quietmoneyManta
Online reading platform for Korean webcomics (manhwa), manga and web novels, browsable by genre, daily updates, completed and popular.
Korean ebook/weOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
Checkout: checkout.stripe.com
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- Online reading platform for Korean webcomics (manhwa), manga and web novels, browsable by genre, daily updates, completed and popular.
- Users
- English-speaking readers who love Korean webcomics (including BL and romance), mainly in the US
- Positioning
- English reading platform focused on manhwa (including BL and romance), acquiring users through search rankings for the big "manhwa" keyword
- Pricing
- Has a subscription page but prices not found Billing: subscription
“Nav: Genres, Daily, Completed, Trending; "membership" icon with no details”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). New users mainly from SEO: search 75.3%, non-brand keywords about 60.2%, with big terms like "manhwa", "manhwa online", "bl" and "manhwa site"; direct 24.0%. Referrals come from comick.dev (2.92%), nortonsafesearch.com and raindrop.io; AI referrals 0.7%. Returning users come back directly to follow updates.
Last month's traffic sources
Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 60% |
| GEO | 1% |
| Other | 39% |
Direct + brand search 39%. 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 | 24.58% |
| India | 5.18% |
| Germany | 4.43% |
| Indonesia | 3.53% |
| Philippines | 3.37% |
Countries (Semrush): United States 18.0%, India 6.1%, Brazil 6.0%, Philippines 5.2%, Indonesia 3.9%
Language
English
Social sources
X (Twitter), Reddit, YouTube
AI assistants
| Source | Share |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0.04 |
| Gemini | 0.0 |
AI referrals (Semrush): ChatGPT 2,567 (0.04%), Gemini 80 (0.00%)
Keywords
4.3K keywords · brand ~39% · organic 99.9% / paid 0.1%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| manhwa |
| manhwa online |
| manta |
| bl |
| manhwa site |
Non-brand queries: manhwa, manhwa online, bl, manhwa site
Referring sites
11 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| comick.dev | 2.92% |
| nortonsafesearch.com | 2.86% |
| raindrop.io | 1.56% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Animation and Comics | 22.81% |
| Banking Credit and Lending | 2.86% |
| Programming and Developer Software | 1.56% |
| Social Media Networks | 0.98% |
| Arts and Entertainment - Other | 0.44% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 2.1M (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- -6.19%
- Country rank
- United States #21895
- Category rank
- Arts & Entertainment/Animation and Comics #181
- Bounce rate
- 61.27%
- Pages / visit
- 4.02
- Visit duration
- 00:02:49
- Industry
- Animation and Comics
- Top 3 channels
- Organic Search › Direct › Referrals (top channel 65.38%)
- Semrush monthly visits
- 3 months ago 8,166,785 · 2 months ago 7,971,651 · Last month 5,693,705 Semrush scale, ~3–4× Similarweb
- Semrush organic / paid search visits
- 623,926 / 1,555
- Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
- google.com · Google organic 66.6%, Direct 22.5%, brave.com 3.2%, bing.com 0.7%, chatgpt.com 0.6%
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 “Piggyback on a platform”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via SEO
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Manta get per month?
About 12,894 last month (Similarweb estimate), #283 of 606; the month before was 0. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Manta's new users come from?
New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). New users mostly come from need-based searches New users mainly from SEO: search 75.3%, non-brand keywords about 60.2%, with big terms like "manhwa", "manhwa online", "bl" and "manhwa site"; direct 24.0%. Referrals come from comick.dev (2.92%), nortonsafesearch.com and raindrop.io; AI referrals 0.7%. Returning users come back directly to follow updates.
How much does Manta cost?
Has a subscription page but 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.