How does your industry compare? Deep-dive benchmarks from 238 founder stories across 11 industries.
AI / ML founders reach milestones 361% faster than Health & Wellness founders
12 months avg vs 4y 6mo avg
Which industries reach revenue milestones fastest?
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Back in late 2016, we launched HeadReach, a sales tool for lead generation. It's a SaaS that helps you find emails of people you want to sell to. Thin...
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Indie HackersI was frustrated with how hard it was to find real information about starting an online business. Everyone talked about raising venture capital, but I...
Side-by-side benchmarks for all industries
| Industry | Stories | Avg Time | Fastest | Solo % | Technical % | Top Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🤖AI / ML | 25 | 12 months | 2 days | 60% | 96% | Twitter / X |
🛒E-commerce | 23 | 1y 11mo | 1 months | 57% | 83% | SEO / Content |
📚Education | 24 | 2y 1mo | 7 days | 75% | 33% | Communities |
💰Finance | 15 | 2y 1mo | 14 days | 27% | 80% | Word of Mouth |
🛠️Developer Tools | 27 | 2y 4mo | 7 days | 52% | 96% | Communities |
🎬Content Creation | 27 | 2y 6mo | 4 months | 52% | 74% | SEO / Content |
⚡Productivity | 13 | 2y 11mo | 1 year | 77% | 100% | SEO / Content |
📢Marketing | 39 | 3y 3mo | 3 months | 44% | 72% | SEO / Content |
🎨Design | 17 | 3y 11mo | 1 months | 41% | 94% | Word of Mouth |
✈️Travel | 13 | 4y 2mo | 1 year | 23% | 85% | SEO / Content |
🏥Health & Wellness | 15 | 4y 6mo | 1 year | 47% | 53% | SEO / Content |