1. Gravity
  2. Rankings
  3. Arts & Entertainment
  4. Hobbies & Creative Arts
  5. Ernie Ball

Brand page · Hobbies & Creative Arts

Ernie Ball Top 5% worldwide Top 1% in Hobbies & Creative Arts
ernieball.com·Since 1995

Ernie Ball: 176k visits a month, 5 active Meta ads.

Ernie Ball — Ernie Ball Music Man is a company that manufactures guitar strings, bass strings, and guitar accessories, including guitars, basses, and volume pedals. In September 2026 ernieball.com drew an estimated 176k visits, down 20% on the month before. It ranks #160 of 32,083 Hobbies & Creative Arts brands.

ernieball.com@ernieball 917kFacebookLinkedIn 17.1kTrustpilot 3.3Meta Ad Library 5

Updated Traffic Sept 2026Meta ads 8 Oct 2026Google ads 21 Oct 2026Trustpilot Oct 2026

Estimated traffic
176k
−20% vs. August 2026
Instagram followers
917k
5,735 posts · @ernieball
Trustpilot
3.3
4 reviews · 1 in 12 months
Meta ads
5
active · on Google since 2026
Products
—
Data not available
Rank in United States
#160
of 32,083 in Hobbies & Creative Arts
LinkedIn
17.1k
followers · 171 employees
Earned media value
—
Data not available

Gravity score

—Data not available

How the score is calculated

About the store

Ernie Ball Music Man is a company that manufactures guitar strings, bass strings, and guitar accessories, including guitars, basses, and volume pedals.

01 · Traffic

How much traffic Ernie Ball 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.

Ernie Ball drew an estimated 176k visits in September 2026, down 20% on the month before and down 18% over three months.

  • Worldwide#58,215of 4.5m sites · Top 5%
  • In United States#19,151of 1.2m sites · Top 5%
  • Hobbies & Creative Arts, worldwide#877of 136,278 brands · Top 1%
  • Hobbies & Creative Arts, United States#160of 32,083 brands · Top 1%
Monthly visitssource Sept 2026

176k

estimated visits in September

1 mo ▼ −20.4%4 mo ▼ −17.9%

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

Create your free account
Audience by country, free account
?

02 · Reviews

What customers say about Ernie Ball.

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.

Ernie Ball holds 3.3 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 4 reviews, 1 of them in the last twelve months: 50% of customers give five stars and 25% one star.

Trustpilotread 21 Oct 2026
3.3TrustScore · 4 reviews · 1 in 12 months
5 ★50%
4 ★0%
3 ★25%
2 ★0%
1 ★25%

Musical Instrument Manufacturer Musical Instrument Store

Google reviewsData not available

Data not available

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

03 · Products

What Ernie Ball 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 Ernie Ball's catalogue yet.

ProductsData not available

Data not available

Catalogue mixData not available

Data not available

Share of the catalogue by product family.

Activity mixdominant: Hobbies & Creative Arts
Hobbies & Creative Arts96%
Sheet Music1%
Audio0%

The dominant category places Ernie Ball in its comparison group.

Prices and ratingsstore data
Average rating
Data not available
Rated products
Data not available
In stock
Data not available
Upper price quartile
Data not available
Currency
Data not available

05 · Influencers

Who talks about Ernie Ball.

The creators who tag @ernieball 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 @ernieball on Instagram, led by Yo Onityan 32 (137k followers, 1.7% engagement).

Influencersaccounts tagging @ernieball · Instagram
AccountProfileFollowersEngagementTagsRelationship
YYo Onityan 32@yo_onityan · 🇸🇬 SGMusic concerts dance Creator137k1.7%16Tagged @ernieball
Engagement is the median of recent posts.See all

06 · Competitors according to Gravity

Who Ernie Ball 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 Ernie Ball among Hobbies & Creative Arts brands. The closest is D'Addario, then Stringjoy, jimdunlop.com, DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan, Electro-Harmonix.

CompetitorsHobbies & Creative Arts · similarity out of 100
BrandSimilarityGravity scoreEst. trafficInstagramTrustpilotMeta adsProducts
D'Addariodaddario.com
Stringjoystringjoy.com
jimdunlop.comjimdunlop.com
DiMarziodimarzio.com
Seymour Duncanseymourduncan.com
Electro-Harmonixehx.com
Competitors Gravity finds for Ernie Ball. Similarity, Gravity score, traffic, social, reviews, ads and catalogue are for subscribers.Compare Ernie Ball with D'Addario

07 · Company

The company behind Ernie Ball.

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.

Ernie Ball is an e-commerce brand, founded in 1962 according to LinkedIn, on a domain registered in June 1995. It employs about 171 people.

Legal entityGravity index, Sept 2026
Legal name
Data not available
Registration no.
Data not available
VAT
Data not available
Legal form
Data not available
Entity country
Data not available
Founded
1962, per LinkedIn
Domain registered
14 Jun 1995
Share capital
Data not available
Status
Data not available
President
Data not available
Activity code
Data not available
Employees
171 on LinkedIn
FundingGravity index, Sept 2026
Funding stage
Data not available
Total raised
Data not available
Investors
Data not available
VC-backed
Data not available
DistributionGravity index, Sept 2026
Own store
ernieball.com
Catalogue
Data not available
Retailers
None recorded
Open jobs
None recorded

08 · What people ask about Ernie Ball

What people ask Google about Ernie Ball.

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

Is Ernie Ball legit?

According to Gravity by Benchr, Ernie Ball is a brand: its website has existed since June 1995, it employs 171 people on LinkedIn, it has 917,025 Instagram followers. Those are the marks of an established brand, not a pop-up shop. Source: Gravity by Benchr brand index, September 2026.

What is Ernie Ball?

Ernie Ball Music Man is a company that manufactures guitar strings, bass strings, and guitar accessories, including guitars, basses, and volume pedals. Gravity by Benchr classifies it under Hobbies & Creative Arts. Source: Gravity by Benchr product classification.

Does Ernie Ball have a discount code?

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

Who is behind Ernie Ball?

Gravity by Benchr records a company, founded in 1962 according to LinkedIn, on a domain registered in 1995, with 171 employees on LinkedIn. Gravity publishes no personal data about founders. Source: Gravity by Benchr company records.

Is Ernie Ball growing?

Not at the moment. Gravity by Benchr estimates about 176,200 visits to ernieball.com in September 2026, down 20% in a month and down 18% over three months. Ernie Ball ranks #160 of 32,083 Hobbies & Creative Arts brands in the Gravity index. Source: Gravity by Benchr estimated traffic, September 2026.

How much does Ernie Ball spend on Meta ads?

Gravity by Benchr does not publish a spend figure for Ernie Ball on this page. What Gravity observes: an active Meta advertiser, on Facebook, Instagram, Audience Network, Threads, WhatsApp. 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 Hobbies & Creative Arts brands?

Among Hobbies & Creative Arts brands in the Gravity by Benchr index, Ernie Ball ranks #160 of 32,083 by estimated traffic. Its closest competitors on the same market are D'Addario, Stringjoy, jimdunlop.com, DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan. 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 Ernie Ball.