Indie project hits $42k revenue in 36 hours with over 1M visitors
NirantK · x · 2026-08-21
Developer NirantK shared stats 36 hours after launching a project:
- Revenue: $42k generated, with a highest bid of $10k.
- Traffic: Over 1.06 million total visitors, crashing the analytics stack and forcing a switch to DataFast.
- Competition: At least 10 copycats have already emerged.
This serves as a notable case study for indie hackers on rapid monetization and viral growth.
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