7 Publisher Business Success Stories [2023]
Here are some real life success stories of starting a publisher business:
1. Medium ($34.8M/year)
How much they make: $34.8M/year
Current team size: 5288





2. Dinosaur House ($72K/year)
How much they make: $72K/year
How much did it cost to start: $500
Current team size: 4


DinosaurHouse.com's owner adjusted his business from writing to producing children's books after the pandemic hit and hit six figures.



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4. Office 365
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- Website traffic: 1.52B/month
- Business rank: #24
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5. Medium
Medium is an open platform where readers find dynamic thinking, and where expert and undiscovered voices can share their writing on any topic.
- Estimated revenue: $2.9M/month
- Website traffic: 165M/month
- Business rank: #138
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6. BMC, research in progress
- Website traffic: 11.3M/month
- Business rank: #2.96K
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