaries that pulled her back without crashing the numbers.
The month I found 7% of my MRR leaking to failed cards: an involuntary churn diary (2026)
A bootstrapped founder's MRR chart went flat at $28K. It was not a retention problem. It was involuntary churn, the revenue that leaks out when cards fail and no one notices. Here is the ledger, and the boring fixes that recovered two thirds of it.
My first $1,000 month: a SaaS founder's diary (2026)
A bootstrapped founder's honest ledger to her first $1,000/month in 2026: 35 customers at $29, why she waited too long to charge, and why ads returned almost nothing.
Raising Prices on Existing Customers: My $18k MRR Diary
A bootstrapped founder raised prices at ~$18k MRR in 2026. The real 90-day ledger: who churned, who stayed, and the segmented plan that lifted MRR 16%.