quietmoneySynthanatomy
A synthesizer and music tech news and review blog covering hardware synths, Eurorack, plugins, free resources and deals, supported by ads and Patreon.
A Vienna-based One-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
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1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- A synthesizer and music tech news and review blog covering hardware synths, Eurorack, plugins, free resources and deals, supported by ads and Patreon.
- Users
- Synth and hardware enthusiasts, electronic music producers
- Positioning
- Niche coverage leaning toward hardware synths and Eurorack
- Pricing
- Free to read; Patreon support from $1/month Billing: donation Free tier: yes Source: Existing
- Prices on site
- $1 USD per month (Patreon) (donation)
- Team
- solo
- Price source
- synthanatomy.com
“Social follow links only ("Follow on Facebook"); "Advertise with us"; all posts by author "tom"”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 29% (new product names such as movy, m-vave fm-1, donner sample boy), referrals rekkerd.org 6.2%, kvraudio.com 5.58%, elektronauts.com 1.6%, social 7.4% (Facebook, YouTube, Reddit), AI referral ChatGPT 0.1%; direct 48.5%.
Last month's traffic sources
Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 29% |
| 7% | |
| Other | 64% |
Direct + brand search 56%. 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 | 20.95% |
| Germany | 9.3% |
| France | 6.67% |
| Netherlands | 6.23% |
| United Kingdom | 5.18% |
Countries (Semrush): United Kingdom 31.4%, United States 27.8%, Germany 8.9%, France 4.1%, Poland 3.8%
Language
English
Social sources
Facebook, YouTube, Reddit
AI assistants
| Source | Share |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0.1 |
| duck.ai | 0.08 |
| Perplexity | 0.04 |
AI referrals (Semrush): ChatGPT 391 (0.10%), duck.ai 310 (0.08%), Perplexity 169 (0.04%)
Keywords
3.2K keywords · brand ~56% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| movy |
| m-vave fm-1 |
| donner sample boy |
| synth anatomy |
| 88emu |
Non-brand queries: movy, m-vave fm-1, donner sample boy, 88emu
Referring sites
11 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| rekkerd.org | 6.2% |
| kvraudio.com | 5.58% |
| elektronauts.com | 1.6% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Graphics Multimedia and Web Design | 40.36% |
| Music | 21.53% |
| Programming and Developer Software | 0.27% |
| Arts and Entertainment - Other | 0.23% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 432.8K (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- +2.27%
- Country rank
- United States #79436
- Category rank
- Music #932
- Bounce rate
- 50.16%
- Pages / visit
- 1.85
- Visit duration
- 00:01:20
- Industry
- Music
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Organic Social (top channel 47.59%)
- Semrush monthly visits
- 3 months ago 234,386 · 2 months ago 293,729 · Last month 397,457 Semrush scale, ~3–4× Similarweb
- Semrush organic / paid search visits
- 12,502 / 0
- Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
- Direct 37.0%, google.com · Google organic 27.6%, l.facebook.com 5.6%, sciencedaily.com 3.0%, synthtopia.com 2.9%
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 Synthanatomy get per month?
About 3,344 last month (Similarweb estimate), #585 of 606; the month before was 0. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Synthanatomy's new users come from?
New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). New users mostly come from need-based searches Non-brand search 29% (new product names such as movy, m-vave fm-1, donner sample boy), referrals rekkerd.org 6.2%, kvraudio.com 5.58%, elektronauts.com 1.6%, social 7.4% (Facebook, YouTube, Reddit), AI referral ChatGPT 0.1%; direct 48.5%.
How much does Synthanatomy cost?
Free to read; Patreon support from $1/month
Dossier confidence: high. 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.