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A transparent company since 2010

Since 2013, we’ve been open with Buffer’s finances and our team’s salaries, among many other metrics. We share openly because we believe in the power of transparency to build trust, hold us accountable to a high standard, and push our industry forward.

This is a dashboard for anyone to see how we’re building Buffer.

Monthly metrics

MAUMonthly Active Users
341,052
MRRMonthly Recurring Revenue
$2.4M
ARPUAverage Revenue Per User
$27.34
ARRAnnual Recurring Revenue
$28.4M

Shareholder updates

  • December 2025 Read report

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  • August 2025 Read report

Our transparent salaries

CEO Salary
$340,200
Average Salary
$166,793

Random employee salaries

MauCustomer Advocate
$96,351
JoséSoftware Engineer
$179,100
IggyData Scientist
$197,100
IsmailProduct Designer
$163,541
AbeebSoftware Engineer
$161,351
HailleyContent & Communications
$199,486

A brief history

  • 2010

    November

    Buffer was created as part of a Startup Sprint

    Read more about Buffer in november 2010
  • 2011

    August

    Buffer was accepted into AngelPad startup accelerator, with initial $120,000 investment

    December

    Buffer raised a small seed round of $330,000, to bring total funding to $450,000

    Read more about Buffer in december 2011
  • 2012

    January

    Our founders had visa troubles and started traveling while growing Buffer, the team grew to 7 people by August

    Read more about Buffer in january 2012
  • 2013

    August

    Buffer’s first all-company retreat took place in Lake Tahoe

    Read more about Buffer in august 2013
    September

    We reached 1 Million users

    Read more about Buffer in september 2013
    December

    We published the whole companies salaries

    Read more about Buffer in december 2013
  • 2014

    December

    We raised $3.5M in Series A funding

    Read more about Buffer in december 2014
  • 2015

    December

    We acquired Respondly

    Read more about Buffer in december 2015
  • 2016

    May

    We surpassed $10M ARR

    Read more about Buffer in may 2016
    June

    We had a cash-flow crisis resulting in several financial changes at Buffer, including a round of lay offs

    Read more about Buffer in june 2016
  • 2018

    August

    We spent $3.3M buying out our main Series A investors

    Read more about Buffer in august 2018
  • 2020

    May

    We trialed a four day work week

    Read more about Buffer in may 2020
    December

    We officially switch to a four day work week

    Read more about Buffer in december 2020
  • 2021

    October

    We launch Start Page: Buffer’s microsite tool

    Read more about Buffer in october 2021
  • 2022

    August

    We have our first Buffer Build Week

    Read more about Buffer in august 2022
  • 2023

    February

    We launch Buffer’s AI Assistant

    Read more about Buffer in february 2023

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We found 7 forgotten cron jobs had been running for five years – here's how we fixed them and what we learned in the process.

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