TrustMRR
trustmrr.com
Database of Stripe-verified startup revenues that doubles as a marketplace for buying and selling startups.
Indie Maker Revenue Leaderboard (2026)
79 indie makers and bootstrapped founders ranked by publicly reported revenue in 2026. All figures are self-reported or taken from public sources such as open-startup dashboards, interviews and the makers' own posts — each one links to its source and shows when it was reported.
Top indie makers by revenue
Ranked by reported monthly revenue in USD.
| # | Maker | Top product | Revenue | ≈ / month | As of | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lemlist | ~$40M ARR (lempire) | $3.3M | 2025 | founderpath.com | — | |
| 2 | Gumroad | $17.8M/yr (Gumroad, 2025) | $1.5M | 2025 | youtube.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 3 | Kit (formerly ConvertKit) | $1.19M MRR (ConvertKit) | $1.2M | 2019 | nathanbarry.com | — | |
| 4 | Revid | ~$1M/mo across products | $1M | 2026 | tmaker.io | — | |
| 5 | Ghost | Ghost: ~$11.1M ARR | $925K | 2026 | ghost.org | — | |
| 6 | Chatbase | $864K MRR (verified) | $864K | 2026-07 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 7 | ScrapingBee | ~$5M ARR (at exit) | $415K | 2025 | proxyway.com | — | |
| 8 | ScrapingBee | $5M+ ARR (at exit) | $415K | 2025 | fr.linkedin.com | — | |
| 9 | Part-Time YouTuber Academy | $4M+ in 2022 | $340K | 2022 | thehustlers.substack.com | — | |
| 10 | Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) | Mid-seven figures/yr (2020) | $300K | 2020 | adamwathan.me | — | |
| 11 | Paperform | $3.5M ARR | $290K | 2023 | substack.com | — | |
| 12 | Postiz | $250K MRR (verified) | $250K | 2026-10 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 13 | Unicorn Platform | $3M/yr | $250K | 2025 | youtube.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 14 | Publer | $3M ARR | $250K | 2025 | publer.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 15 | Benji | $223K in 30 days (verified, Tinkerer Club launch); $400K+ total verified | $223K | 2026 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 16 | Photo AI | ~$219K/mo across products | $219K | 2026 | x.com | — | |
| 17 | Draft.dev | $2.5M/yr (Draft.dev, 2022) | $208K | 2022 | karllhughes.com | — | |
| 18 | SignWell | Several million ARR (SignWell) | $200K | 2024 | signwell.com | — | |
| 19 | Photopea | ~$200K/mo | $200K | 2023 | indiehackers.com | — | |
| 20 | Typefully | Typefully: ~$2M ARR | $167K | 2026 | x.com | — | |
| 21 | The LinkedIn Operating System | $10M+ total revenue (lifetime) | $145K | 2025 | justinwelsh.me | — | |
| 22 | TypingMind | $142K/mo (TypingMind + DevUtils) | $142K | 2026 | x.com | — | |
| 23 | Designjoy | $100K MRR (Designjoy) + $12K MRR (Productize Yourself) | $112K | 2026 | x.com | — | |
| 24 | Testimonial.to | $1.3M ARR (Testimonial.to + PDF.ai) | $108K | 2024 | creatoreconomy.so | — | |
| 25 | Eden | $1M-$1.5M/yr | $100K | 2026-09 | youtube.com | — | |
| 26 | TrustMRR | $98K/mo (July 2026) | $98K | 2026-07 | linkedin.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 27 | Sales.co | $90K/mo (Sales.co) | $90K | 2024 | indiehackers.com | — | |
| 28 | Plausible Analytics | $1M+ ARR | $85K | 2022 | plausible.io | — | |
| 29 | Plausible Analytics | $1M+ ARR | $85K | 2022 | plausible.io | — | |
| 30 | Conversion Factory | $1M ARR (Conversion Factory) | $83K | 2026 | corey.co | — | |
| 31 | Ultimate Brain | $1M in Notion template sales (2022) | $83K | 2022 | typefully.com | — | |
| 32 | Lenny's Newsletter | $1M+/yr (newsletter and podcast, each over $500K) | $83K | 2024 | cnbc.com | — | |
| 33 | Starter Story | $1M/yr | $83K | 2023 | patwalls.com | — | |
| 34 | Senja | $1M ARR | $83K | 2026 | x.com | — | |
| 35 | Bannerbear | $81K MRR | $81K | 2026 | x.com | — | |
| 36 | Card Value Scanner for Pokemon | $70K/mo | $70K | 2026 | youtube.com | — | |
