castreader.com
CastReader reads webpages, ebooks, documents, and AI answers aloud with synced highlighting, explanations, multilingual voices, and private voice cloning.
Data snapshot: 2026-08 · Last synced: 2026-10-05 09:00 UTC
Overview
Monthly visitsⓘ
#67 of 145 in Audio & Voice
MoM growthⓘ
prev. month 8.5K
Organic search trafficⓘ
Organic search %ⓘ
Registeredⓘ
Name.com, Inc.
AI Take · analysed Oct 2026
- Who it helps
- It helps readers, students, and people who prefer listening while reading webpages, books, PDFs, and other documents.
- Before → now
- Users previously read difficult webpages and documents manually; CastReader narrates them with highlighting and can explain challenging passages.
- Compared to
- Compared with a basic text-to-speech reader, CastReader adds source-linked explanations, synced highlighting, document support, and private voices.
- Why it wins
- It combines reading and explanation across browsers and mobile devices, with nine-language support and clearly labeled voice availability.
- Willingness to pay
- medium A free plan, Pro access for more listening hours and premium voices, and separately billed API usage indicate moderate willingness to pay.
Traffic
Monthly visits, last 6 months
| 2026-03 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04 | ||
| 2026-05 | ||
| 2026-06 | 2726 | |
| 2026-07 | 8507 | |
| 2026-08 | 38427 | 17611 |
Engagement
- Bounce rate
- 53.4%
- Pages / visit
- 1.7
- Avg. duration
- 62s
Rank
- Global
- #909,686
- In US
- #382,541
Traffic channels
- Organic search45.8%
- Direct31.9%
- Referrals14.2%
- AI assistants2.8%
- Email1.5%
- Organic social1.3%
- Paid referrals1.1%
- Affiliate0.8%
- Paid search0.4%
- Paid social0.3%
Top countries
- United States76.3%
- India3.2%
- Nigeria3.1%
- Germany2.9%
- United Kingdom2.5%
Source: TabAPI traffic estimates, Aug 2026 (channel and country splits are shares of that month’s visits).
Search & Backlinks
Backlinks
Backlink data has not been fetched for this site yet.
On-page SEO
- Organic search %
- 45.8%
- Organic visits
- 17.6K
- Page language
- en
- hreflang tags
- 3
Top keywords
No keyword data for this site yet.
Revenue estimate
Payment providers
- Stripe (medium evidence · source)
Pricing
- Free$0
- Pro$4.99/mo
- Plan 3$35.99/yr
- Plan 4$3/mo
- Plan 5$4.99/mo
Lowest paid: $3/mo
Read from the pricing page · How we read prices
Est. revenue / monthⓘ
Grade B · Aug 2026
AI Take · pricing model: freemium — Start free; go Pro, Free $0, 3-day free trial, cancel anytime, and pay for successful API generation.
Tech & Monetization
Tech stack
- Next.js
- Vercel
- Supabase
Analytics
No analytics tag found.
Monetization
- Free tier
- 5 paid plans
- Model: freemium
On-page SEO check
- Words
- 2,495
- Language
- en
- hreflang
- 3
- Internal links
- 60
- Outbound links
- 43
- Images (no alt)
- 26 (0)
Structured data: Answer, FAQPage, Offer, Organization, Question, SoftwareApplication, WebSite
Source: our crawl of the homepage and pricing page, 2026-10-05 03:02 UTC.
Notes & Competitors
Worth copying
- Let visitors preview real voice samples and compare language, availability, and Free or Pro access before starting.
- Show platform availability, store ratings, and browser support near the primary installation calls to action.
- Explain voice-cloning privacy with concrete details about local files, transmitted text, authorization, and identity verification.
Red flags
None detected.
Evidence
- Registration date2025-10-22 · Name.com, Inc. · RDAP record
- Traffic snapshotAug 2026 · TabAPI monthly traffic estimate · 6 months of history
- Cross-checksingle-source Aug 2026 · checked as a brand-led site · global rank vs Tranco rank (not in Tranco top 1M) · ratio 29.52 · DataForSEO ETV 455 (shown, not used: brand traffic is mostly direct)
- Payment fingerprints
- Stripe (medium) · stripe.processed-by · https://castreader.com/pricing
Payments are processed by Stripe. - Stripe (medium) · stripe.processed-by · https://castreader.com/privacy-policy
Website purchases are handled by Stripe.
- Stripe (medium) · stripe.processed-by · https://castreader.com/pricing
- Accuracy thresholdsApproved · MIN_BASE 1,000 visits · cross-check band ×10
- AI analysisGenerated Oct 2026 by gpt-5.6-sol (prompt enrich-v1) from the site’s own pages and the data above.
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