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Cărturești Top 1% worldwide Top 1% in Books
carturesti.ro

Cărturești: 1.2M visits a month, 7 active Meta ads.

Cărturești — Cărturești is a Romanian bookstore chain that sells books, music, films, and tea. They operate 60 physical locations in Romania and Moldova. In September 2026 carturesti.ro drew an estimated 1.2M visits, down 2% on the month before. It ranks #3 of 66 Books brands and holds a 2.5 Trustpilot rating over 22 reviews.

carturesti.ro@librariile_carturesti 120KYouTube 2.1KFacebookLinkedIn 13.1KTrustpilot 2.5Meta Ad Library 7

Updated Traffic Sept 2026Meta ads 7 Oct 2026Google ads 21 Oct 2026Trustpilot Oct 2026

Estimated traffic
1.2M
−2% vs. August 2026
Instagram followers
120K
5,443 posts · @librariile_carturesti
Trustpilot
2.5
22 reviews · 15 in 12 months
Meta ads
7
active · on Google since 2021
Products
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Rank in Romania
#3
of 66 in Books
LinkedIn
13.1K
followers · 353 employees
Earned media value
€4.8k
per month, Instagram

Gravity score

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How the score is calculated

About the store

Cărturești is a Romanian bookstore chain that sells books, music, films, and tea. They operate 60 physical locations in Romania and Moldova.

01 · Traffic

How much traffic Cărturești gets.

The traffic card of the Gravity brand page: the latest month and its two trends. The monthly curve, 24 months of history, the audience by country, the traffic sources and the category comparison are for members, free to start.

Cărturești drew an estimated 1.2M visits in September 2026, down 2% on the month before and up 16% over three months.

  • Worldwide#12,418of 4.5M sites · Top 1%
  • In Romania#65of 27.5K sites · Top 1%
  • Books, worldwide#115of 53,824 brands · Top 1%
  • Books, Romania#3of 66 brands · Top 5%
Monthly visitssource Sept 2026

1.2M

estimated visits in September

1 mo ▼ −1.8%4 mo ▲ +16.1%

The monthly curve, 24 months of history and the category comparison.

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02 · Reviews

What customers say about Cărturești.

The review cards of the Gravity brand page: the Trustpilot page, with its star distribution and the brand's tiers against the index, and the Google reviews. The TrustScore history and the review velocity against the category are for signed-in members.

Cărturești holds 2.5 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 22 reviews, 15 of them in the last twelve months: 32% of customers give five stars and 59% one star. That volume places Cărturești in the top 50 % of the 270,321 Trustpilot pages in the Gravity index.

Trustpilotread 20 Oct 2026
2.5TrustScore · 22 reviews · 15 in 12 months
Top 50% review volume
5 ★32%
4 ★0%
3 ★5%
2 ★5%
1 ★59%

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Review velocity, TrustScore history and the category comparison are on the Gravity brand page.

03 · Products

What Cărturești sells, ranked by sales.

The top three products in the catalogue, in the store's own best-seller order, with price and stock. The full catalogue, the rankings over time and the ads that lead to each product are for signed-in members.

Gravity by Benchr has not read Cărturești's catalogue yet.

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Share of the catalogue by product family.

Activity mixdominant: Books
Books92%
Music & Sound Recordings1%
Sheet Music1%

The dominant category places Cărturești in its comparison group.

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05 · Influencers

Who talks about Cărturești.

The creators who tag @librariile_carturesti on Instagram, found by Gravity by Benchr in their posts. One is shown here; the full list, the audiences and the contact details are for signed-in members.

Creators tag @librariile_carturesti on Instagram, led by CărtureștiCarusel (12.4K followers, 0.4% engagement).

Influencersaccounts tagging @librariile_carturesti · Instagram
AccountProfileFollowersEngagementTagsRelationship
CCărtureștiCarusel@carturesticarusel · 🇷🇴 ROPhotography visual arts Creator12.4K0.4%7Tagged @librariile_carturesti
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06 · Competitors according to Gravity

Who Cărturești competes with, by the numbers.

