Glen Allsopp 👾
viperchill.bsky.social
Glen Allsopp 👾
@viperchill.bsky.social
Founder of gaps.com and detailed.com (360K weekly users 🙏)
I've been waiting for this.

The Financial Times just released their 2025 ranking of the fastest growing companies (with exact revenue numbers).

I went through all 1,000 and picked the 50 most interesting (SaaS, eCom & apps).

Direct link in first reply. No opt-in required. 🤝
March 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
SEO SaaS platform Semrush just announced their Q4, 2024 results.

I had to check: They spent ~$4.8M on acquisitions in the quarter*.

Some big news was that William Wagner will be taking over as CEO.

Financial highlights:

- Revenue of $102.6M (up 23% YoY) 💰
- ARR of $411.6M (up 22% YoY) 📈
February 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ziff Davis CEO Vivek Shah just made some interesting comments regarding AI and SEO that I've included below.

The company behind SEO platform Moz and countless content brands you'll be familiar with reported Q4 revenue of $412.8M (up 5.9% YoY).

Full year 2024 revenue increased 2.8% to $1.4Bn.
February 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Finance content goliath Nerdwallet just posted Q4 revenues of $183.8 million, up 37% year over year...and made some pretty interesting SEO comments.

Revenue has grown despite average monthly traffic being down 20% to 19 million visitors.

CEO Tim Chen made some interesting comments

Highlights:
February 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It's finally here: A new (free) SEO research tool tracking Digital Goliaths in Google.

I'm embarrassed how much time I spent on what is essentially a side project, but it hopefully gives a new perspective to what's happening in search.

Link below. No sign-up required.
February 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I've been thinking about this startup angle a lot recently.

Companies are using AI's intelligence and 24/7 availability to improve [insert skill] via repetition.

Of course, funding ≠ successful business, but a trend is forming, and I think this is just the beginning.
February 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There are now 612 startups in the Gaps database we have revenue and / or funding details for.

Always interesting to see which are trending (at least according to third-party estimates).
February 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Today Similarweb released a list of the 100 fastest-growing companies online for 2024.

Like last year, I've went through every single one to find the most interesting.

Not businesses I would build myself but Prose (3) and Boarderie (5) were the most memorable IMO. Super cool.
January 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEW: I've finished weeks of research into the latest startup revenues and trending business ideas.

If you know me you know I put my all into these and want to share a ton of insights (free).

No ads. No aff links. Just the biggest updates from the past month.

Gaps .com 🤝
January 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Introducing the SEO ETF: Tracking 65 public US companies that generate revenue via search traffic*.

Your $100,000 on January 1st 2023 would have been $227,303 on December 31st, 2024.

💰 Biggest returns:

- Talkspace (+415%)
- The RealReal (+902%)
- Carvana (+4,288%)
January 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today I'm sharing something I've wanted to build for a long time: A list of public companies and how well they're performing in Google.

Companies like NerdWallet regularly update investors on how SEO is impacting them.

Now I've (hopefully) made it easier to track — 100% free.
December 19, 2024 at 2:19 PM
NEW: I've finished four weeks of research into the latest startup revenues and trending business ideas.

If you know me you know I put my all into these and want to share a ton of insights (free).

No ads. No aff links. Just the biggest updates from the past month.

Gaps .com 🤝
December 12, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Whenever I'm researching a new niche to enter, I've found this simple search query to be a goldmine countless times.

[niche] intitle:"media kit"

I said it was simple 😉. From this you can get:

- Accurate traffic numbers of competitors 📈
- Social platforms they're growing fastest on 📱
December 9, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Almost five years now since we launched the Detailed SEO Extension and somehow last month was a record for new users.

~23,500 installs.

Really mind-blowing to me, and I'm just super appreciative of everyone sharing and using it.

New features rolling out in the next ~2 weeks 🙏
December 5, 2024 at 12:55 PM
I know I have a lot more followers on X / Twitter but I thought this was pretty funny.

And yes, I liked my own tweet. 😅

Thanks for the like @rpm18.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 1:45 PM
This is wild.

3 years: €1
7 months later: €1M ARR
7 months later: €10M ARR

An app that connects with you five strangers to go out for dinner with.

The reviews I've seen on Reddit are overwhelmingly positive. Has anyone tried it?
November 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Humble (re)beginnings.

So many cool (to me) content angles I'm working on at the moment. First one will be wrapped up in ~2 weeks.

These numbers are without sending emails / posting on social, which I'm hoping to grow the most.

Going to make sure I enjoy this journey on this one :)
November 26, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Black & White Zebra is one of the most interesting media brands I track. 🦓

They generate 8-figures/yr* and have sent millions of leads to brands like Monday .com, ClickUp and SmartSheet.

They haven't been immune to Google updates but had some brands hit record numbers in 2024 as well.
November 26, 2024 at 4:22 AM
I checked 10,000 hand-picked "best [product]" terms to see which sites are seeing the most ranking fluctuations.

While the November Core update has not finished rolling out, Reddit is a clear winner so far, with Forbes taking quite a hit.

I hope you find this interesting! 🤝
November 22, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Some big personal news: Gaps .com is back. 🤝

In-depth startup success stories and trends from countless hours of research.

With shifts in search, social and ad algos, I wanted to stay on top of who continues to thrive.

Relaunching today with a (skimmable) 7K word deep-dive and 41 insights.
November 14, 2024 at 8:23 AM