| 37 | Podawaa | $66K MRR (Podawaa, verified) | $66K | 2026-10 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 38 | DataExpert.io | $56K MRR + cohorts; $4.7M all-time (verified) | $56K | 2026-10 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 39 | Post Bridge | $48.9K MRR (Post Bridge, verified) | $49K | 2026-10 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 40 | Storemapper | ~$40K MRR (Storemapper at sale) | $40K | 2017 | saasclub.io | — | |
| 41 | AudioPen | $73K in first 2 months | $36K | 2023 | solveo.co | — | |
| 42 | ScreenshotOne | ~$36K MRR | $36K | 2026-09 | x.com | — | |
| 43 | Once | $35K/mo | $35K | 2026-05 | x.com | — | |
| 44 | BoltAI | $33.5K/mo | $34K | 2025 | indiehackers.com | — | |
| 45 | FeedHive | $400K ARR | $33K | 2022 | redcircle.com | — | |
| 46 | Capgo | $30K MRR | $30K | 2026 | x.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 47 | TrendFeed | $29K/mo (TrendFeed + CodeSpring) | $29K | 2025 | indiehackers.com | — | |
| 48 | Key Values | ~$300K–350K/yr | $27K | 2019 | podcasts.apple.com | — | |
| 49 | Small Bets | $210K profit in 9 months (info products) | $26K | 2020 | dvassallo.medium.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 50 | GrowSurf | $24K MRR | $24K | 2021 | kevinyun.substack.com | — | |
| 51 | Bingo Card Creator | ~$275K/yr sales, ~$200K profit (excl. Appointment Reminder) | $23K | 2012 | kalzumeus.com | — | |
| 52 | Notion Second Brain | $239K in 2022 | $20K | 2022 | businessinsider.com | — | |
| 53 | SavvyCal | $20K MRR | $20K | 2021-10 | producthunt.com | — | |
| 54 | Buttondown | ~$15K MRR | $15K | 2022-12 | indiebites.com | — | |
| 55 | Elephas | $150K/yr (Elephas) | $13K | 2026 | youtube.com | — | |
| 56 | supastarter | $12K/mo | $12K | 2024 | indiehackers.com | — | |
| 57 | Uneed | $134K in 2025 | $11K | 2025 | api.fxtwitter.com | — | |
| 58 | Hyperping | $11K MRR | $11K | 2023-09 | indiehustle.beehiiv.com | — | |
| 59 | The Product Compass | $126K ARR | $11K | 2024-11 | productcompass.pm | — | |
| 60 | Bluetick | Five-figure MRR (Bluetick) | $10K | 2023 | startupsfortherestofus.com | — | |
| 61 | Inkdrop | $10K+ MRR | $10K | 2022 | indiehackers.com | — | |
| 62 | Livewire | $112K/yr from GitHub Sponsors | $9.4K | 2020 | calebporzio.com | — | |
| 63 | Makerkit | $8,606 in a month (Makerkit, month 6) | $8.6K | 2023 | indiehackers.com | — | |
| 64 | Wizard Zines | $101,558 in 2018 (zine business) | $8.5K | 2018 | jvns.ca | — | |
| 65 | ian.is SEO tools | $100K ARR (Keyword Metrics + URL Monitor) | $8.3K | 2024 | twitter.com | — | |
| 66 | Visualizee.ai | $8.2K MRR (Visualizee.ai, verified) | $8.2K | 2026-10 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 67 | GenPPT | $8.1K MRR (GenPPT, verified) | $8.1K | 2026 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 68 | AI Directories | $7.7K in the last 30 days (AI Directories) | $7.7K | 2026 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 69 | MagicPattern | ~$6.5K MRR across three products | $6.5K | 2024 | indiehackers.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 70 | Ferndesk | $5K MRR (Ferndesk) | $5K | 2026-06 | highsignal.io | — | |
| 71 | Guidejar | $5K MRR | $5K | 2026-10 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 72 | OpenGraph.xyz | S$5K/mo (portfolio) | $3.9K | 2026 | x.com | — | |
| 73 | BlackTwist | $2.5K/mo (BlackTwist) | $2.5K | 2026 | x.com | — | |
| 74 | Compresto | $73.8K all-time (verified, 2 apps) | $2.5K | 2026-10 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 75 | Ship Your Directory | $2K+/mo (first directory) | $2K | 2025 | wpgeodirectory.com | — | |
| 76 | AcceptMyApp | ~$2K/mo | $2K | 2025-11 | medium.com | — | |
| 77 | Unsection | $1.4K MRR | $1.4K | 2026-10 | trustmrr.com | TrustMRR ↗ | |
| 78 | Jason's Plugins for Carrd | ~$12K/yr (Plugins for Carrd) | $1K | 2023 | founderoo.beehiiv.com | — | |
| 79 | Watchdog | $444 MRR | $444 | 2025 | indiehackers.com | — |
Revenue is self-reported or sourced from public statements and is not verified by IndieMakerList. Rows marked TrustMRR link to a page where TrustMRR verifies revenue from the payment provider. Annual figures are converted to a monthly estimate for ranking.
