The Tantalus Peace Tease, the SpaceX Liftoff, and the Long Hold
Finance newsletter earnings, ranked by estimated MRR
Public revenue estimates and confidence signals for tracked finance newsletters.
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Public revenue estimates and confidence signals for tracked finance newsletters.
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KAOBOY MUSINGS and its associated podcast KAOS THEORY focus on the intersection of Financial Markets, Macroeconomics and Geopolitics. I've spent 30+ years as a trader/hedge fund manager and now manage money for my family office across many asset classes.
Earnings Estimates (Gross MRR)
$8.3KMidpoint (best estimate)Subscriber Composition
2%PaidRevenue Estimates (Gross MRR)
$8.3KRange $2.8K – $27.7KSnapshot Jun 18
Subscriber Count
18KSnapshot Jun 18
Publish Cadence
1.2Per weekSnapshot Jun 18
Paid Content Mix
80%Snapshot Jun 18
Median Engagement Per Post
Median 45 reactions / 2 comments / 3 restacks per recent post
Estimate Summary
Kaoboy Musings is estimated from the public paid-audience bucket "Hundreds of paid subscribers" and regular web subscription prices. finance-v1 uses a 70% monthly / 30% annual mix and reports gross MRR before any discounts, fees, taxes, refunds, churn, or comp adjustments. The base/high paid-subscriber estimates are sanity-capped against the visible free subscriber count.
Recent Posts
The Tantalus Peace Tease, the SpaceX Liftoff, and the Long Hold
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