⚠ Monthly revenue is down about half from its January 2026 peak ($44,459 → $21,532 in October).
⚠ Listed for sale on TrustMRR since Dec 18, 2025 at $1.2M (4.5x revenue per TrustMRR), with 21 offers received; the listing does not say why it is for sale.
⚠ TrustMRR shows a 75% profit margin for the last 30 days, but costs are not connected, so that figure is founder-provided, not verified.
⚠ User counts conflict and are both self-reported: the site says "90,000+ creators", the TrustMRR listing estimates 27,000 users. Neither is verified.
⚠ Its customers depend on platform monetization, and YouTube's "inauthentic content" rule bars mass-produced, repetitive videos from earning.
Timeline
- Aug 2024
Founded (France) - Nov 2025
$24,600 verified revenue in the month - Dec 18 2025
Listed for sale on TrustMRR, asking $1.2M - Jan 2026
$44,500 verified revenue, its best month - Oct 2 2026
Founder says removing the free trial lifted conversion from 0.33% to 0.57% (self-reported) - Oct 30 2026
$21,600 MRR from 380 subscriptions; $598,000 all-time
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MRR over our pulls
Dated leaderboard snapshots from TrustMRR refreshes. Exact figures; ranks are among businesses synced in the last 30 days on that date.
- Oct 31, 2026: $21,600 MRR · #26
- Nov 1, 2026: $21,200 MRR · #27
- Nov 2, 2026: $21,300 MRR · #27
- Nov 3, 2026: $21,800 MRR · #30
- Nov 4, 2026: $21,400 MRR · #31
- Nov 5, 2026: $21,200 MRR · #32
The story
StoryShort makes short-form faceless videos for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram. You type what the video is about (or paste a video that did well) and it writes the script, plans each scene, keeps the same characters from shot to shot, adds a voice and word-by-word captions, then posts on a schedule. Its founder, Samuel Rondot, is a French indie maker; TrustMRR lists an Aug 6, 2024 founding date.
Pricing (storyshort.ai/pricing, checked Oct 31, 2026): Starter $39/mo (about 26 videos of 30 seconds), Growth $69/mo (about 80), Influencer $130/mo (about 160) and Ultra $200/mo (about 330), or about 40% less billed yearly ($280 to $1,400 a year). That works out to about $56 a month per subscription (our calc.: MRR ÷ subscriptions), between the Starter and Growth plans.
Verified monthly revenue peaked at $44,500 in January 2026 and has drifted down since: $28,000 in March, $23,000 in June, $21,200 in September and $21,500 in October through Oct 30 (UTC, partial month). That is about half the January peak, and about 13% below November 2025 ($24,600). TrustMRR showed MRR up 19.3% over the 30 days to Nov 4, 2026 while monthly cash stayed flat, which can happen when yearly subscribers renew or switch to monthly plans; the listing does not say which.
The founder posts his tests in public on X (self-reported, not verified): removing the free trial raised conversion from 0.33% to 0.57% (Oct 2, 2026), and Google search brought 44 new customers in one week, its best week since July (Oct 24, 2026). Revenue figures are pulled from StoryShort's TrustMRR listing, which reads them directly from Stripe (last synced Nov 4, 2026).
Costs & profit
Founder-reported Not processor-verified. We only show figures the founder published.
- Margin
- ~75% (last 30 days on listing)
TrustMRR shows a 75% profit margin for the last 30 days. Costs are not connected, so founder-provided only.
Source: TrustMRR: StoryShort listing · 2026-10-30 · methodology
Our verdict
Partly
The parts are off-the-shelf (an LLM for scripts, image and video models, text-to-speech, the platforms' posting APIs) and short-form faceless tools are crowded. StoryShort's edge is two years of tuning plus SEO and the founder's public audience. The risk sits with its customers: YouTube demonetizes mass-produced, repetitive videos.
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How StoryShort compares: AI SaaS
Every AI SaaS business on our leaderboard (verified revenue synced in the last 30 days), ranked by MRR. $/sub is our estimate (MRR ÷ active subscriptions).
