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Emeraldchat

Anonymous random video/text chat that matches strangers by interest, with human moderation; an Omegle alternative.

emeraldchat.com ↗CommunityUnited States 31.95%, United Kingdom 10.59%, India 6.84%#51 of 606
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Checkout visits, last month
42,980
#51 of 606
vs prior month
▼ 5%
45,050 → 42,980, gain −2,070
Website visits, last month
2,300,000
Similarweb, last month; about 1.9 of every 100 visits reach checkout
Similarweb global rank
16,247
#68 in Social Media Networks
Take-off year
2018
Team: small team
How it startedExternal event tailwindAn outside event (a shutdown, a policy change) sent users over
New-user source nowViralThe site has invite or share mechanics, and direct plus brand search is the largest source
Growth engineSearch rankingHolds search rankings for need-based queries
Spreads purely by itselfNo
A small anonymoOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.

Checkout visits over time

55K4–6 months ago avg
69K3 months ago
45K2 months ago
43KLast month

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

Product
Anonymous random video/text chat that matches strangers by interest, with human moderation; an Omegle alternative.
Users
Young internet users who want to video chat randomly with strangers, mainly in the US and UK
Positioning
One of the alternatives after Omegle shut down, focused on interest matching, gender filters and human moderation
Pricing
Free to use; a paid subscription unlocks gender, karma, country and language filters; price not found Billing: subscription Free tier: yes Source: Homepage
Team
small team
Sharing mechanics
multiplayer rooms One click and you're talking to someone new; karma
Price source
emeraldchat.com
“One click and you're talking to someone new; karma”Quote from the site

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

New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). Direct 68.2%, search 31.8%; search terms include emerald chat and omegle, omegle alternatives, with brand keywords 87.3%. Referrals come from similar sites thundr.com 6.07% and omegleweb.io 4.86%, social includes YouTube, Instagram and Discord; returning users open the site directly to chat.

Last month's traffic sources

Search 32%Direct 68%

Semrush source breakdown (desktop)

Five-class attribution

Attributable new users, last monthShare
SEO13%
Viral87%

Direct + brand search 87%. 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 States31.95%
United Kingdom10.59%
India6.84%
Canada5.29%
Mexico5.17%

Countries (Semrush): United States 40.2%, India 9.8%, United Kingdom 6.2%, Germany 5.1%, Bangladesh 3.9%

Language

English

Social sources

YouTube, Instagram, Discord; Messaging: Discord

AI assistants

SourceShare
ChatGPT0.22
l.meta.ai0.01
Gemini0.01

AI referrals (Semrush): ChatGPT 5,009 (0.22%), l.meta.ai 294 (0.01%), Gemini 193 (0.01%), higgsfield.ai 45 (0.00%), Claude 45 (0.00%)

Keywords

787 keywords · brand ~87% · organic 93.3% / paid 6.7%

Similarweb top 5 keywords
emerald chat
omegle
emeraldchat
omegle alternatives
emrald chat

Non-brand queries: omegle, omegle alternatives

Referring sites

13 referring sites

SiteShare of referrals
thundr.com6.07%
omegleweb.io4.86%
umingle.com1.21%

Referrer categories

CategoryShare of referrals
Arts & Entertainment27.14%
Social Media Networks22.37%
Adult14.12%
News & Media Publishers1.02%
Search Engines0.99%

Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)

Visits, last 3 months
2.3M (3 months)
Visits MoM
-9.1%
Country rank
United States #7939
Category rank
Social Media Networks #68
Bounce rate
28.21%
Pages / visit
10.49
Visit duration
00:08:52
Industry
Social Networks and Online Communities
Top 3 channels
Direct › Organic Search › Referrals (top channel 61.53%)
Semrush monthly visits
3 months ago 3,152,974 · 2 months ago 2,732,641 · Last month 2,246,572 Semrush scale, ~3–4× Similarweb
Semrush organic / paid search visits
575,163 / 4,538
Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
Direct 60.8%, google.com · Google organic 25.2%, accounts.google.com 5.0%, bing.com 1.8%, brave.com 1.3%

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

Classification

Basics

Timeline

Growth loop

Revenue and scale clues

Confidence and gaps

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Other sites that started via “External event tailwind”

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FAQ

How many checkout visits does Emeraldchat get per month?

About 42,980 last month (Similarweb estimate), #51 of 606; the month before was 45,050. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.

Where do Emeraldchat'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 68.2%, search 31.8%; search terms include emerald chat and omegle, omegle alternatives, with brand keywords 87.3%. Referrals come from similar sites thundr.com 6.07% and omegleweb.io 4.86%, social includes YouTube, Instagram and Discord; returning users open the site directly to chat.

How much does Emeraldchat cost?

Free to use; a paid subscription unlocks gender, karma, country and language filters; price 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.