7 Community Website Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Community Website Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a community website business:

1. reddit ($100M/year)

How much they make: $100M/year
Current team size:

Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman: How I Built This

From humble beginnings of $12k and a mascot, Reddit's success story boasts over 300 million monthly users and a valuation of $1.8 billion, despite growing pains, personal issues and persistent trolls.

Revenue

They grew the business to $8.33M/month

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So... can you actually make money with a community website business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
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4. reddit

Reddit is a network of communities based on people's interests. Find communities you're interested in, and become part of an online community!

How much they make:
Website traffic: 1.68B/month

5. LACCD

Website traffic: 3.41M/month

So... can you actually make money with a community website business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

7. Circle

Bring together your discussions, memberships, and content. Integrate a thriving community wherever your audience is, all under your own brand.

Website traffic: 1.67M/month