Creators

Ev Williams

CEO, Medium

@ev 1.5M X followersFirst product launched 11y ago

Total monthly visits
1.3M
Up10.9%MoMOct 2026
Public revenue
Undisclosed
No public revenue across products
Products
1
Since Sep 2015
Latest launch
11y ago
Nerdist1.3M visits/mo
100% full-depth creator dossier open: complete product portfolio, 12-month combined traffic & MRR curves, shipping cadence, and timeline events.

Traffic

Portfolio · Last 12 months
Monthly visits

Products

Products and research metrics
ProductVisits · OctActions
NerdistWendy’s Launches WendyQuest, a Free RPG to Win Rewards1.3M

Timeline

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

  1. Nov 1 · 15d ago

    • Nerdist Homepage headline (H1) changed to “WHAT IS THE RELEASE SCHEDULE FOR VISIONQUEST?”Positioning

      STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY TRAILER: CADET KISSES, STEPHEN COLBERT, & VILLAINOUS PAUL GIAMATTI→WHAT IS THE RELEASE SCHEDULE FOR VISIONQUEST?

    • Nerdist Removed technology: 33AcrossFeatures

      33Across→—

    • Nerdist Adopted technology: Adobe Audience ManagerFeatures

      —→Adobe Audience Manager

    • Nerdist Adopted technology: AppNexusFeatures

      —→AppNexus

    • Nerdist Adopted technology: Funding ChoicesFeatures

      —→Funding Choices

Questions & evidence

What products has Ev Williams built?
Ev Williams tracks 1 standalone software products on EarlyLore (1 currently live), led by Nerdist.
How much website traffic do Ev Williams's products get?
Across tracked standalone domains with web traffic estimates, Ev Williams's portfolio reaches 1.3M combined monthly visits in each site's latest observed month. Coverage excludes shared third-party hosts and store listings.

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