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Csharpplayersguide

Official site for the programming book "The C# Player's Guide," which teaches C# in a gamified voice with 100+ exercises; the site offers exercise solutions, errata and a free sample. The paperback is sold on Amazon, the PDF on Gumroad.

csharpplayersguide.com ↗Education & examsUnited States 63.91%, Russia 12.79%, United Kingdom 9.17%#599 of 606
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Checkout visits, last month
3,147
#599 of 606
vs prior month
▲ 35×
87 → 3,147, gain +3,060
Website visits, last month
26,000
Similarweb, last month; about 12.1 of every 100 visits reach checkout
Similarweb global rank
1,298,049
#2077 in Programming and Developer Software
Take-off year
2012
Team: solo
How it startedExisting audienceThe maker brought an existing audience, community or client base into the product
New-user source nowSEONew users mostly come from need-based searches
Growth engineSearch rankingHolds search rankings for need-based queries
Spreads purely by itselfMixed
This is the offOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.

Checkout visits over time

2304–6 months ago avg
03 months ago
872 months ago
3KLast month

Checkout: gumroad.com

1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges

Product
Official site for the programming book "The C# Player's Guide," which teaches C# in a gamified voice with 100+ exercises; the site offers exercise solutions, errata and a free sample. The paperback is sold on Amazon, the PDF on Gumroad.
Users
Beginners teaching themselves C#, including people who want to make games
Positioning
A gamified, light-hearted beginner's book with lots of exercises
Pricing
Paperback (Amazon) and PDF (Gumroad) for sale, prices not found; free sample available Billing: one-time Free tier: no
Team
solo
Acquisition entry points on site
Discord community
Price source
csharpplayersguide.com
“"Download a free sample from the book below." Print via Amazon, PDF via Gumroad; author RB Whitaker writes in first person”Quote from the site

2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like

New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). Non-brand search 37.2% ("c", vin fletchers arrows and other exercise names from the book), direct 47.1%, referrals 9.4%. Readers working through exercises search the exercise name and land on the site for solutions; Discord keeps existing readers engaged.

Last month's traffic sources

Search 37%Referrals/email/paid 9%Direct 47%Unknown 6%

Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank

Five-class attribution

Attributable new users, last monthShare
SEO37%
Other63%

Direct + brand search 47%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.

Countries

CountryShare of visits
United States63.91%
Russia12.79%
United Kingdom9.17%
India6.59%
Canada3.21%

Language

English

Keywords

25 keywords · brand ~47% · organic 100% / paid 0%

Similarweb top 5 keywords
c
vin fletchers arrows challange text
vin fletchers arrows
the c
'the c

Non-brand queries: c, vin fletchers arrows challange text, vin fletchers arrows, the c, 'the c

Referrer categories

CategoryShare of referrals
Programming and Developer Software1.67%

Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)

Visits, last 3 months
26K (3 months)
Visits MoM
+77.79%
Country rank
United Kingdom #116122
Category rank
Programming and Developer Software #2077
Bounce rate
52.57%
Pages / visit
1.69
Visit duration
00:00:39
Industry
Programming and Developer Software
Top 3 channels
Organic Search › Direct › Referrals (top channel 37.25%)

3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing

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FAQ

How many checkout visits does Csharpplayersguide get per month?

About 3,147 last month (Similarweb estimate), #599 of 606; the month before was 87. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.

Where do Csharpplayersguide's new users come from?

New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). New users mostly come from need-based searches Non-brand search 37.2% ("c", vin fletchers arrows and other exercise names from the book), direct 47.1%, referrals 9.4%. Readers working through exercises search the exercise name and land on the site for solutions; Discord keeps existing readers engaged.

How much does Csharpplayersguide cost?

Paperback (Amazon) and PDF (Gumroad) for sale, prices not found; free sample available

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.