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TrustMRR Benchmarks
Aggregated from 80 verified startups on TrustMRR. See where you stand.
Last updated: Mar 5, 2026, 03:05 PM UTC
MRR
Recurring revenue collected each month from active subscriptions.
$33K
Median across 13 startups
ARR
MRR multiplied by 12 to give annualised recurring revenue.
$390K
Median across 13 startups
ARPU
MRR divided by total customers.
$115
Median across 13 startups
Growth
Revenue growth over the last 30 days.
+23.3%
Median across 6 startups
Customers
Total number of customers.
336
Median across 13 startups
Subscriptions
Number of currently active subscriptions.
299
Median across 13 startups
Median is the middle value when all startups are ranked. Mean is the simple average. P25 and P75 mark the 25th and 75th percentiles, so the middle 50% of startups fall between them. Highest is the single largest value in the dataset.
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Founder Dynamics
Solo vs Co-founded
How do solo founders stack up against co-founded teams?
Solo Founders
44 startups
Highest MRR
$369K
Highest ARR
$4.4M
Co-founded
36 startups
Highest MRR
$352K
Highest ARR
$4.2M
Tech Stack
Which stacks perform best?
Median MRR by technology. Correlation, not causation.
Payments
Payment providers by revenue
Which payment providers are the highest-revenue startups using?
Social Signal
X Followers vs MRR
Does building in public (and an audience) correlate with revenue?
0 – 1K followers
$8.2K
26 startups
1K – 10K followers
$2.8K
20 startups
10K – 100K followers
$12K
5 startups
100K+ followers
$583
3 startups
No correlation between followers and MRR
Based on 54 startups with linked X accounts
Milestones
Time to Milestone
Estimated from current MRR and business age, not historical data.
| Milestone | Median Time | Sample Size |
|---|---|---|
| $1K MRR | 41 months | 51 startups |
| $5K MRR | 39 months | 39 startups |
| $10K MRR | 39 months | 25 startups |
| $25K MRR | 40 months | 20 startups |
| $50K MRR | 43 months | 11 startups |
| $100K MRR | 46 months | 10 startups |
By Category
Category Breakdown
| Category | Startups | Median MRR | Median Growth | Median Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Code | 13 | $33K | +23.3% | 336 |
| Finance | 6 | $7.5K | +17.0% | 87 |
| Content Creation | 6 | $7.1K | +25.0% | 52 |
| Saas | 3 | $5.1K | +10.7% | 74 |
| Education | 4 | $4.9K | +18.4% | 52 |
| Analytics | 6 | $3.4K | +17.9% | 34 |
| Marketing | 7 | $3.3K | +18.7% | 21 |
| Design | 9 | $2.5K | +17.6% | 65 |
| Developer Tools | 4 | $1.7K | +5.1% | 20 |
| Productivity | 12 | $635 | +23.9% | 10 |
| Health Fitness | 5 | $512 | +25.9% | 9 |
| Ai | 3 | $440 | +25.5% | 5 |
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