Gravity picks competitors from the index itself: same category, same market, similar size. The closest are named here; their figures, the full list and the side-by-side comparison are for subscribers.

Gravity by Benchr finds competitors for Cărturești among Books brands. The closest is lafeltrinelli.it, then Librairie Club, Rahva Raamat, Leitura, Standaard Boekhandel, Giunti al punto.

CompetitorsBooks · similarity out of 100
BrandSimilarityGravity scoreEst. trafficInstagramTrustpilotMeta adsProducts
lafeltrinelli.itlafeltrinelli.it
Librairie Clublibrairieclub.be
Rahva Raamatrahvaraamat.ee
Leituraleitura.com.br
Standaard Boekhandelstandaardboekhandel.be
Giunti al puntogiuntialpunto.it
Competitors Gravity finds for Cărturești. Similarity, Gravity score, traffic, social, reviews, ads and catalogue are for subscribers.Compare Cărturești with lafeltrinelli.it

07 · Company

The company behind Cărturești.

Legal entity, funding and distribution, as the Company tab of the Gravity brand page shows them. Where Gravity has nothing on file, the line says so rather than disappearing.

Cărturești is an e-commerce brand, founded in 2000 according to LinkedIn. It employs about 353 people.

Legal entityGravity index, Sept 2026
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Founded
2000, per LinkedIn
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Employees
353 on LinkedIn
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DistributionGravity index, Sept 2026
Own store
carturesti.ro
Catalogue
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Retailers
None recorded
Open jobs
None recorded

08 · What people ask about Cărturești

What people ask Google about Cărturești.

8 answers built from the data on this page, each one sourced to Gravity by Benchr, which say so when we don't know.

Is Cărturești a legit company?

According to Gravity by Benchr, Cărturești is a brand: it employs 353 people on LinkedIn, it has 119,840 Instagram followers. Those are the marks of an established brand, not a pop-up shop. Source: Gravity by Benchr brand index, September 2026.

Cărturești reviews: is it worth it?

Customers rate Cărturești 2.5 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 22 reviews, 15 of them in the last twelve months: 32% give five stars, 59% one star. Gravity by Benchr places that review volume in the top 50 % of the 270,321 Trustpilot pages in its index. Source: Gravity by Benchr Trustpilot reading, October 2026.

What is Cărturești?

Cărturești is a Romanian bookstore chain that sells books, music, films, and tea. They operate 60 physical locations in Romania and Moldova. Gravity by Benchr classifies it under Books. Source: Gravity by Benchr product classification.

Cărturești promo code

Gravity by Benchr does not collect discount codes. What Gravity observes: Cărturești advertises on Facebook and Instagram and on Google, where its offers often run. Check carturesti.ro for current promotions. Source: Gravity by Benchr ad records, October 2026.

Who is behind Cărturești?

Gravity by Benchr records a company, founded in 2000 according to LinkedIn, with 353 employees on LinkedIn. Gravity publishes no personal data about founders. Source: Gravity by Benchr company records.

Is Cărturești growing?

Yes. Gravity by Benchr estimates about 1,215,500 visits to carturesti.ro in September 2026, down 2% in a month and up 16% over three months. Cărturești ranks #3 of 66 Books brands in the Gravity index. Source: Gravity by Benchr estimated traffic, September 2026.

What is Cărturești's ad budget?

Gravity by Benchr does not publish a spend figure for Cărturești on this page. What Gravity observes: an active Meta advertiser, on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Audience Network, Threads. The estimated monthly spend band, derived from the EU reach of each ad, is on the Gravity brand page. Source: Gravity by Benchr Meta Ad Library records, October 2026.

Who are the biggest Books brands?

Among Books brands in the Gravity by Benchr index, Cărturești ranks #3 of 66 by estimated traffic. Its closest competitors on the same market are lafeltrinelli.it, Librairie Club, Rahva Raamat, Leitura, Standaard Boekhandel. Source: Gravity by Benchr competitor analysis, same category, same market, similar size.

Gravity by Benchr indexes more than 4 million e-commerce brands across 150 countries. Figures on this page are estimates, updated monthly; the Gravity score is recomputed nightly. Not affiliated with Cărturești.