StealthHound just crossed 2,000+ users.
Six months ago, StealthHound was just an idea.
Today, it has crossed 2,000+ users, all through organic growth.
No paid ads.
No influencer campaigns.
No growth hacks.
Just continuous shipping, listening to feedback, improving the product, and sharing the journey publicly.
A few things I've learned:
• Users care more about solving a real problem than fancy features.
• Small UX improvements compound over time.
• Consistency beats launch-day hype.
• Distribution is often harder than building.
StealthHound - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stealthhound-%E2%80%93-tracker-bl/kfpjimcgffpfjkdpclfciknibimaodmj
Still a long way to go, but hitting this milestone as an indie maker feels special.
Curious to hear from other founders:
What was the first growth milestone that made you feel your product might actually work?
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Wow! Congratulations. That is a truely incredible accomplishment. You are an inspiration to all new creators - such as myself. I will be launching tomorrow morning and hope to hear feedback on what people loved, liked and/or would like to see tweaked!
Dirac
That is pretty damn amazing.
What channels did you use? X? Reddit?
I understand that SH itself was a really great idea, but what must've really drove the users must've been the organic marketing, right?
Would love to learn from you and see you share some numbers to the community!
Congrats! Your story is inspiring.
WebCurate.co
Nice, 2k+ users from pure organic is not easy at all, respect for that!
I think what you wrote about consistency and listening to users is actually the real growth hack, even if it sounds simple.
Most people stop too early or keep changing direction. For me, first small milestone always feels like "ok, someone other than friends actually finds this useful" :) usually around first 100–500 users, that’s when it starts to feel real.