quietmoneyWiki-masters
French card-collecting game: every card is generated from a Wikipedia article; players open packs, battle friends, join guilds, climb leaderboards, and trade at auction.
A one-person FrOne-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
- French card-collecting game: every card is generated from a Wikipedia article; players open packs, battle friends, join guilds, climb leaderboards, and trade at auction.
- Users
- Students and young players in France (91%) who enjoy gacha-style collecting
- Positioning
- A free French gacha game that uses Wikipedia articles as its card pool, with zero content cost and a knowledge angle
- Pricing
- Free sign-up; no description of paid items seen Free tier: yes Source: Existing
- Sharing mechanics
- group invites, multiplayer rooms, public profiles / leaderboards Défiez vos amis en duel; Rejoignez une guilde — Réunissez-vous à plusieurs... faites grimper votre équipe au classement; Grimpez au classement — Un classement g
- Price source
- wiki-masters.com
“Défiez vos amis en duel; Rejoignez une guilde — Réunissez-vous à plusieurs... faites grimper votre équipe au classement; Grimpez au classement — Un classement g”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). Direct 59.5%, search 30.4% (brand keywords 89.9%: wikimasters, wiki master, etc.), social 6.1% (YouTube, X, Reddit); referrals ecosia.org 3.16%, anime-sama.to 1.76%, wikigachagame.org 0.9%. New users classified as Viral, based on friend battles, guild creation and public leaderboards. last month 198K, +1182% month over month.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| 6% | |
| 90% | |
| Other | 4% |
Direct + brand search 90%. 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 |
|---|---|
| France | 91.43% |
| Belgium | 3.34% |
| Switzerland | 1.65% |
| Canada | 1.16% |
| Germany | 0.56% |
Language
French
Social sources
YouTube, X (Twitter), Reddit
Keywords
169 keywords · brand ~90% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| wikimasters |
| wikimaster |
| wiki master |
| wiki masters |
| wiki-masters |
Referring sites
39 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| ecosia.org | 3.16% |
| anime-sama.to | 1.76% |
| wikigachagame.org | 0.9% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 44.66% |
| Video Games Consoles and Accessories | 33.58% |
| Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | 6.36% |
| Animation and Comics | 3.26% |
| Search Engines | 3.16% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 15.4M (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- +1365%
- Country rank
- France #99
- Category rank
- Games/Games - Other #1
- Bounce rate
- 37.52%
- Pages / visit
- 15.54
- Visit duration
- 00:15:22
- Industry
- Games
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Organic Social (top channel 59.45%)
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 “Creator or press spark”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Viral
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Wiki-masters get per month?
About 197,708 last month (Similarweb estimate), #3 of 606; the month before was 13,564. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Wiki-masters'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 59.5%, search 30.4% (brand keywords 89.9%: wikimasters, wiki master, etc.), social 6.1% (YouTube, X, Reddit); referrals ecosia.org 3.16%, anime-sama.to 1.76%, wikigachagame.org 0.9%. New users classified as Viral, based on friend battles, guild creation and public leaderboards. last month 198K, +1182% month over month.
How much does Wiki-masters cost?
Free sign-up; no description of paid items seen
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.