quietmoneyAwwwards
A web design awards and inspiration platform: designers submit sites for judging (Site of the Day and more), and the platform showcases winning work, a designer directory, courses and a template marketplace.
A Spanish team One-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
| Checkout | 4–6 months ago avg | 3 months ago | 2 months ago | Last month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gumroad.com | 3,214 | 3,187 | 5,146 | 3,344 |
| lemonsqueezy.com | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- A web design awards and inspiration platform: designers submit sites for judging (Site of the Day and more), and the platform showcases winning work, a designer directory, courses and a template marketplace.
- Users
- Web designers, design studios and creative front-end developers
- Positioning
- A well-known industry award and work directory, where the award itself is the brand
- Pricing
- Free to browse; marketplace templates $29–49 one-time; submission and course prices not found Billing: one-time Free tier: yes Source: Existing
- Prices on site
- Market templates from 29-49 USD one-time
- Team
- small team
- Sharing mechanics
- public profiles / leaderboards 'Most Awarded Profiles'; Directory with 'Works' and 'awards' counts; nominees 'Vote Now'; 'Submit Website'
“'Most Awarded Profiles'; Directory with 'Works' and 'awards' counts; nominees 'Vote Now'; 'Submit Website'”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). Brand keywords 83.1% (awwwards), non-brand search 14.5% (free fonts, portfolio website), GEO 1.2% (ChatGPT 1.15%), referrals unitedcarriers.com 2.78%, dribe.org 2.71%, linux.do 2.23%; direct 61.4%. Returning users come back for the daily award-winning work.
Last month's traffic sources
Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 14% |
| GEO | 1% |
| Other | 84% |
Direct + brand search 83%. 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 |
|---|---|
| India | 19.92% |
| United States | 12.53% |
| Pakistan | 3.89% |
| United Kingdom | 3.79% |
| Germany | 3.16% |
Countries (Semrush): Bangladesh 53.4%, India 6.8%, United States 5.2%, Brazil 2.3%, United Kingdom 2.0%
Language
English
Social sources
YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit
AI assistants
| Source | Share |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 1.15 |
| Gemini | 0.23 |
| Perplexity | 0.07 |
AI referrals (Semrush): ChatGPT 145,541 (1.15%), Gemini 29,179 (0.23%), Perplexity 8,696 (0.07%), Claude 5,306 (0.04%), qwen.ai 2,148 (0.02%)
Keywords
20.5K keywords · brand ~83% · organic 99.98% / paid 0.02%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| awwwards |
| awwwards |
| free fonts |
| portfolio website |
| awwwards website |
Non-brand queries: free fonts, portfolio website
Referring sites
206 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| unitedcarriers.com | 2.78% |
| dribe.org | 2.71% |
| linux.do | 2.23% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Graphics Multimedia and Web Design | 28.48% |
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 4.3% |
| Search Engines | 2.76% |
| Computer Security | 2.39% |
| Programming and Developer Software | 2.21% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 3.8M (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- +3.27%
- Country rank
- India #4651
- Category rank
- Arts and Entertainment - Other #23
- Bounce rate
- 41.52%
- Pages / visit
- 3.93
- Visit duration
- 00:03:16
- Industry
- Arts and Entertainment
- Top 3 channels
- Organic Search › Direct › Referrals (top channel 50.3%)
- Semrush monthly visits
- 3 months ago 7,155,509 · 2 months ago 8,649,276 · Last month 12,774,062 Semrush scale, ~3–4× Similarweb
- Semrush organic / paid search visits
- 1,537,842 / 1
- Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
- Direct 58.5%, google.com · Google organic 34.5%, chatgpt.com 1.2%, pinterest.com 0.6%, muz.li 0.5%
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 “Existing audience”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via SEO
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Awwwards get per month?
About 3,344 last month (Similarweb estimate), #586 of 606; the month before was 5,146. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Awwwards's new users come from?
New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). New users mostly come from need-based searches Brand keywords 83.1% (awwwards), non-brand search 14.5% (free fonts, portfolio website), GEO 1.2% (ChatGPT 1.15%), referrals unitedcarriers.com 2.78%, dribe.org 2.71%, linux.do 2.23%; direct 61.4%. Returning users come back for the daily award-winning work.
How much does Awwwards cost?
Free to browse; marketplace templates $29–49 one-time; submission and course prices not found
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.