Products with public revenue
103 indie products whose makers have shared revenue numbers.
DataFast
datafa.st
Revenue-first web analytics that shows which traffic sources bring paying customers.
CodeFast
codefa.st
Course that teaches founders to code and ship their own web apps in weeks.
ShipFast
shipfa.st
Next.js boilerplate with auth, payments, emails and SEO to launch a SaaS in days.
Ship or Die
ship-or-die.com
Program where makers must ship their app within 30 days or get kicked out.
Photo AI
photoai.com
AI photo generator that trains a model on your selfies to create realistic photos and videos of you.
$86K/moby Pieter Levels
Vibe Jam
vibejam.com
Game jam for games built mostly with AI coding tools.
$44K/moby Pieter Levels
Interior AI
interiorai.com
AI interior design tool that redesigns rooms from a single photo.
$21K/moby Pieter Levels
Nomads.com (formerly Nomad List)
nomads.com
Community and city database for digital nomads, ranking places by cost, internet, safety and more.
$12K/moby Pieter Levels
Hotelist
hotelist.com
Hotel discovery site for remote workers and travellers.
$6K/moby Pieter Levels
Premium library of professionally designed Tailwind components, templates and UI kits.
~$2M in first 5 monthsby Adam Wathan
Refactoring UI
refactoringui.com
Design book and video course for developers, co-written with Steve Schoger.
~$600K in 2020by Adam Wathan
Benji
benji.so
All-in-one Life OS for tasks, habits, routines, journaling, fasting, workouts and nutrition across web, mobile and desktop.
T
Tinkerer Club
tinkerer.club
Private lifetime community for people who automate their lives, run local AI and self-host their software.
$223K in 30 daysby Kitze
Zero To Shipped
zerotoshipped.com
Full-stack starter kit with a Next.js web app and Expo mobile app on one shared backend.
Revid
revid.ai
AI tool that automatically creates short-form videos for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
$600K+/moby Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
Sales.co
sales.co
Done-for-you cold email and AI-assisted lead generation for B2B companies, co-founded with Ryan Doyle.
$90K/moby Jakob Greenfeld
Conversion Factory
conversionfactory.co
Subscription-based product marketing and conversion agency for growing SaaS teams.
$1M ARR in 2.5 yearsby Corey Haines
Ultimate Brain
thomasjfrank.com
All-in-one second brain template for Notion combining tasks, notes, projects and goals.
$760K in 2022by Thomas Frank
TypingMind
typingmind.com
Chat frontend for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other LLMs, with agents, plugins and local data, sold as a lifetime license plus team plans.
$137K/moby Tony Dinh
DevUtils
devutils.com
Offline all-in-one toolbox of developer utilities for macOS.
$5K/moby Tony Dinh
Post Bridge
post-bridge.com
Social media scheduler for posting content to 20+ accounts across platforms from one dashboard.
Thousands of founder case studies, business idea databases, a premium membership, newsletter and YouTube channel about how real businesses were built.
$1M/yrby Pat Walls
Kit (formerly ConvertKit)
kit.com
Email marketing and commerce platform built for creators, with visual automations, landing pages and paid newsletters.
