Hornet
Gay social network and content hub mobile app with over 17 million users offering a freemium model with a $7/month premium tier.
Est. Valuation
$42M
$42,000,000 · 5× ARR estimate
Monthly Revenue (MRR)
$700K
$700,000/mo
Annual Revenue (ARR)
$8.4M
$8,400,000/yr
Founded
2011
Hornet Revenue History
Revenue history for Hornet from 2017 to 2026.
| Year | MRR | ARR | YoY Growth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $700,000 | $0 | — | Mar 2017 |
How Hornet Makes Money
Hornet Funding
Hornet is fully bootstrapped with no outside funding. The company has grown to $8,400,000 ARR organically.
Hornet Founders
Christof Wittig
CEO & Founder
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How We Estimate Hornet's Revenue & Valuation
Profitable tracks revenue, valuation, and other key metrics for thousands of companies using a layered confidence model. Each revenue figure on this page is tagged with one of three confidence levels:
- Verified — directly confirmed via Stripe integration or audited filings.
- Self-reported — numbers publicly shared by the founder on X, blog posts, or interviews.
- Estimated — derived from publicly available signals (traffic, employee count, pricing, comparables).
Valuation follows a hierarchy: public companies use the live market cap; private companies with disclosed funding rounds use the last reported valuation; otherwise we apply a conservative 5× ARR multiple as an estimate. Multiples vary by business model — SaaS typically sits 5–7×, profitable bootstrapped operations 3–5×, consumer brands 1–3×, marketplaces 8–12×.
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