Subscribers

topic on 9 shows · 11 statements across 11 episodes

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11 statements about Subscribers, every show

DAVID SENRA Assertion Supported
Söderström: Almost 90% of Spotify revenue comes from subscriptions
“Most of our revenue is from subscribers paying for their experience, you know, like almost 90% of the revenue.”
Gustav Söderström Jun 7, 2026 ▶ 32:41 The Company Apple Couldn't Kill | Spotify Co-CEO Gustav Söderström
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Parr: The Hustle scaled to over 1M subscribers by year three
“The hustle, I think we were at a 100,000 subscribers in year one, and then I think it was 500 in year two, and then a 1,000,003, something like that.”
Sam Parr Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 36:29 How NOT to Make $1,000,000 (I Tried 17 Ways)
ACQUISITION STORIES Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rosen: Newsletters with strong engagement sell for $2 to $4 per subscriber
“So like a lot of people will sell their subscribers from anywhere from like two to four dollars per subscriber. They have strong engagement where we just sold it.”
Gabby Rosen Feb 12, 2025 ▶ 9:46 How Gabby Rosen Flipped a Newsletter for 18x in Under a Year
Sharma: Emailing discounts to active subscribers causes harmful subscription churn
“If they're on a deodorant subscription, they actually don't need to See that you're running a sale because you don't want them to unsubscribe and now buy from the sale. And now you've lost somebody who would have stayed another eight months or, you know, three…”
Nik Sharma Apr 20, 2023 ▶ 23:29 The Secret Strategies of Top DTC Brands with Nik Sharma
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Garcia: Solides has almost 20,000 paying business subscribers
“We have almost 20,000 companies as subscribers”
Alessandro Garcia Apr 7, 2023 ▶ 1:57 Rippling of Brazil Solides Hit $35m ARR up from $15m ARR and Raised $100m at a $800m Valuation
ACQUIRED Insight
Thompson: Early newsletter subscribers held back fearing solo publications would shut down
“What I was wrong about is that the vast majority of people thought I would fail and go out of business. They didn't want to lose their money. And so they didn't subscribe, but once it was clear, I would be an ongoing entity. Then like, oh, okay, I guess my mon…”
Ben Thompson Dec 6, 2022 ▶ 53:10 Stratechery (with Ben Thompson) · Acquired
Rosenblum: Average Views Per Upload Matter Much More Than Total Subscribers
“I think in reality, what's more important is the average number of people who are listening or are watching every time you upload. That's a lot more representative of your actual community. That's there and cares. When it comes to subscribers, that's this aggr…”
Colin Rosenblum Apr 14, 2022 ▶ 27:14 HIBT Lab! Colin and Samir: Colin Rosenblum and Samir Chaudry
20VC Assertion Supported
Stebbings: Spotify has 345 million users and 155 million subscribers
“It's a popular audio streaming subscription service with three hundred and forty five million users, including one hundred and fifty five million subscribers across 170 markets”
Harry Stebbings Mar 8, 2021 ▶ 0:28 20VC: Spotify Founder Daniel Ek on Optimising Decision-Making, Structuring Effective Learning Processes, The Trials and Tribulations in The Transition From Founder To CEO & The Future of Building Prima Materia with Shakil Khan
JAMBOS will shut down its service if market adjustments eliminate its edge
“And if the closing lines are jumping many, many points to where we're losing, we are going to shut down the subscription service because we can no longer provide positive expected value plays to our subscribers.”
Michael Schwimer Sep 16, 2019 ▶ 29:35 Michael Schwimer - Sports Betting at JAMBOS (First Meeting, EP.08)
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Givoly: Medivisor has over 130,000 subscribers across 129 countries
“We're, by the way, helping over 130,000 subscribers. In a 129 countries, though the vast majority are in the US.”
Tal Givoly Aug 12, 2019 ▶ 10:00 1479 Are they actually better than WebMD w $500k+ in Revenue?
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Garst: A free e-book drove 12,000 new email subscribers in one month
“Oh, I think we're at almost 12,000 new subscribers in, in the last month. We just did a meeting on that actually this morning.”
Kim Garst Jul 26, 2016 ▶ 10:36 How To Build a $30k/mo Membership Site with Kim Garst of Social Boom E2

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