$1.19M MRRby Nathan Barry
Testimonial.to
testimonial.to
Collect, manage and embed video and text testimonials from customers.
$800K ARRby Damon Chen
PDF.ai
pdf.ai
AI tool to chat with, analyze and work with PDF documents; acquired by Damon for about $20K and grown from there.
$500K ARRby Damon Chen
Gumroad
gumroad.com
Platform for creators to sell digital products, memberships and courses directly to their audience.
Store locator app that lets e-commerce brands add a map of their retail stockists to their website.
~$40K MRR at saleby Tyler Tringas
Bluetick
bluetick.io
Automated warm and cold email follow-ups that stop when the recipient replies, increasingly sold to agencies.
Five-figure MRRby Mike Taber
Community and expert-led classes for small-time entrepreneurs; sold to Gumroad in 2025.
Sold for $3.6Mby Daniel Vassallo
SavvyCal
savvycal.com
Scheduling links that let recipients overlay their own calendar to pick a time.
$20K MRRby Derrick Reimer
Ghost
ghost.org
Open source publishing platform for blogs, newsletters and paid memberships, with a managed Ghost(Pro) hosting service.
~$11.1M ARRby John O'Nolan
Typefully
typefully.com
Writing, scheduling and publishing app for X, LinkedIn and other social platforms.
~$2M ARRby Fabrizio Rinaldi
Draft.dev
draft.dev
Technical content agency that writes developer-focused articles for software and devtools companies.
$2.5M+ in 2022by Karl Hughes
Bannerbear
bannerbear.com
API and no-code integrations that auto-generate images and videos from templates for marketing and social media.
$81K MRRby Jon Yongfook
Elephas
elephas.app
AI knowledge assistant for Mac, iPhone and iPad that answers and writes from your own files and notes.
$150K/yrby Ayush Chaturvedi
Designjoy
designjoy.co
One-person unlimited design subscription for startups with a flat monthly fee.
$100K MRRby Brett Williams
Productize Yourself
productizeyourself.co
Course teaching how to build a solo productized service business.
$12K MRRby Brett Williams
Subscription analytics and revenue metrics for Stripe and other billing platforms, famous for its open startup dashboard.
Sold for $4Mby Josh Pigford
GenPPT
genppt.com
AI presentation maker that turns prompts, PDFs and notes into slide decks.
BoltAI
boltai.com
Private AI workspace for Mac power users that works with many models and inside any app.
$15K–$30K/moby Daniel Nguyen
K
Key Values
keyvalues.com
Job board that matches software engineers with companies and teams that share their values and culture.
~$300K–350K/yrby Lynne Tye
Ferndesk
ferndesk.com
AI-native help center that reads your codebase, tickets and changelogs to keep support docs up to date automatically.
$5K MRRby Wilson Wilson
Senja
senja.io
Collect, manage and share text and video testimonials; Wilson sold his stake to co-founder Olly Meakings in 2025.
$800K ARRby Wilson Wilson
SaaS that helped online English teachers create and manage student feedback quickly; sold to SureSwift Capital.
$55K/mo at exitby Arvid Kahl
The Product Compass
productcompass.pm
Paid Substack newsletter with AI and product management playbooks, templates and courses.
$126K ARRby Paweł Huryn
AudioPen
audiopen.ai
AI voice notes app that converts rambling speech into clear, structured writing.
$73K in first 2 monthsby Louis Pereira
Jason's Plugins for Carrd
plugins.carrd.co
Plugins, widgets, components and scripts that extend Carrd sites.
~$12K/yrby Jason Leow
B
Braid
braid-game.com
Time-manipulation puzzle platformer; an Anniversary Edition with commentary was released in 2024.
$4M+ lifetime by 2014by Jonathan Blow
T
The Witness
the-witness.net
Open-world first-person puzzle game on an island of line-drawing panels.
$5M+ gross in first weekby Jonathan Blow
ScreenshotOne
screenshotone.com
Screenshot API that renders any URL, HTML or Markdown into clean screenshots, now with an MCP server for AI agents.
~$36K MRRby Dmytro Krasun
SignWell
signwell.com
Simple, affordable electronic signature software for businesses, with an API and AI chat integrations.
Several million ARRby Ruben Gamez
supastarter
supastarter.dev
SaaS starter kit with auth, billing, organizations and emails for Next.js, Nuxt and TanStack Start.
