quietmoneyGimkit
A classroom quiz game: the teacher creates a question set and starts a game, students join by entering a game code, answer questions to earn in-game currency and buy power-ups, with several game modes.
Josh FeinsilberOne-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| checkout.stripe.com | 8,283 | 0 | 207 | 8,596 |
| pay.stripe.com | 1,261 | 12,312 | 0 | 0 |
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- A classroom quiz game: the teacher creates a question set and starts a game, students join by entering a game code, answer questions to earn in-game currency and buy power-ups, with several game modes.
- Users
- US K-12 teachers and the students in their classes
- Positioning
- Gamified quizzing that is more strategic than Kahoot, from an unfunded team of about 7
- Pricing
- Not found Free tier: yes
- Sharing mechanics
- built-in sharing (strong) Gimkit - live learning game show
- Price source
- gimkit.com
“Gimkit - live learning game show”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). Direct 55.9%, search 35.6% with 91.5% brand keywords (gimkit join, gimkit login, gimkit host): one teacher starting a game brings in the whole class. Referrals come from school platforms padlet.com (4.7%), classlink.com (3.0%) and myschoolapp.com; social includes YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
Last month's traffic sources
Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| 92% | |
| Other | 8% |
Direct + brand search 92%. 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 | 88.99% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1.68% |
| Australia | 1.09% |
| Canada | 0.77% |
| Thailand | 0.72% |
Countries (Semrush): United States 83.2%, Australia 2.7%, Mexico 1.7%, Canada 1.7%, Colombia 1.2%
Language
English
Social sources
YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
AI assistants
| Source | Share |
|---|---|
| Claude | 0.17 |
| ChatGPT | 0.04 |
| Gemini | 0.01 |
AI referrals (Semrush): Claude 14,853 (0.17%), ChatGPT 3,809 (0.04%), Gemini 1,121 (0.01%), gizmo.ai 248 (0.00%)
Keywords
2.1K keywords · brand ~92% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| gimkit |
| gimkit join |
| gimkit login |
| gimkit host |
| gim kit |
Referring sites
74 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| padlet.com | 4.72% |
| classlink.com | 3.02% |
| myschoolapp.com | 1.77% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Education | 82.61% |
| Video Games Consoles and Accessories | 1.87% |
| Faith and Beliefs | 1.18% |
| Legal | 1.09% |
| Math | 1% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 11.4M (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- +121.5%
- Country rank
- United States #891
- Category rank
- Education (US) #36
- Bounce rate
- 27.06%
- Pages / visit
- 6.32
- Visit duration
- 00:05:43
- Industry
- Education
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Referrals (top channel 56.29%)
- Semrush monthly visits
- 3 months ago 4,132,732 · 2 months ago 8,724,616 · Last month 8,692,800 Semrush scale, ~3–4× Similarweb
- Semrush organic / paid search visits
- 9,860,193 / 0
- Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
- Direct 52.5%, google.com · Google organic 28.3%, instructure.com 6.2%, classroom.google.com · Google organic 5.2%, clever.com 1.8%
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 “Friends and local circle”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Viral
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Gimkit get per month?
About 8,596 last month (Similarweb estimate), #453 of 606; the month before was 207. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Gimkit'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 55.9%, search 35.6% with 91.5% brand keywords (gimkit join, gimkit login, gimkit host): one teacher starting a game brings in the whole class. Referrals come from school platforms padlet.com (4.7%), classlink.com (3.0%) and myschoolapp.com; social includes YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
How much does Gimkit cost?
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.