outbid.lol hits 221K visits in 24 hours, top bid hits $10,000
jonathan_wilke · x · 2026-08-21
Indie hacker @marclou's experiment outbid.lol went viral: 221,742 visits in 24 hours. The mechanic is "no ads, no API keys, no revenue sharing — just outbid competitors for the top spot." Current #1 is Ttrycomp.ai at $10,000 (1049 clicks), with Klover at #2 for $2,000. The traffic actually broke his analytics provider, prompting a move to datafast.
A classic viral paid-ranking monetization experiment with fully public click data.
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