$12K/moby Jonathan Wilke
BlackTwist
blacktwist.app
Scheduling, analytics and growth tool for Threads.
$2.5K/moby Luca Restagno
Micro-SaaS sold at around $3k MRR.
$3K/mo at saleby Luca Restagno
Micro-SaaS sold at around $1k MRR.
$1K/mo at saleby Luca Restagno
Micro-SaaS sold at around $1k MRR.
$1K/mo at saleby Luca Restagno
Chatbase
chatbase.co
Platform to build and deploy AI agents for customer support, sales and product guidance across chat, email and voice.
Frontend coding-challenge platform where developers practice by rebuilding real UI components.
A
AI Directories
aidirectori.es
Done-for-you service that submits AI and SaaS tools to 100+ directories.
No-code website builder powered by Google Sheets.
$10K+/mo at peakby Andrey Azimov
Postiz
postiz.com
Open-source, agentic social media scheduler that plans, generates and publishes posts across 20+ networks; self-hostable or cloud.
agent-media
agent-media.ai
UGC-style video generation for AI agents.
$2.6K MRRby Nevo David
Noko (formerly Freckle)
nokotime.com
Friendly online time tracking and invoicing for freelancers and teams, co-founded with Thomas Fuchs.
~$190K/yr run rate about tw…by Amy Hoy
Capgo
capgo.app
Open-source live update (OTA) platform for Capacitor apps, shipping fixes without app store review.
Buttondown
buttondown.com
Simple, developer-friendly email newsletter platform for writers and publishers.
~$15K MRRby Justin Duke
Paperform
paperform.co
Online form builder for forms, payments, bookings, surveys and e-signatures with a doc-style editor.
$3.5M ARRby Dean McPherson
TrendFeed
x.com
Scans thousands of breaking news articles, ranks them by viral potential and helps creators turn them into short videos.
$12K in first monthby Sebastian Volkis
Web3Templates
web3templates.com
SEO-friendly website templates and landing pages for Astro, Next.js and Tailwind CSS.
Publer
publer.com
Social media management platform to plan, schedule, collaborate, analyse and report across networks.
$3M ARRby Ervin Kalemi
Once
once.film
Private disposable-camera app for events where guests join by QR code and the shared album unlocks after the event.
$35K/moby Brian Shin
Visualizee.ai
visualizee.ai
AI rendering platform that turns sketches and 3D models into photorealistic visualizations for architects and designers.
Podawaa
podawaa.com
LinkedIn growth platform to schedule posts, engage your community and boost reach with a relevant audience.
Wedding vendor marketplace and online wedding planning app.
$62K in 2017by Tracy Osborn
Photopea
photopea.com
Free advanced image editor in the browser that supports PSD, XCF, Sketch, XD and RAW files.
~$200K/moby Ivan Kutskir
Refactoring UI
refactoringui.com
Design book and video course for developers, co-created with Adam Wathan.
~$600K in 2020by Steve Schoger
Website and landing page builder for startups, SaaS founders and makers.
$16K/moby Alexander Isora
No-code education platform and community with tutorials and courses for building without code.
~$400K ARR at acquisitionby Ben Tossell
GrowSurf
growsurf.com
Referral and affiliate program software for B2C and product-led tech companies.
$24K MRRby Kevin Yun
Guidejar
guidejar.com
Create step-by-step guides, SOPs, interactive walkthroughs and product demos from a single recording.
D
Doing Content Right
doingcontentright.com
Ebook on creating content that stands out and gets distributed.
$250K+ total salesby Steph Smith
Compresto
compresto.app
Native macOS app that compresses videos, images, PDFs and GIFs offline with minimal quality loss.
Social media scheduling tool that automatically recycles evergreen posts.
$2.8M+ ARRby Laura Roeder
Gravity
usegravity.app
Node.js and React SaaS boilerplate with auth, Stripe billing, admin tools and native mobile apps.
£440K+ total salesby Kyle Gawley
Watchdog
watchdog.chat
AI community moderation for Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp and more that blocks spam, scams and trolls.
$444/moby Ben Katz
Hyperping
hyperping.com
Uptime, synthetic, cron and SSL monitoring with on-call alerts, incident management and branded status pages.
