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Top 30 Posts in Indiehackers from 2022
This launch edition of decodingvirality will cover top 30 posts from Indiehackers from 2022 and a breakdown of topics that were most liked by Indiehackers audience
TLDR:
In 2022 “How I did X“ posts were most popular in IH (36% in top 30)
Hustlers who laid out their methods in simple steps received maximum attention
Trends show that approaching a recurrent topic from a different angle can get a lot of attention from the users
Some posts are popular because of the discussions in the comment section they evoked and not for the post content
Category 1 (AMAs and Success Stories)
How I manage running multiple products of $18K/mo total revenue
I'm Adam Wathan, I created Tailwind CSS and built a multi-million dollar business around it. AMA!
From $0 to $250 MRR. How we broke out of absolute zero
How I turned a basic URL shortener into a profitable SaaS platform (615€/MRR)
I made +$75,000 pre-selling a SaaS I haven't built yet
Our bootstrapped form builder turned 2 and we reached $30K MRR
Xnapper’s launch report: $4,212 + learnings
I finally crossed $100 in MRR!
How I went from 0 - 18.000€ MRR in 90 days - Solo Webflow Productized Service
Category 2 (informative posts on a topic)
100+ websites to submit your startup
37 subreddits to market your startup
Cloudflare made it much easier to become an indie founder
This EU law will create a slew of new SaaS opportunities
I am frustrated with no-code. I am done.
Why the indie maker playbook is dead (or how I learned to spend money on ads)
15 industries that DALL-E 2 is already disrupting (opportunities for indie hackers)
How this ultra-niche job board makes $62k/mo
Programmatic SEO: How to create 659 blog posts in a day
Category 3 (posts about issues)
A lot of posts on Indie Hackers are just guru sales pitches
The problem with big innovations
I regret my $46k website redesign
Don't quit your day job (yet) — Josh Sherman of Holiday API ($6,500/mo)
Listen to founders who are 10 steps ahead of you, not 1000
Category 4 (Timebound Success)
How did I create a game with $4,000 monthly revenue in 3 days?
I made a MVP in 3 hours and got my first sale!
AMA: I built 6 startups in 6 months, sold one, tripled my revenue goal