quietmoneyApi-football
Football data API providing scores, fixtures, team and player data, plus free score/fixture widgets that can be embedded in websites.
A small French One-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
Checkout: checkout.stripe.com
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- Football data API providing scores, fixtures, team and player data, plus free score/fixture widgets that can be embedded in websites.
- Users
- Individual developers building football score, prediction or news websites/apps
- Positioning
- A niche football data API with a free plan, priced lower than the large sports data vendors
- Pricing
- Free plan available (per existing description); paid prices not found Free tier: yes
- Sharing mechanics
- built-in sharing (medium)
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). Direct 79.9%, search 9.8%, AI 6%, referral 4.4%; search terms are api football and football api free, with brand keywords at 89.6%. AI referral is significant (ChatGPT 4.97%), as developers asking AI for a football data API get it recommended; the free widgets embedded on other people's sites bring exposure, and referrals include base44.com 0.86%.
Last month's traffic sources
Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| GEO | 6% |
| 90% | |
| Other | 4% |
Direct + brand search 90%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
Countries
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| United States | 14.86% |
| Brazil | 11.67% |
| Nigeria | 10.52% |
| Italy | 7.49% |
| China | 7.39% |
Countries (Semrush): Bangladesh 14.9%, Brazil 11.5%, United States 6.0%, United Kingdom 4.4%, Turkey 4.2%
Language
English
Social sources
YouTube, X (Twitter), WhatsApp Webapp; Messaging: WhatsApp
AI assistants
| Source | Share |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 4.97 |
| Gemini | 0.24 |
| Perplexity | 0.13 |
AI referrals (Semrush): ChatGPT 26,661 (4.97%), Gemini 1,312 (0.24%), Perplexity 718 (0.13%), Claude 322 (0.06%), qwen.ai 183 (0.03%)
Keywords
526 keywords · brand ~90% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| api football |
| api-football |
| football api |
| football.com login |
| football api free |
Referring sites
10 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| base44.com | 0.86% |
| sagfutbol.com | 0.34% |
| apipheny.io | 0.08% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Programming and Developer Software | 67.92% |
| Graphics Multimedia and Web Design | 0.86% |
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 0.08% |
| Digital Marketing | 0.07% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 429.6K (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- -4.25%
- Country rank
- United States #68946
- Category rank
- Gambling/Sports Betting #347
- Bounce rate
- 29.73%
- Pages / visit
- 10.13
- Visit duration
- 00:24:16
- Industry
- Sports Betting
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Gen AI (top channel 51.13%)
- Semrush monthly visits
- 3 months ago 503,312 · 2 months ago 496,645 · Last month 536,318 Semrush scale, ~3–4× Similarweb
- Semrush organic / paid search visits
- 21,988 / 0
- Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
- Direct 76.9%, google.com · Google organic 9.4%, chatgpt.com 5.5%, api-sports.io 4.2%, gemini.google.com 0.3%
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
Basics
Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
Other sites that started via “Piggyback on a platform”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Viral
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Api-football get per month?
About 25,788 last month (Similarweb estimate), #108 of 606; the month before was 27,030. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Api-football's new users come from?
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). The site has invite or share mechanics, and direct plus brand search is the largest source Direct 79.9%, search 9.8%, AI 6%, referral 4.4%; search terms are api football and football api free, with brand keywords at 89.6%. AI referral is significant (ChatGPT 4.97%), as developers asking AI for a football data API get it recommended; the free widgets embedded on other people's sites bring exposure, and referrals include base44.com 0.86%.
How much does Api-football cost?
Free plan available (per existing description); paid prices not found
Dossier confidence: low. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The number: checkout visits is Similarweb's estimate of visits from the site to a checkout payment page; opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue. Small sites land on fixed buckets.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-26.