$11K MRRby Léo Baecker
Community directory of Cursor rules, MCP servers and plugins for the Cursor AI code editor.
$35K/moby Pontus Abrahamsson
D
DataExpert.io
dataexpert.io
Data and AI engineering boot camps and self-paced subscription with hands-on cloud labs.
KVM-over-IP device for controlling computers remotely without installing software.
~$1M/yr before saleby Michael Lynch
Unsection
unsection.com
Curated, section-first library of website design inspiration with a free tier and $5/mo Pro plan.
Ministry of Testing
ministryoftesting.com
Global community, events and training platform for software testers and quality engineers.
$110K/moby Rosie Sherry
Turns Notion pages into a fast, SEO-friendly blog.
~$6K MRR at saleby Bhanu Teja P
AI voice-to-notes app that turns recordings into structured text, summaries and tasks.
$7.5K MRR at saleby Nico Jeannen
Efferd
efferd.com
Premium shadcn/ui blocks and dashboards for React developers, sold as a one-time license.
Viral one-tap mobile game about guiding a bird through gaps between pipes; removed by Nguyen in February 2014.
~$50K/day in ads at peakby Dong Nguyen
AI-powered no-code builder for launching and monetizing directory websites.
~$50K total before an $85K…by Sergey Karakhanyan
Native macOS screen recorder that adds automatic zooms and pans, sold as a one-time lifetime license.
$4K+ totalby Shadab Alam
N
NoonLaunch
noonlaunch.com
Weekly product launch board with permanent listing pages and dofollow links for founders.
$200/moby Avinash Vagh
I
Ivanhoe Digital
ivanhoe.pro
Pre-built Looker Studio templates for SEO and PPC reporting for agencies.
~$15K totalby Ivan Palii
1000.tools
1000.tools
Paid directory of up to 1,000 human-vetted tools, with listings rotated daily for exposure.
$201/moby David Gutiérrez
Shotomatic
shotomatic.com
Automates screenshots on Mac at intervals with keypress simulation, guide creation and website capture.
Chai Studio
chaibuilder.com
Drag-and-drop Tailwind CSS website builder app with templates, the early commercial version of ChaiBuilder.
$3K+ lifetimeby Suraj Air
R
Race Calendar BG
racecalendar.bg
Calendar of all running races in Bulgaria in one place.
$1.3K totalby Dilyan Dimitrov
Revenue leaderboards by category
Top indie makers by revenue within each category, plus how much individual products make.
- SaaS Founders 47
- Creators & Writers 25
- Marketing & SEO Tools 24
- Educators & Course Creators 23
- AI Builders 22
- Developer Tools 15
- Directory Makers 11
- Productivity Tools 11
- Community Builders 10
- Design Tools 7
- Mobile App Makers 7
- Open Source Makers 7
- Acquirers & Indie Investors 6
- Boilerplate & Starter Kit Makers 6
- Mac & Desktop App Makers 5
- Productized Services 5
- Analytics & Data 4
- No-Code Makers 4
- Browser Extension Makers 3
Explore more: indie maker exits and acquisitions, the indie maker tech stack, or all 385 indie makers.
Indie maker revenue FAQ
Which indie maker makes the most money?
According to publicly reported figures, Guillaume Moubeche tops the leaderboard with ~$40M ARR (lempire) (as of 2025). Sahil Lavingia ($17.8M/yr (Gumroad, 2025)) and Nathan Barry ($1.19M MRR (ConvertKit)) follow.
How is revenue verified?
IndieMakerList does not verify revenue itself. Every figure comes from a public source — the maker's own posts, open-startup dashboards, interviews or press — and is linked next to the number. 19 makers on this list also have a verified page on TrustMRR (https://trustmrr.com), which reads revenue directly from Stripe and other payment providers; those are marked "TrustMRR".
How many indie makers earn over $10K a month?
61 of the 79 makers with public revenue report at least $10K per month, and 25 report $100K or more per month.
How is the leaderboard ranked?
Makers are ranked by their reported revenue normalised to US dollars per month. Annual figures are divided by twelve, so ARR and MRR can be compared directly.
How do I get added to the leaderboard?
Submit your maker profile with a public revenue source, such as a TrustMRR page, an open-startup dashboard, or a post where you shared the number. TrustMRR pages get a verified badge.