I tracked 991 startups and the median growth is down since March

I tracked 991 startups on TrustMRR. Here’s the median month-over-month revenue growth: Jan — baseline Feb 🟢 +9.0% Mar 🔴 −2.5% Apr ⚪ 0.0% May 🔴 −5.0% Jun 🔴 −1.4% The median startup grew 1.6%, but it's trending down since March. It gets more interesting when the data is split by category: Growing: 🎬 Entertainment & Media: +72% (n=17) 🎓 Education: +15% (n=69) ❤️ Health & Fitness: +10% (n=36) Declining: 🎮 Gaming: −16% (n=15) 🎥 Creator Economy: −13% (n=51) 🛒 E-commerce: −8% (n=25) 🤖 AI tools: -6% (n=230) I think now is more important than ever to choose a product that won't be obsolete next year because of AI. That's why I'm working on TrustMRR (AI can't replace trust) and building new verticals for DataFast. These 2 startups have been growing steadily despite the negative trend. Note: startups are eligible if they registered on TrustMRR before February and have had 10+ payments every 30 days for the last 6 months. Data is verified from payment providers like Stripe, Creem, RevenueCat.

@levelsio@levelsio · Jul 26, 2026I'm seeing a trend here of declining revenue and traffic with indiehackers On my own projects too Maybe big VC products too but I wouldn't know cause they don't share revenue To me it seems clear BigAI is cannibalizing everything that used to be apps Not bad btw, just times…