John Gruber

Daring Fireball, Dithering

@gruber 337.1K X followersdaringfireball.net First product launched 11y ago

Total monthly visits: None yet; No traffic data yet
Public revenue: Undisclosed; No public revenue across products
Products: 2; Since Nov 2015
Latest launch: 10y ago; Fuck Yeah Markdown<5K visits/mo

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Products

Products and research metrics
Product	Tagline	Category	Visits · Oct	MoM	Launched	Revenue	Actions
Backchannelbackchannel.ioAI-Powered Custom Indexing	AI-Powered Custom Indexing	Investing & Trading	<5K	Prev <5K	2015-11	Undisclosed
Fuck Yeah Markdownfuckyeahmarkdown.comWelcome to Fuck Yeah Markdown	Welcome to Fuck Yeah Markdown	Text & Markdown Editors	<5K	Prev <5K	2016-09	Undisclosed

Timeline

Launches, marketing, revenue milestones, and pricing/plan/positioning changes across products

Sep 9, 2016 · 10y ago
- Fuck Yeah Markdown launchedNew product
Nov 4, 2015 · 11y ago
- Backchannel launchedNew product

Questions & evidence

What products has John Gruber built?: John Gruber tracks 2 standalone software products on EarlyLore (2 currently live), led by Backchannel, Fuck Yeah Markdown.

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