| Business | MRR | Subs | $/sub |
|---|---|---|---|
 Postiz | $352,000 | 10,300 | $34 |
 Rezi | $241,000 | 10,000 | $24 |
 Cometly | $197,000 | 280 | $710 |
 GoMotion AI | $73,300 | 1,600 | $47 |
 Promptwise | $66,800 | 2,000 | $34 |
 Speel.co | $65,200 | 1,100 | $60 |
 Laper | $51,400 | 1,600 | $33 |
 traxy.ai | $51,300 | 240 | $210 |
 Vid.AI | $50,400 | 750 | $67 |
 VirtualJK | $48,500 | 93 | $520 |
 Rank Prompt | $42,300 | 220 | $200 |
 Kolbo.AI | $40,600 | 710 | $57 |
 Apiframe | $35,400 | 920 | $39 |
 SEObot | $33,400 | 490 | $68 |
 Lunchbreak | $31,500 | 1,900 | $17 |
 Audn.AI | $29,300 | 99 | $300 |
 Humanize AI Text (AE-intelligence) | $28,700 | 1,100 | $26 |
 WaLead AI | $25,100 | 270 | $92 |
| AI Interview Copilot | $24,600 | 710 | $35 |
 StoryShort (this case) | $21,200 | 380 | $56 |
 ChatDash | $17,800 | 100 | $180 |
 Heyron | $17,500 | 610 | $29 |
 QR Code AI | $14,900 | 1,500 | $10 |
 Glossa | $14,400 | 100 | $140 |
 notis.ai | $13,400 | 440 | $31 |
 NotFair | $13,100 | 110 | $120 |
 fastwrite.io | $12,300 | 570 | $22 |
 MagicSlides | $10,000 | 760 | $13 |
 SiteJourney | $9,100 | 590 | $16 |
 AI Designer | $8,400 | 290 | $29 |
 Visualizee.ai | $8,000 | 290 | $28 |
 Shannon AI | $7,500 | 720 | $11 |
 3D-AGENT | $6,600 | 250 | $27 |
 Blawgy | $5,100 | 31 | $170 |
 ThreadMaster | $4,700 | 930 | $5 |
 CaptureFlow | $4,600 | 7 | $650 |
 AutoSubtitles | $3,400 | 430 | $8 |
How they grew
- Founder reports Google search brought 44 new customers in one week (X, Oct 24, 2026; self-reported). Verified source
- Removed the free trial: conversion rose from 0.33% to 0.57% (X, Oct 2, 2026; self-reported). Verified source
Tools mentioned: Stripe · AI image and video models · Text-to-speech / voice cloning · TikTok, YouTube and Instagram posting
Method: Build an AI SaaS for one business job · see every method compared in the how to make money with AI guide · on our AI side hustles list.
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What they did (sourced) + research prompt
No playbook exists yet for StoryShort. We haven't sourced enough on StoryShort yet for credible sourced notes. We don’t invent steps. Sourced notes exist for 11 cases: Chatbase, PROSP, TypingMind, Photo AI, HeadshotPro, Vid.AI, VirtualJK, Postiz, GojiberryAI, SEObot, DataExpert.io.
- Rank Prompt: $52.5k / 30 days· Track and improve how your site shows up in AI search engines.
- PROSP: $128.0k MRR· AI-personalized LinkedIn outreach for agencies and sales teams.
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FAQ
What is StoryShort's revenue?
$21.2k MRR, TrustMRR, Nov 5 2026. Evidence: Verified (Receipts).
How much money does StoryShort make?
$21.2k MRR (TrustMRR, Nov 5 2026). Evidence label: Verified (Receipts). MRR: $21,200; Last 30 days: $20,300; All-time revenue: $602,000; Active subscriptions: 380.
Is StoryShort's revenue verified?
Verified (Receipts): Payment-processor data (Stripe / RevenueCat) checked by us or a third-party verifier such as TrustMRR. Source: TrustMRR: StoryShort.
How long did StoryShort take to make its first dollar?
Unknown. We haven't found a source for StoryShort's time to first revenue yet, so we don't guess.
When did StoryShort start?
Aug 2024: Founded (France).
Can I replicate StoryShort?
Our verdict: Partly. The parts are off-the-shelf (an LLM for scripts, image and video models, text-to-speech, the platforms' posting APIs) and short-form faceless tools are crowded. StoryShort's edge is two years of tuning plus SEO and the founder's public audience. The risk sits with its customers: YouTube demonetizes mass-produced, repetitive videos.
Is StoryShort profitable?
Founder-reported only (not verified): margin ~75% (last 30 days on listing). See /methodology/#costs-origin.
Sources
- Verified dashboard TrustMRR: StoryShort: Revenue verified by TrustMRR via the payment processor API. TrustMRR figures update continuously; re-pull before quoting.
- Company site StoryShort pricing
- Founder post Samuel Rondot on X: free trial removed, 0.33% → 0.57% (Oct 2, 2026): Self-reported
- Founder post Samuel Rondot on X: 44 new customers from Google in a week (Oct 24, 2026): Self-reported