quietmoneyAudiolatry
A news site covering free and limited-time-free VST plugins, sample libraries and deals, which also sells its own plugins.
A small virtualOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
Checkout: gumroad.com
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- A news site covering free and limited-time-free VST plugins, sample libraries and deals, which also sells its own plugins.
- Users
- Hobbyist music producers looking for free plugins and sounds (a high share from Latin America)
- Positioning
- Focused on free and limited-time-free plugin news, with its own plugins sold on the side
- Pricing
- News is free; prices for its own plugins and the Gumroad subscription are not displayed Free tier: yes Source: Evidence
- Prices on site
- 'Buy Our Plugins' (no amounts shown); subscribe via Gumroad
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). Direct 47.4%, search 39.4%, referral 7.9%; non-brand search about 16%, with keywords like retrosynth and vst strings yg size kecil; brand keywords 71.1%, including its own plugin names such as mel lofi 2 by audiolatry and audiolatry funkbass; social from YouTube.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 16% |
| Other | 84% |
Direct + brand search 71%. 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 | 33.77% |
| Mexico | 7.72% |
| Argentina | 6.43% |
| Canada | 4.15% |
| Chile | 3.73% |
Language
English
Social sources
YouTube
Keywords
148 keywords · brand ~71% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| audiolatry |
| mel lofi 2 by audiolatry |
| audiolatry funkbass |
| retrosynth |
| vst strings yg size kecil |
Non-brand queries: retrosynth, vst strings yg size kecil
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Music | 30.95% |
| Video Games Consoles and Accessories | 0.6% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 35.8K (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- +14.94%
- Country rank
- United States #419143
- Category rank
- Arts & Entertainment/Music #6058
- Bounce rate
- 42.09%
- Pages / visit
- 2.61
- Visit duration
- 00:00:41
- Industry
- Music
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Referrals (top channel 47.44%)
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
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Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
Other sites that started via “Long-tail search”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via SEO
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Audiolatry get per month?
About 6,294 last month (Similarweb estimate), #506 of 606; the month before was 2,196. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Audiolatry's new users come from?
New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). New users mostly come from need-based searches Direct 47.4%, search 39.4%, referral 7.9%; non-brand search about 16%, with keywords like retrosynth and vst strings yg size kecil; brand keywords 71.1%, including its own plugin names such as mel lofi 2 by audiolatry and audiolatry funkbass; social from YouTube.
How much does Audiolatry cost?
News is free; prices for its own plugins and the Gumroad subscription are not displayed
Dossier confidence: medium. 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.