The Bleeding Edge

// KPIs

The receipts.

The metrics that show whether the podcast, the AI projects, and the social presence are actually working. Refreshed weekly.

Week of July 6, 2026·Captured Jul 11, 2026·2026-W28

PLACEHOLDER SNAPSHOT — the figures below are illustrative samples copied from the spec, NOT real numbers. Replace each value with the current reading from its dashboard before publishing (this page is public and shows revenue). Weekly update = copy this file to content/kpis/2026-W29.yaml, update the week field + values, and git push. No code change needed.

The Bleeding Edge Podcast

SoundCloud downloads (this week)
142
SoundCloud downloads (cumulative)
8,431
Spotify-for-Podcasters revenue (week)
$3.18

Social Media Presence (AI Projects #3)

YouTube followers
247
LinkedIn followers
1,340
X followers
412

Record Label (AI Projects #1)

SoundCloud track plays (cumulative, all releases)
311
Spotify monthly listeners
42
Streaming revenue (week)
$0.12

Hermes Local LLM (AI Projects #2)

GitHub stars
18
GitHub forks
3
Setup completions (telemetry)
7
Updated weekly by hand. Live API integration ships in Phase C — see specs/todo/kpi-tracker/02-data-sources.md.