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Andrew Wilkinson vs Jacky Chou

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Andrew Wilkinson avatar

Andrew Wilkinson

Co-founder of Tiny and MetaLab, buying and holding wonderful internet businesses

@awilkinson Canada
Jacky Chou avatar

Jacky Chou

Founder of Indexsy; builds SEO and AI tools like LocalRank.so and Trackings.ai in public

@indexsy Canada

Andrew Wilkinson vs Jacky Chou at a glance

Both Andrew Wilkinson and Jacky Chou are bootstrapped and are serial makers. They overlap in Acquirers & Indie Investors and SaaS Founders. Andrew is based in Victoria, Canada, Jacky in Vancouver, Canada. Andrew started in 2006 and Jacky in 2015. Andrew Wilkinson has 5 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Jacky Chou's 8. Jacky self-reports $2.92M in 2025; Andrew hasn't shared a revenue figure publicly. On X, Andrew has about 392K followers and Jacky about 63K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in
Andrew Wilkinson: Victoria, Canada
Jacky Chou: Vancouver, Canada
Started
Andrew Wilkinson: 2006 (20 yrs indie)
Jacky Chou: 2015 (11 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported)
Andrew Wilkinson: Not public
Jacky Chou: $2.92M in 2025self-reported, as of 2025 · source for Jacky Chou's revenue
Products listed
Andrew Wilkinson: 5
Jacky Chou: 8
Product status
Andrew Wilkinson: 5 active
Jacky Chou: 8 active
X followers
Andrew Wilkinson: 392K
Jacky Chou: 63K
Categories
Andrew Wilkinson: Acquirers & Indie InvestorsProductized ServicesSaaS Founders
Jacky Chou: Marketing & SEO ToolsSaaS FoundersAcquirers & Indie InvestorsAI Builders
Style
Andrew Wilkinson: bootstrappedserial maker
Jacky Chou: bootstrappedbuilds in publicserial maker
Courses & resources
Andrew Wilkinson: 2
Jacky Chou: 4

Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.

Top products

Andrew Wilkinson avatarAndrew Wilkinson

Tiny logo

Tiny

tiny.com

Holding company that buys profitable internet and consumer businesses and holds them long term.

MetaLab logo

MetaLab

metalab.com

Product design agency known for interface work for companies like Slack, Coinbase and Uber.

Dribbble logo

Dribbble

dribbble.com

Community where designers share work and get hired, owned by Tiny.

Letterboxd logo

Letterboxd

letterboxd.com

Social platform for logging, rating and reviewing films; Tiny took a majority stake in 2023.

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Jacky Chou avatarJacky Chou

Indexsy logo

Indexsy

indexsy.com

SEO agency and holding company selling link building, audits and LLM-visibility services.

TrustMRR ↗
Trackings.ai logo

Trackings.ai

trackings.ai

AI rank tracker that also measures brand visibility in AI search answers.

See all 8 products by Jacky Chou →

Tech stack

No tools in common in their publicly listed stacks. See the indie maker tech stack.

Andrew Wilkinson avatarAndrew Wilkinson

No stack shared publicly.

Jacky Chou avatarJacky Chou

No stack shared publicly.

How they build

Andrew Wilkinson avatarAndrew Wilkinson

  • Buy wonderful businesses and let the existing teams run them.
  • Prefer profitable, durable businesses with real moats over speculative bets.
  • Hire great operators and design yourself out of day-to-day work.
  • Give founders a fast, straightforward exit that protects their team and culture.

Jacky Chou avatarJacky Chou

  • Share revenue and experiments openly; building in public is its own marketing channel.
  • Run the playbook on your own sites first, then sell it to people who do not want to learn it.
  • Buy and improve existing online assets instead of always starting from zero.
  • Turn repeatable agency work into software.

Learn from Andrew and Jacky

Andrew Wilkinson avatarAndrew Wilkinson

Jacky Chou avatarJacky Chou

Andrew Wilkinson vs Jacky Chou FAQ

Who makes more money, Andrew Wilkinson or Jacky Chou?

Jacky Chou self-reports $2.92M in 2025. Andrew Wilkinson's revenue is not public, so a direct comparison isn't possible.

Who has built more products, Andrew Wilkinson or Jacky Chou?

Andrew Wilkinson has 5 products listed (including Tiny, MetaLab and Dribbble); Jacky Chou has 8 products listed (including Indexsy, LocalRank.so and Advise.so).

Where are Andrew Wilkinson and Jacky Chou based?

Andrew Wilkinson: Victoria, Canada. Jacky Chou: Vancouver, Canada.

Who has been an indie maker longer, Andrew Wilkinson or Jacky Chou?

Andrew Wilkinson started in 2006 (20 years indie); Jacky Chou started in 2015 (11 years indie).

Are Andrew Wilkinson and Jacky Chou bootstrapped?

Yes, both are listed as bootstrapped founders on IndieMakerList.

Full profiles

Read the full story, timeline and links on Andrew Wilkinson's profile and Jacky Chou's profile.

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