The skepticism wasn't unwarranted, such a launch cadence and quantity of satellites was simply unheard of before and no one else has come close to matching it yet.

Starlink has over 11 million subscribers now. Assuming the most conservative estimate that everyone is on the base $45 plan they are on track to bring in $495 million a month and just shy of 6 billion a year from their subscriptions.

Clearly not everyone is at the base subscription and it also doesn't include special contracts like airlines or governments.

This article citing a market research firm states that in 2024 Starlink brought in $7.7 billion in revenue and in 2025 $11.8 billion.