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Courtland Allen
@csallen · 70.2K followers
Best of 2020 · 606 likes
“If it's worth making, make it great. If you can't make it great, make it smaller and simpler until you *can* make it great.”
Peak year 2020, six years ago. 19 of the 100 best posts X exposes came from 2020. 2025 produced 14. The best work is behind the account, so far.
Stripe
@stripe · 290.6K followers
@csallen
Biggest post of 2026 · 37 likes · Apr 19, 2026
I love seeing posts like this. I was a Grandmaster Starcraft 2 player for a while, and I still enjoy watching @Artosis cast Brood War games.
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@stripe
@csallen
No post framed as earnings among the 15 posts read.
@stripe
$1M
the earned figure that got the most attention in the last year · Jul 10, 2026 · 346 likes
The share of solopreneurs earning over $1M in revenue has more than tripled between 2021 and 2025.
Read the post.@yasser_elsaid_ on growing @chatbase from ramen profitability to $10M ARR.
Read the postBusinesses on Stripe processed more than $40 billion from Black Friday through Cyber Monday. 🔀 >578 million transactions ⛰️ >152,000 peak transactions per minute ⬆️ >99.9999% API uptime 🏆 >150,000…
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top post points at @stripe · 1 mention · 1.1K likes
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of 100 top posts point at @csallen
One way. @csallen’s best posts point at @stripe; none of @stripe’s top posts point at @csallen. Counted from each account’s top posts, where a quote, a reply, or a mention each count one post. Likes, follows, and replies received are not visible in this data and are not claimed.
| Measure | @csallen | @stripe |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 and the GitHub side | ||
| Top posts from 2026 so far | 1 | 44 |
| Likes on 2026’s ten best | — | 22.7K |
| GitHub days in 2026 | — | — |
| GitHub days · last 90 | — | — |
| GitHub streak · days in a row | — | — |
| Ships · share of the last 365 days | — | — |
Best of 2021 · 1.7K likes
“Introducing Stripe Tax—automate taxes on your Stripe transactions.”
Peak year 2021, five years ago. 13 of the 100 best posts X exposes came from 2021. 2025 produced 12. Holding, not climbing.
Biggest post of 2026 · 6.2K likes · Apr 29, 2026
Today, we’re launching the @link wallet for agents. It lets you securely empower agents to spend on your behalf. Your payment credentials are never exposed and you approve every purchase.
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This year is shown, not ranked: likes accumulate with age, so 2026 is always undercounted against completed years. The GitHub side counts days with any activity, public or private, from the contribution calendar.
Congrats @chatbase on crossing $8 million ARR! See the Chatbase blimp fly over Stripe City today:
Read the postCongrats @higgsfield_ai on hitting $100 million ARR and $1 million in sales on Black Friday! To celebrate, Higgsfield's logo will be flying over Stripe City today.
Read the postBlack Friday/Cyber Monday on Stripe, by the numbers: 📈 $31 billion total transaction volume 🌐 465 million transactions ⏱️ 137k peak transactions per minute 🏆 35k businesses had their best day ever…
Read the postWe analyzed the growth of the creator economy on Stripe and found something surprising: it’s growing unexpectedly fast. Most of that growth is international. 50 platforms on Stripe have onboarded 1M+…
Read the postFrontier has facilitated its first carbon removal purchases on behalf of Stripe and the tens of thousands of companies using Stripe Climate. We’re spending $8M on removal from six new suppliers and w…
Read the postEvery line is a post by the account itself that names a dollar figure, newest first, linked so you can read it in place. ShipRatio checks that the post exists, not the number. A figure framed as revenue, MRR, profit, or sales is marked earned; a price, a raise, or someone else’s number is a mention.
| Private share of that activity | — | — |
| The record |
| Peak year | 2020 | 2021 |
| Top posts from the peak | 19 | 13 |
| Top posts counted | 100 | 100 |
| Likes across the sample | 37.3K | 63.6K |
| Best post | 4.4K | 5.7K |
| Median likes | 216 | 348 |
| Years in a row with a top post | 9 | 11 |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | — | ×3.4 |
| Followers | 70.2K | 290.6K |