quietmoneyWindscribe
VPN service with desktop and mobile apps plus browser extensions, offering a free tier for privacy protection, unblocking streaming and hiding your location.
A Canadian teamOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
Checkout: invoice.stripe.com
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- VPN service with desktop and mobile apps plus browser extensions, offering a free tier for privacy protection, unblocking streaming and hiding your location.
- Users
- Individual users looking for a free or cheap VPN
- Positioning
- Generous free tier, open-source and transparent, with build-your-own plans priced per location
- Pricing
- Free tier available; $9/month; $69/year; Build A Plan at $1/month per location (minimum $3) Billing: subscription Free tier: yes Source: Existing
- Prices on site
- $9.00 USD/mo; $69 USD/yr; $1 USD per location/mo (Build A Plan, $3 minimum)
- Team
- small team
- Acquisition entry points on site
- app store, Discord community
- Sharing mechanics
- open source, referral rewards Footer link 'Refer a Friend' (/referafriend); 'Windscribe is open source, letting you see exactly what you're signing up for.'
- Rough new MRR
- $2,144 – $18,492 Checkout visits last month × 20–30% conversion × listed price. New revenue only; renewals skip checkout, so real MRR is usually higher.
“Footer link 'Refer a Friend' (/referafriend); 'Windscribe is open source, letting you see exactly what you're signing up for.'”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). Direct 45.1%, search 41.2%, social 8.2% (YouTube, Reddit, X); brand keywords 69.8%, non-brand keywords include vpn for streaming. Grows via referral rewards (Refer a Friend) and open-source word of mouth; referrals from github.com 4.57%, wikipedia.org 2.67%, top10vpn.com 2.39%.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 16% |
| 8% | |
| 70% | |
| Other | 6% |
Direct + brand search 70%. 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 | 20.91% |
| India | 5.9% |
| Germany | 4.87% |
| United Kingdom | 4.47% |
| Russia | 4.19% |
Language
English
Social sources
YouTube, Reddit, X (Twitter)
Keywords
6.7K keywords · brand ~70% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| windscribe |
| pornhub |
| windscribe vpn |
| windscribe free |
| vpn for streaming |
Non-brand queries: pornhub, vpn for streaming
Referring sites
38 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| github.com | 4.57% |
| wikipedia.org | 2.67% |
| top10vpn.com | 2.39% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Programming and Developer Software | 16.63% |
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 11.47% |
| Search Engines | 7.69% |
| Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | 3.64% |
| Video Games Consoles and Accessories | 2.52% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 2.3M (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- -8.97%
- Country rank
- United States #19348
- Category rank
- Computers Electronics and Technology/Programming and Developer Software #412
- Bounce rate
- 36.76%
- Pages / visit
- 3.49
- Visit duration
- 00:02:05
- Industry
- Programming and Developer Software
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Organic Social (top channel 45.1%)
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 Windscribe get per month?
About 10,720 last month (Similarweb estimate), #319 of 606; the month before was 13,057. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Windscribe'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 45.1%, search 41.2%, social 8.2% (YouTube, Reddit, X); brand keywords 69.8%, non-brand keywords include vpn for streaming. Grows via referral rewards (Refer a Friend) and open-source word of mouth; referrals from github.com 4.57%, wikipedia.org 2.67%, top10vpn.com 2.39%.
How much does Windscribe cost?
Free tier available; $9/month; $69/year; Build A Plan at $1/month per location (minimum $3)
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.