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Wild day at Plausible yesterday. We welcomed our biggest and second-biggest subscribers. The bigger one does a billion pageviews a month...

Wild day at Plausible yesterday. We welcomed our biggest and second-biggest subscribers. The bigger one does a billion pageviews a month 🤯

Crazy to see how far we've come. All without investors, paid ads or sales calls. Thanks to everyone who's supported us on this journey!

I expected that interest in Google Analytics alternatives would slow down after the UA to GA4 transition but that hasn't been the case...

I expected that interest in Google Analytics alternatives would slow down after the UA to GA4 transition but that hasn't been the case just yet.

We hit a record number of trial signups in April (2,237 trials) and Monday was our best day yet (109 trials).

One of these new trials even recorded over 200 million pageviews in the first two days!

100 trial signups in a day! We've only hit this milestone once before in over 6 years! 🎉

100 trial signups in a day! We've only hit this milestone once before in over 6 years! 🎉

We've made it to Wired!"Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud...

We've made it to Wired!

"Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services"

Exciting week for us at Plausible! We launched Saved Segments and Scroll Depth (your top two feature requests) and we made it to 15,011...

Exciting week for us at Plausible! We launched Saved Segments and Scroll Depth (your top two feature requests) and we made it to 15,011 active subscribers! Thank you all for your trust and support! 🙏🙌🥳

(And a reminder that shipping new features doesn't necessarily result in new customers. Don't forget to spread the word as well!)

I suggested an idea to the Gnome Linux team to add a reminder feature that encourages people to take breaks from the screen to help reduce...

I suggested an idea to the Gnome Linux team to add a reminder feature that encourages people to take breaks from the screen to help reduce eye strain. Really glad to see that it's about to be included in the next release!

My cold plunge ritual is taking my kid to school in the freezing temperatures of European winter. It definitely kickstarts my day 🥶

My cold plunge ritual is taking my kid to school in the freezing temperatures of European winter. It definitely kickstarts my day 🥶

My favorite part of product development is taking early versions of new features and simplifying them by removing all unnecessary elements...

My favorite part of product development is taking early versions of new features and simplifying them by removing all unnecessary elements while preserving their core functionality.

In our experiment with Threads and Bluesky, Bluesky is the clear winner with 10 times more followers and engagement so far.

In our experiment with Threads and Bluesky, Bluesky is the clear winner with 10 times more followers and engagement so far.

One SaaS pricing best practice I’m not fond of is defaulting to annual subscriptions while displaying the monthly price. It feels a bit...

One SaaS pricing best practice I’m not fond of is defaulting to annual subscriptions while displaying the monthly price. It feels a bit sneaky and I wouldn’t appreciate it as a customer.

How to grow a startup: Share your ideas. Connect with people. Create opportunities. Let luck find you.

How to grow a startup: Share your ideas. Connect with people. Create opportunities. Let luck find you.

A great way to stay authentic and motivated long-term: Only sell or promote what you would personally buy or use.

A great way to stay authentic and motivated long-term: Only sell or promote what you would personally buy or use.

Seth Godin said that an author’s job is to sell the first 1,000 copies of their book. It’s the book’s job to sell the rest.I feel the...

Seth Godin said that an author’s job is to sell the first 1,000 copies of their book. It’s the book’s job to sell the rest.

I feel the same way about word-of-mouth and SaaS marketing: the founder’s job is to secure the first 1,000 subscribers. If the product delivers, it will take care of the rest.

We’ve started posting on Bluesky and Threads. It’s exciting to see all the buzz. We received three emails this week asking about...

We’ve started posting on Bluesky and Threads. It’s exciting to see all the buzz. We received three emails this week asking about Bluesky. Let’s see how it goes!

I like that we made it into Ahrefs “50 Best Bootstrapped Backlink Builders in 2024” list without actively trying to build links 🎉No...

I like that we made it into Ahrefs “50 Best Bootstrapped Backlink Builders in 2024” list without actively trying to build links 🎉

No SEO specialists on the team, no agencies working with us, we don’t pay anyone to link to us…

We’ve started working with a designer this year. The designer conducts user interviews and real-life tests to guide our decisions. It’s...

We’ve started working with a designer this year. The designer conducts user interviews and real-life tests to guide our decisions. It’s quite a grown-up approach compared to our usual method of relying on intuition 😅

We've made big changes to our onboarding for the first time in 5+ years:1) We now detect the technology you use for your site and...

We've made big changes to our onboarding for the first time in 5+ years:

1) We now detect the technology you use for your site and recommend the best installation method

2) You can enable goals such as external link clicks or file downloads without checking our docs or taking other manual steps

3) Plus we send a little bot to visit your site and tell you whether everything is working as expected

My favorite email 🚀 This is the second day in a row that we make it to the HN front page. Feels just like the early days!

My favorite email 🚀

This is the second day in a row that we make it to the HN front page. Feels just like the early days!

Google algorithm changes seem to have been good to us! Helped us break some records last month including most visitors from Google (27,653)...

Google algorithm changes seem to have been good to us! Helped us break some records last month including most visitors from Google (27,653) and most trial signups (1,961). It's pretty cool that we top some of these searches!

April was our best month yet for organic Google search traffic (26.5k visitors with some 90% being branded searches). I assume GA made more...

April was our best month yet for organic Google search traffic (26.5k visitors with some 90% being branded searches). I assume GA made more people upset with some new move!?