01 / detected channel mix
programmatic seo 45%
open source 35%
word of mouth 20%
n8n long-tail SEO 45%Open source + MCP directories 35%Community seeding + influencers 20%
// mix weights are our estimate from detected signal volume
01b / strategy evolution
Founded Sep 2025 and at ~$123k all-time in 11 months on a visible three-part playbook: saturate n8n long-tail SEO, ship a free MIT-licensed MCP rules repo to ride the Cursor/Claude client ecosystem, and seed the n8n community forum (as "friendly-synta-boi"). MRR is now slightly declining and the TrustMRR profile carries a $100k for-sale tag. The founder is anonymous everywhere — forum handle only, 0 X followers — and the landing's big claims don't reconcile with the verified base.
02 / channel claims — with receipts
RANK 1
n8n long-tail SEO
detected▲ discrepancy78 of 81 sitemap URLs are blog posts blanketing n8n keywords: ~60 integration/tutorial guides (n8n-postgres, n8n-slack…) and ~10 comparison posts (n8n-vs-zapier, zapier-alternatives) — the dominant visible acquisition asset.
Founder says
Landing claims "16,374+ users", "90,256+ workflows", "300+ businesses daily" and shows a logo wall including Twilio, Y Combinator, MIT and Etoro; the TrustMRR profile adds "Y Combinator-backed" and "VC-funded" tags
high confidence
RANK 2
Open source + MCP directories
detectedThe MIT-licensed Synta-ai/n8n-mcp-rules repo (26 stars) documents setup for Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT and Windsurf, with a listing on mcpservers.org and a dedicated docs site — distribution through the MCP client ecosystem rather than a marketplace.
high confidence
RANK 3
Community seeding + influencers
detectedthird-partyPromo posts on the official n8n forum (minimal engagement: 1 like, 1 skeptical reply) and coverage by n8n-automation educators on LinkedIn — whether that coverage is organic or paid is unknown.
good confidence
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