259 indie maker income posts analyzed: median $400, top 10 take 52% of all revenue
heyshrutimishra · x · 2026-11-03
An analysis of 259 indie maker October income posts found a median of just $400, 45% making under $100 from products, and the top 10 makers capturing 52% of all the money. Sponsorships paid more people than X payouts (40 vs 36).
heyshrutimishra, who ranked in the top 10, shared her exact zero-to-one stack: get good at prompting Claude, build one tiny app with Claude Code, use Supabase for database and logins, deploy on Vercel, add PostHog to watch user behavior, charge from day one with Stripe, build in public on X daily, set up an AI agent for support replies, another to fix reported bugs, then hit your first $10k in 3 months and double down. No funding or team needed; most of it is free to start.
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