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The Apify has 45k scrapers now. Who's actually making money?

Last week it was 39k actors. Today it's 45k. The growth is wild but the distribution isn't.

I have 32 scrapers listed. I'm pretty happy with the quality, customers tell us they beat the competition. But only 1 generates any real revenue (~$1.5k this month, sitting at #9 in its category). The other 31 are basically invisible.

It feels more winner take all than ever. The top actors get traffic, the rest get nothing regardless of quality.

Anyone else building on the marketplace seeing the same thing? Is discoverability just broken or is there something that actually moves the needle?

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u/Open_Ingenuity_3613 — 7 days ago