Nomads.com (formerly Nomad List)

Online community and city database for digital nomads and remote workers.

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Active^{Source [2]}^{Source [5]}Last verified Oct 2, 2026

About Nomads.com (formerly Nomad List)

Nomads.com, formerly Nomad List, is a website and community for digital nomads that ranks cities on cost of living, internet speed, climate and other factors, and connects members through chat, meetups and a dating and friend-finder feature.^{Source [2]}^{Source [1]}

Pieter Levels built it alone and has run it since 2014 without outside funding. With Remote OK it formed the two-site business that he said reached $1 million in annual revenue in May 2019, run from one server with no ad budget.^{Source [4]}^{Source [3]}

For most of its history it charged a one-time membership fee. In September 2026 Levels made it free apart from a $1 anti-spam sign-up charge, saying a paid gate limited the community's size and that sponsorship, such as its long-running sponsor SafetyWing, may fund it instead.^{Source [5]}

The site also hosts data tools including a FIRE calculator, a climate finder, best-value city rankings and a members map.^{Source [2]}

What happened

Pieter Levels launched Nomad List in July 2014 as a crowdsourced ranking of cities for remote workers, and it grew into a paid membership community with meetups and chat. The site now runs as Nomads.com, and nomadlist.com redirects there. In September 2026 Levels made membership free apart from a $1 sign-up fee, saying it had 43,252 paid members at that point.^{Source [1]}^{Source [2]}^{Source [5]}

Timeline

2026-09Made membership free apart from a $1 sign-up fee.^{Source [5]}
2024-09Levels listed it at $61K per month in a revenue snapshot after his Lex Fridman interview.^{Source [6]}
2019-05Together with Remote OK passed $1 million in annual revenue run rate, per Levels.^{Source [4]}
2016-07Colive.co, a coliving platform for nomads, launched as a side project tied to the community.^{Source [1]}
2014-10The #nomads Slack community launched; it later became part of Nomad List.^{Source [1]}
2014-07Launched as Nomad List.^{Source [1]}

Products and brands

City rankings: Crowdsourced database of cities scored for remote workers.^{Source [2]}
Community chat and meetups: Member chat plus meetups the site says run in 100+ cities a year.^{Source [2]}
Dating app and friend finder: Matching features for members.^{Source [2]}
FIRE calculator and climate finder: Planning tools built on the site's city data.^{Source [2]}^{Source [1]}

How it makes money: Charged paid memberships for about 12 years; since September 2026 sign-up costs $1 and the site plans to rely more on sponsors such as SafetyWing.^{Source [5]}

Leadership

Pieter Levels

Founder and sole developer^{Source [1]}^{Source [3]}

Since 2014

Funding and financials

Revenue (self-reported on X and levels.io, Sept 2024): $61K per month during a one-day record month snapshot^{Source [6]}
Paid members (self-reported, Sept 2026): 43,252 paid members before the switch to free sign-up^{Source [5]}

People on Founded, and where they went next

1 person on record, connected to 7 other companies.

Person	Here	Also built
Pieter Levels	Founder2014 to now	fly.pieter.com2025 to nowActivePhoto AI2023 to nowActiveAvatar AI (AvatarAI.me)2022 to 2023MergedInterior AI2022 to nowActiveRebase2021 to 2024Shut downHoodmaps2017 to nowActiveRemote OK2015 to nowActive

Sources

List of all my projects ever, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2026-09-23. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Nomads.com - Best Places to Live for Digital Nomads (formerly Nomad List), Nomads.com. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
@levelsio (Pieter Levels) llms.txt, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2026-10-01. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
It took 4 years to reach $1m annual revenue with Nomad List and Remote OK, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2019-05-30. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
After a decade, I have made nomads.com free for everyone now, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2026-09-05. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
I hit a new $420,000/mo revenue record thanks to the Lex Fridman podcast, levels.io (Pieter Levels), 2024-09-22. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.

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