Project: methaphone, Category: Product, Revenue: $1.1k, Launched: 07 Apr 25, 24h: 0.0%, Status: Stalled
methaphoneA product per piece · Stalled · 557 days live
What it is
A clear acrylic slab the size of a phone, with nothing inside. 200 million views, $1,100 of crowdfunding.
Why it works: The viral moment came a week after the campaign closed. Attention and revenue were never in the same week.
CreatorEric Antonow @antonow · 6 followersLaunched7 Apr 2025 · 557 days so farRevenue$1,100 USD Claimed · as of 27 Aug 2026Goal$500 100 %Post views150M public views of tracked posts, 30 daysStatusSet manually by the editors.
Performance · 999 daily snapshots
No social figures on record yet, latest snapshot 16OCT.
First 24 h n/a · attention peaked on day 43 · 0 % of revenue came after the peak · 7 days 0.0 %
Evidence · 3 shown
27AUG
Counter on the project website
Shop: $19.99, both variants sold out; the site claims more than 200 million views · source
20MAY
Post by the creator
Creator blog: about 150 million views between 15 and 20 May 2025 · $150,000,000 · source
08MAY
Article by a third party
Indiegogo campaign: $1,100 from 39 backers, 220 percent of the goal · $1,100 · source
AbsurdityScarcity