Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021

Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by dave333 on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:52PM (#29669071)

I run a string of free sudoku sites that have earned around $1000/month from advertising and donations since 2005:

https://fiendishsudoku.com https://samurai-sudoku.com https://sudokuprintables.org https://sudokuhints.com https://extremesudoku.info https://sudukopuzzles.org https://easysudoku.org

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by LordEthano on Thursday December 23, 2021 @09:22PM (#29669284)

You're the Match Group of free sudoku sites

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by dave333 on Thursday December 23, 2021 @09:40PM (#29669402)

sad, but I had to google what Match Group is :-(

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by jmnicolas on Friday December 24, 2021 @04:37AM (#29672057)

Why sad? Knowledge has increased so much that it's impossible to know everything.

Even just computer science it's impossible to know everything.

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1053/

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by jmnicolas on Friday December 24, 2021 @04:35AM (#29672044)

Could you give an idea of how many users do you need to get to $1000 a month from ads please?

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by dave333 on Friday December 24, 2021 @05:43AM (#29672466)

Ad rates are around $3 CPM meaning for 1000 page views you get $3 so do the math. Sudoku sites are unusual since one page view can last hour(s) as the user solves the puzzle.

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by jmnicolas on Saturday December 25, 2021 @01:43PM (#29685776)

Thanks and merry Christmas!

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