The dream

This is not an April Fools joke. I now have a graph of @aftermath.site's MRR along with modules for total members and Newsletter subs integrated entirely into Home Assistant. I could automate this so that every time we hit a milestone Abba's Money Money Money plays on every speaker in my house.

We shipped an official @home-assistant.io integration, so you can connect your Ghost data to devices in the real world. 🤖

Track your subscribers, MRR, or open rate, wherever you like. On your Apple Watch, Android phone, E-ink display, or IoT-enabled-carrier-pigeon.

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🚀 NEW:

Podcasting is one of the most popular ways publishers share their work — and now you can run members-only podcasts on Ghost, with our brand new @transistor.fm integration

Quality writing 🤝 Quality audio

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🚀 NEW:

Podcasting is one of the most popular ways publishers share their work — and now you can run members-only podcasts on Ghost, with our brand new @transistor.fm integration

Quality writing 🤝 Quality audio

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Today @ghost.org crossed $10M ARR, as a bootstrapped non-profit foundation building open source software.

Indie publisher revenue earned with Ghost now ~$130M, and accelerating.

Welcome emails Automatically email new free and paid members when they sign up

You: When can we finally have automated welcome emails in Ghost??

Us: Now

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Our first billboard! Live from Stripe City

bfcm.stripe.com

Fixed!

We use forums! forum.ghost.org

There was a bug in search earlier (since fixed) probably not your fault :)

First site is here:
explore.ghost.org/p/china-trad...

Second site hasn't been added yet because it looks like you might have recently changed domains - but should show up soon

Happy to help! Which site?

Sure! What's the right one?

Explore the independent web Driving growth for Ghost publishers with a new discovery engine

Google search is broken.

Social algorithms suppress links.

Finding good independent writing online has never been harder.

We built something to fix that: 🌍

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Today @ghost.org passed $9M ARR — the first time we've ever crossed a $1M milestone 2x in a calendar year 🎉

Publisher revenue is growing even faster!

Now more than $120M GMV earned by writers and journalists using the product to fund their work

The old, pre-ghost look of journalism.co.uk

The new, Ghost-ly version of journalism.co.uk

The haunting of @journalismnews.bsky.social…

Over the Hallowe’en weekend @marcelakunova.bsky.social and team migrated the site from the custom CMS they’d been using for years to @ghost.org.

And that means that not only do they have a new, modern website, but also a presence on the #fediverse…

Free domains on Ghost(Pro) A faster setup experience with Entri, and free domains from .link

Just added 1-click domains to Ghost(Pro), with a .link domain now included with every plan, for free!

Thanks to our friends at @entri.com and .Link 🌐

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I just moved Agents & Books from Substack to Ghost, too. LMK if you have any questions. The folks at @ghost.org made it completely painless!

After 3 months - counting by number of servers (unique domains) - @ghost.org is now the most-deployed piece of ActivityPub software out there

31% of all sites that interop with open social web standards are running on Ghost

Aggregate publisher revenue on @ghost.org is currently growing at ~$1M ARR per *week*

The business of independent publishing and journalism is looking in better shape than it has in a very long time

We've now generated over $136M from free, open source software with @ghost.org 📈

$36M in revenue from managed hosting
$100M in platform revenue for indie publishers

The ecosystem is growing really quickly at this point, and really excited about where things are heading next:

If you’re a ghost user…

Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each:
- person who reposts this post
- new follower @51st.news ws gets
- new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets
- new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets
- new follower I get

And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.

No need for 3rd party tools with Ghost 6.0

Ghost Analytics now gives you a complete overview of your traffic, engagement and audience.

In real time 📈

You're very welcome! 📈

Analyzing Analytical Databases | Jess Archer at Laracon US 2024 in Dallas, TX YouTube video by Laravel

If you’re curious, this talk by @jessarcher.bsky.social is fantastic

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Looking for a Substack alternative? What about @ghost.org?

"Millions of people can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts from any supported social web client - including @bsky.app, Mastodon, Threads, @flipboard.com, @ghost.org, @wordpress.org, @surf.social, WriteFreely, and many more."

Ghost 6.0 Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishers

Catch up on the full changelog → ghost.org/changelog/6