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Paint.NET Traffic, SEO & Growth Analysis
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.
- Traffic declining · 2 months running
- Image Editing
SIGPIK VERDICT · Sep 2026
Paint.NET visits fell 21% in Sep, mostly lost from Organic search
Reconstruct every step Paint.NET took →- Monthly visits
- 521.3K
- ↓ 21% · −138.3K MoM
- Market rank
- #16 / 41
- 0.7% of market traffic
- Domain Rating
- 72
- ↑ 1 · vs last month
- AI referrals
- 6.8K
- 1.3% of traffic
01 · How the growth happened
Paint.NET Traffic Trend & Channel Attribution
Monthly visit estimates · 2026-05 — 2026-09 · DR 72, +1 MoM
Sep 2026
521.3K↓ 21%
Where the new visits came from
Monthly visits split by channel share: Paint.NET lost 138.3K visits from Aug to Sep, with organic search contributing 51%.
Monthly breakdown
| Channel | Jul | Aug | Sep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 705.9K | 659.6K | 521.3K |
| Direct | 317.1K | 286.2K | 231.1K |
| Organic search | 306.6K | 297.1K | 226.6K |
| Organic social | 39.6K | 36.1K | 31K |
| Referrals | 20K | 17.4K | 17.3K |
| 2.1K | 947 | 1.2K | |
| Display ads | 687 | 456 | 316 |
| Paid social | 332 | 397 | 10 |
| Paid search | 406 | 88 | 0 |
| Channel | Change barAug → Sep | Change | Share of change | Current share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organic search | −70.5K | 51% | 43.5% ↓1.6pp | |
| Direct | −55.1K | 40% | 44.3% ↑0.9pp | |
| Organic social | −5.1K | 3.7% | 6% ↑0.5pp | |
| 5 other channels | −450 | 0.3% | 3.6% ↑0.7pp |
02 · What you can borrow
Paint.NET SEO Keywords, Sitemap Pages & AI Referrals
Paint.NET’s acquisition moves across pages, search terms and AI referrals, each with its data source.
Search · source keywords — Non-brand terms bring 0% of search traffic
Non-brand terms are traffic anyone can compete for; higher CPC means higher commercial value.
| Keyword | Traffic | CPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| paint netBrand | 23.2K | $0.61 | 1 |
| paint.netBrand | 18.4K | $1.02 | 2 |
| paint.net downloadBrand | 8.6K | $0.94 | 3 |
| paintnetBrand | 3.3K | $1.36 | 4 |
| paint dot netBrand | 2.9K | $1.73 | 5 |
Borrow: Search traffic is mostly branded, riding existing awareness; the non-brand needs it does not cover are open to you.
AI referrals · ChatGPT, Copilot… — AI assistants bring 1.3% of visits
6.8K visits from AI assistants (previous month 10.6K), 1.3% of all traffic.
- ChatGPT51%
- Gemini13%
Borrow: Check how assistants recommend Paint.NET and work on appearing for the same questions.
03 · Full growth history
Paint.NET Promotion History, Backlinks & Launch Timeline
Above is what we observe automatically. The reconstruction starts from these moments, searches launches, community threads, directory listings and backlinks from the same period, fills in what Paint.NET did at each step, and gives you a sequence to follow.
- Promotion timeline with original sources
- Traffic before and after each channel
- Exportable launch action list
Monthly visits 278.9K → 634.3K
Observed · traffic dataWhere it launched and who discussed it
Product Hunt, Reddit, X, directoriesWhich channels produced new backlinks
Ordered by first seenA launch sequence you can follow
Exportable action list
04 · Same-market benchmark
Paint.NET Competitors & Alternatives Traffic Benchmark
Sep 2026 · Image editing and inpainting
| Product | Monthly visits | DR | MoM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paint.NETThis product | 521.3K | 72 | -21% |
| RemakerSame market | 2.5M | 62 | +2.6% |
| Face Swap Video OnlineSame market | 774.1K | 33 | -5.2% |
| AI Photo Editor - Free AI Photo Editor Online, Edit Images No Sign-UpSame market | 61.7K | 29 | +8.2% |
Each product uses its latest observed month; different months are not a same-period ranking.
Know the next time Paint.NET ships pages in bulk
We diff its Sitemap, backlinks and traffic daily and alert you only on real changes.
Method: visits and channel shares are third-party monthly estimates; channel change = monthly visits × channel share, month over month; site actions and traffic are shown by timing only, not as cause and effect.