Today @ghost.org crossed $10M ARR, as a bootstrapped non-profit foundation building open source software.
Indie publisher revenue earned with Ghost now ~$130M, and accelerating.
You: When can we finally have automated welcome emails in Ghost??
Us: Now
ghost.org/changelog/we...
Our first billboard! Live from Stripe City
bfcm.stripe.com
Fixed!
We use forums! forum.ghost.org
There was a bug in search earlier (since fixed) probably not your fault :)
First site is here:
explore.ghost.org/p/china-trad...
Second site hasn't been added yet because it looks like you might have recently changed domains - but should show up soon
Happy to help! Which site?
Sure! What's the right one?
Google search is broken.
Social algorithms suppress links.
Finding good independent writing online has never been harder.
We built something to fix that: 🌍
ghost.org/changelog/gh...
Today @ghost.org passed $9M ARR — the first time we've ever crossed a $1M milestone 2x in a calendar year 🎉
Publisher revenue is growing even faster!
Now more than $120M GMV earned by writers and journalists using the product to fund their work
The old, pre-ghost look of journalism.co.uk
The new, Ghost-ly version of journalism.co.uk
The haunting of @journalismnews.bsky.social…
Over the Hallowe’en weekend @marcelakunova.bsky.social and team migrated the site from the custom CMS they’d been using for years to @ghost.org.
And that means that not only do they have a new, modern website, but also a presence on the #fediverse…
Just added 1-click domains to Ghost(Pro), with a .link domain now included with every plan, for free!
Thanks to our friends at @entri.com and .Link 🌐
ghost.org/changelog/fr...
I just moved Agents & Books from Substack to Ghost, too. LMK if you have any questions. The folks at @ghost.org made it completely painless!
After 3 months - counting by number of servers (unique domains) - @ghost.org is now the most-deployed piece of ActivityPub software out there
31% of all sites that interop with open social web standards are running on Ghost
Aggregate publisher revenue on @ghost.org is currently growing at ~$1M ARR per *week*
The business of independent publishing and journalism is looking in better shape than it has in a very long time
We've now generated over $136M from free, open source software with @ghost.org 📈
$36M in revenue from managed hosting
$100M in platform revenue for indie publishers
The ecosystem is growing really quickly at this point, and really excited about where things are heading next:
If you’re a ghost user…
Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each:
- person who reposts this post
- new follower @51st.news ws gets
- new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets
- new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets
- new follower I get
And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.
No need for 3rd party tools with Ghost 6.0
Ghost Analytics now gives you a complete overview of your traffic, engagement and audience.
In real time 📈
You're very welcome! 📈
If you’re curious, this talk by @jessarcher.bsky.social is fantastic
youtu.be/_jjvaFWWKqg?...
Looking for a Substack alternative? What about @ghost.org?
"Millions of people can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts from any supported social web client - including @bsky.app, Mastodon, Threads, @flipboard.com, @ghost.org, @wordpress.org, @surf.social, WriteFreely, and many more."
Sifting through all the reactions to Ghost 6.0 and we can’t tell who’s more excited 🤔 Which are you?
#TeamSocialWeb
#TeamAnalytics
😅 we'll hopefully have some improvements for those handles in future, got a few things cookin'
my god, just look at that changelog. looks like it's upgrade day for me!
ghost.org/changelog/6/
It's a toggle you can enable 🤗
