Lukas Hermann

@_lhermann · 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ $1M ARR · joined 19 Mar 2012

🔧 Building https://t.co/P9S8G9wwve & https://t.co/jnhgaPHbPN • Bootstrapping to $1M ARR • Hetzner fangirl • 🇩🇪 Stuttgart

24 317Followers

1 011Following

16 565Posts total

338.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views12 929this account1 089median for 10K–100K

Reach, %53.17%this account3.50%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.00%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	12 929	1 089	11.9×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	53.17%	3.50%	15.2×
Engagement rate	1.00%	2.00%	0.50×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

7K1 Dec

5.8K

3.7K

9.1K

4.6K

3.6K

3.7K

4.8K

8092 Dec

22.1K31 Aug

12.9K

9.5K1 Sep

105.7K

1.4K4 Sep

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.21%1 Dec

0.31%

0.32%

0.47%

0.46%

0.50%

0.71%

0.68%

0.37%2 Dec

1.00%31 Aug

0.68%

3.24%1 Sep

0.70%

1.70%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes57.1%1 702 in total

Reposts1.5%46 in total

Replies7.4%222 in total

Quotes0.5%16 in total

Bookmarks33.4%996 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

If it continues like this tokens for AGI are going to be so expensive it will be cheaper to hire humans again 1.4K views · 20 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

To all my fellow scared Germans: Go to your local town hall and get a Gewerbeschein. Then go and make money. After €300k/year think about a GmbH. 105.7K views · 658 likes · 23 reposts · 58 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

"Indie Hacker" used to be a few crazy people who built and sold their products online solo. Nowadays Indie Hackers extract each other's money with bidding sites, worship air fryers, and boast of their 𝕏 payout. 9.5K views · 242 likes · 8 reposts · 56 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Some boring advice how to get B2B customers with $0 (Data from Stagetimer, $20k+ MRR) - People use google as their address bar, be Pos. 1 for your brand name on Google. - Most NEW customers will come from recommendations, be the best product. - read on... https://t.co/uYYHiR5H 12.9K views · 72 likes · 3 reposts · 12 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

SEO is alive B2B niche tool. 16 months no drop. 200M impressions. https://t.co/rSZUfpOSFd 22.1K views · 173 likes · 3 reposts · 44 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@_lhermann Just watched your interview on StarterStory today. Love the journey Lucas. Was telling my fiancee about it today and nudged her to learn marketing 😂 809 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

Follow me if you want to see a bootstrapper succeed or fail in Germany 😆 https://t.co/VAmMvVTMVL 4.8K views · 29 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

Don't get me wrong, I don't care for riches. I just can't work for someone else. New challenges are what gets me out of bed in the morning. Getting rich is just going to be a side effect. 3.7K views · 24 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

Could have jumped on the AI hype train, build slop with 30% churn, make a quick exit. But in Germany, the hype train churns you. I need to learn about tax laws, accounting, holding companies, long legal words no human should ever have to pronounce. I'm going to master it! 3.6K views · 17 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

I'll build a tax-optimized company construct. Find a good accountant, and a good lawyer. Then I'll remember my mission. I'll use the advantages of world-class German engineers to build a world-class product. Not because I have to, but because I can. https://t.co/Q9xp2B10wQ 4.6K views · 18 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

Germany is beautiful, walkable, has great bread. But it's a hostile environment for startups. Brutal bureaucracy, anti-founder mindset, connected bottle caps. I'll need learn all the rules, blaze the trail for other bootstrappers. 9.1K views · 36 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

But then we moved back to Germany. Giving up the nomad lifestyle, low taxes, white beaches and Phở. Because we wanted to start a family, live close to parents, have stable friendships. This makes everything harder, but I know what I need to do to succeed! 3.7K views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

I was invited to the @IndieHackers Podcast. Had a Starter Story video with @thepatwalls with over 500k views. I'm working with super smart software devs. I have a son. Life is great! (Didn't reach $10M/y, didn't get invited to MFM – yet) https://t.co/RNGWtNBRKG 5.8K views · 17 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

Stagetimer is my school. How often do you have the chance to learn running a $10k MRR business? An investor came to me and we sat in a hotel lobby. A buyer sent me a LOI to buy Stagetimer for $500k. But I did not sell. I still had much to learn! https://t.co/YJhCjcx97U 7K views · 14 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

I started my second company with a co-founder. It's B2B, scratching the itch of companies like IKEA, SpaceX and Netflix (yes, real customers). We re-invest everything, hired a developer. We are still a small fish. Bot one day we'll be the big fish. https://t.co/7hdbv4Qk1Q 6.3K views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

After 2 year and 2 months I made enough revenue to go full time! My wife and I canceled the apartment, sold the furniture, and moved to Asia for a time. I reached $5000 MRR. And it was just the beginning. https://t.co/8LHFR9rbiQ 8K views · 19 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

I stopped selling my time for money. Every day I worked on my product Stagetimer. It took 8 months to make my first $. Then another 10 months to make it to $1000 MRR. But I knew it would pay off one day! https://t.co/jMKtjgOvxv 8.8K views · 24 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

I'm going to get rich and this is how I’m going to do it. Part 2. Now don’t take me wrong, I’m not rich yet. But I'm closer. 4 years ago I was laid off, and this is what happened... https://t.co/d3Vrr4T6rG 120.3K views · 314 likes · 8 reposts · 25 replies 01 Dec 2025 · Open on X →

Follow me if you want to see me succeed or fail 😉 0 views · 60 likes · 0 reposts · 9 replies 23 Mar 2022 · Open on X →

Now I have financial freedom, experience and a bank. It’s time for the final step: To build MY company! A company I’m excited about. My SpaceX. 0 views · 34 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Mar 2022 · Open on X →

I’m growing this business to $10M/y. I’ll take VC money once I find a way to grow reliably. I’ll hire people who hire people. Until finally I have a big exit. I am rich. @shaanvp and @thesamparr invite me to the @myfirstmilpod. Life is great! 0 views · 46 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Mar 2022 · Open on X →

Now I start my second company. I’ll look for a good market, I'll think about distribution, I’ll scratch someone else’s itch. I'll do the things a founder is supposed to do. I'll build a marketable product. 0 views · 38 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Mar 2022 · Open on X →

There are better ways to make more money more quickly. But I am not going to use them. This product will teach me how to run a company, how to build a product and how to do marketing. It’s a long term game and I’m going to learn the rules. 0 views · 72 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 23 Mar 2022 · Open on X →

After 2 years I make enough money to get by. Because of that I'll stop freelancing. I’m living cheep, no car, no frills. 0 views · 43 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Mar 2022 · Open on X →

First I’m going to stop selling my time for money. Then I’ll bootstrap a product. I’ll scratch my itch. It will make little money at first, so I’ll do some freelancing. But only some, so I have enough energy to improve my product. 0 views · 79 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 23 Mar 2022 · Open on X →

I'm going to get rich and this is how I’m going to do it. Now don’t take me wrong, I’m not rich yet. I did my CS degree and worked as a software developer just like my parents expected. Every day I worked for my 80k/y startup job. Then last month I was laid off. ... 0 views · 556 likes · 21 reposts · 46 replies 23 Mar 2022 · Open on X →