Founder report · 2026
6 are Skool Diamond tier. 19 are free at the door (off-Skool monetization). Below: the moves that separate winners from controls, the real cadence (quoted from their actual landing pages), and a 10-day launch plan.
Source: 947 AI-tagged Skool communities scraped via Apify, top 25 enriched, paired against ~25 controls. Updated May 1, 2026. Methodology: /methodology.
1 · The money
Visible MRR
$1,876,205
members × monthly price
Visible ARR
$22,514,460
at run-rate
Diamond tier
6
≥$10k/mo verified
Free at door
19 / 25
backend-monetized
| Community | Members | Price | MRR | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQ VANTAGE Alex Hormozi | 914 | $1,000 | $914,000 | - |
| AI Automation Society Plus Nate Herk | 3,582 | $99 | $355,212 | diamond |
| AI Automations by Jack Jack Roberts | 2,660 | $77 | $205,282 | diamond |
| AI Video Bootcamp Daniel Riley | 18,752 | $9 | $168,948 | diamond |
| CEO Lab (Marketer Skool) Jeff Lopez | 1,577 | $97 | $152,969 | crown |
| Ninjas AI Automation Ninja Ai | 2,049 | $39 | $79,794 | - |
| AI Automation Society Nate Herk | 350,911 | Free | — | diamond |
| AI Automation Agency Hub Liam Ottley | 314,351 | Free | — | - |
| Mobility & Injury Prevention Josh Fear | 204,762 | Free | — | - |
| Skoolers Sam Ovens | 193,060 | Free | — | - |
| AI Automation (A-Z) Albert Shiney | 153,500 | Free | — | crown |
| The AI Advantage Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi | 120,875 | Free | — | - |
| AI Money Lab Julian Goldie | 71,557 | Free | — | diamond |
| GOOSIFY 🍎🐛🦋🌈⭐️🩷 Goose Dunlavey | 12,945 | Free | — | - |
| REVENUE REVOLUTION Raven Steele | 8,848 | Free | — | - |
| AI Cyber Value Creators Dr. Allen Harper | 8,781 | Free | — | - |
| AI Profit Boardroom Julian Goldie | 2,998 | Free | — | diamond |
| Ai Creators Academy Markens Castelly | 2,340 | Free | — | - |
| The AI Agents Course Alicia Lyttle | 1,857 | Free | — | - |
| Story Hacker AI Jason Hamilton | 1,633 | Free | — | crown |
| AI Marketing Ray Merlin | 1,180 | Free | — | - |
| Ai Style Secrets (AISS) Digital Entrepreneur | 802 | Free | — | - |
| Ina's Dance Academy Ina Jeliazkova | 399 | Free | — | liftoff |
| AI Society: Income with AI Jam Anderson | 225 | Free | — | - |
| AI & Free Intelligence John Young | 212 | Free | — | - |
Visible MRR = members × monthly price (from goat255 actor enrichment). Free communities show $0 here despite real off-Skool revenue.
2 · What they did (that we have to do)
Prevalence in top-25 vs ~25 matched controls. Source: analysis/blueprint.json.
| # | Move | Top 25 | Control | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta Conversions tracking on | 56% | 12% | +44pp |
| 2 | Founder ≥50k followers | 40% | 0% | +40pp |
| 3 | Zapier integration enabled | 64% | 28% | +36pp |
| 4 | Founder runs/joined ≥10 Skool groups | 72% | 44% | +28pp |
| 5 | ≥3 marketing links on owner profile | 28% | 0% | +28pp |
| 6 | AutoDM enabled | 68% | 44% | +24pp |
| 7 | Email-capture welcome survey | 80% | 60% | +20pp |
Full 18-factor table at /blueprint.
3 · The real cadence
Quoted directly from each community's About page (scraped via Apify). These are the patterns to mirror — credibility line one, arrow lists, ❌ negation lists, specific dollar numbers, single CTA.
Alex Hormozi · 914 members · $1,000/mo
For $1M+ Business Owners Who Want to Scale Faster The only community that verifies $1M+ revenue before you can post \(every post is peer-level\). Members share what's actually working, plus direct access to Alex Hormozi's advisory team. What you get: 🤖 AI: Trained on 50,000+ hours of real business consulting \(rated #1AI for business by members\) 💼 ACQ Advisory access normally priced at $35k/day 📚 8 advanced workshops: Marketing, Sales, LTV, People, AI, Profit, Wealth, Scaling 🎯 Weekly hands-on sessions & 12 playbooks not available to buy anywhere else 🤝 Co-investment opportunities \(qualifying members\) 🧔🏻♂️ Direct access to Alex via Hotline \(VIP only, no DM\) And more… How it …
Nate Herk · 350,911 members · Free
Nate Herk is a verified n8n Expert Partner with 650k YT subs ✅ FREE DOWNLOADS: 100+ n8n templates from my YouTube channel ready to plug and play → An entire marketing team of agents that can write Linkedin posts, generate videos, and publish blog posts → A personal assistant agent that can send emails, reply to emails you receive, manage your calendar, and more → A faceless shorts generator, allowing you to produce a constant stream of video content without touching it yourself → Much, much more Just import the template and go! We now have over 300,000 members. It's insane how fast this community has grown. Join us to share knowledge, collaborate on projects, and master the future of…
Liam Ottley · 314,351 members · Free
Interested in starting an AI business? If so, you're in the right place. I'm Liam Ottley, the #1 AI business expert on YouTube \(730,000+ subscribers\) and creator of the AI Automation Agency model. 3 years ago, I started with zero generative AI knowledge. Now I've built multiple AI businesses generating $18M+ in revenue with a team of 65+ people. Every business needed a website in the 90s, today they need AI to stay competitive. I've created this community to teach you how to capitalize on this opportunity - even with zero coding experience. Join now to get: 📚 Complete AI Automation Agency Course 🎯 Weekly Live Q&As with Me: Get your AI business questions answered directly 💼 Template…
Josh Fear · 204,762 members · Free
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Excerpts truncated at 700 chars. Full landing copy on each community page.
4 · 0 to ads running in 10 days
Procedural sequence. The 7 moves from Section 2 are all wired by Day 4. Specific dollar figures, member milestones, and named testimonials are intentionally absent — fill those in with your own real numbers as you ship.
Day 1 · Foundation
Skool group + payments live by EOD.
Day 2 · Classroom skeleton
5 modules created (88% of winners ship 5+).
Day 3 · Content + cadence
Modules 3–5 + calendar + map.
Day 4 · Stack wiring
All 7 moves from Section 2 — wired.
Day 5 · Landing page
About page in winner cadence.
Day 6 · Founder video + assets
Hero video + day-1 onboarding video.
Day 7 · Pre-launch DMs
100 warm contacts → founding members locked.
Day 8 · Ad creative
3 video hooks + 3 still hooks + 7 copy variants.
Day 9 · Funnel QA + Meta Ads setup
End-to-end test, campaign loaded, $0 spent yet.
Day 10 · Ads live
9am ET — turn on, watch, kill bottom, scale top.