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Sweetwater Top 1% worldwide Top 1% in United States Top 1% in Hobbies & Creative Arts Top 1% in Hobbies & Creative Arts in United States
sweetwater.com·🇺🇸 United States·Since 1994

Sweetwater: 13.6M visits a month, 298 active Meta ads.

Sweetwater — Sweetwater is a music gear retailer that sells musical instruments, pro audio equipment, and accessories. The company provides expert guidance and support for music makers from beginners to professionals. In September 2026 sweetwater.com drew an estimated 13.6M visits, up 2% on the month before. It ranks #1 of 32,083 Hobbies & Creative Arts brands in United States and holds a 4.1 Trustpilot rating over 1,918 reviews.

sweetwater.com@sweetwatersound 502KLinkedIn 56.3KTrustpilot 4.1Meta Ad Library 298

Updated Traffic Sept 2026Meta ads 15 Oct 2026Google ads 19 Oct 2026Trustpilot Oct 2026

Estimated traffic
13.6M
+2% vs. August 2026
Instagram followers
502K
7,918 posts · @sweetwatersound
Trustpilot
4.1
1,918 reviews · 208 in 12 months
Meta ads
298
active · on Google since 2024
Products
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Rank in United States
#1
of 32,083 in Hobbies & Creative Arts
LinkedIn
56.3K
followers · 1,751 employees
Earned media value
€148.4k
per month, Instagram

Gravity score

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How the score is calculated

About the store

Sweetwater is a music gear retailer that sells musical instruments, pro audio equipment, and accessories. The company provides expert guidance and support for music makers from beginners to professionals.

01 · Traffic

How much traffic Sweetwater 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.

Sweetwater drew an estimated 13.6M visits in September 2026, up 2% on the month before and up 5% over three months.

  • Worldwide#1,624of 4.5M sites · Top 1%
  • In United States#606of 1.2M sites · Top 1%
  • Hobbies & Creative Arts, worldwide#7of 136,278 brands · Top 1%
  • Hobbies & Creative Arts, United States#1of 32,083 brands · Top 1%
Monthly visitssource Sept 2026

13.6M

estimated visits in September

1 mo ▲ +2.0%4 mo ▲ +4.9%

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

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02 · Reviews

What customers say about Sweetwater.

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.

Sweetwater holds 4.1 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 1,918 reviews, 208 of them in the last twelve months: 85% of customers give five stars and 10% one star. That volume places Sweetwater in the top 10 % of the 270,321 Trustpilot pages in the Gravity index, and its rating quality in the top 30 %.

Trustpilotclaimed page · read 21 Oct 2026
4.1TrustScore · 1,918 reviews · 208 in 12 months
Top 10% review volumeTop 30% rating quality
5 ★85%
4 ★1%
3 ★2%
2 ★3%
1 ★10%

Music Store

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

03 · Products

What Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater's catalogue yet.

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Share of the catalogue by product family.

Activity mixdominant: Hobbies & Creative Arts
Hobbies & Creative Arts95%
Audio1%
Sheet Music1%

The dominant category places Sweetwater in its comparison group.

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05 · Influencers

Who talks about Sweetwater.

The creators who tag @sweetwatersound 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 @sweetwatersound on Instagram, led by Tuneez (11.8K followers, 76.7% engagement).

Influencersaccounts tagging @sweetwatersound · Instagram
AccountProfileFollowersEngagementTagsRelationship
TTuneez@tuneezofficial · INTLMusic concerts dance Creator11.8K76.7%11Tagged @sweetwatersound
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06 · Competitors according to Gravity

Who Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater among Hobbies & Creative Arts brands in United States. The closest is The Guitar Center Company, then musiciansfriend.com, Fender, PRS Guitars, Gibson, zZounds.

CompetitorsHobbies & Creative Arts · United States · similarity out of 100
BrandSimilarityGravity scoreEst. trafficInstagramTrustpilotMeta adsProducts
The Guitar Center Companyguitarcenter.com
musiciansfriend.commusiciansfriend.com
Fenderfender.com
PRS Guitarsprsguitars.com
Gibsongibson.com
zZoundszzounds.com
Competitors Gravity finds for Sweetwater. Similarity, Gravity score, traffic, social, reviews, ads and catalogue are for subscribers.Compare Sweetwater with The Guitar Center Company

07 · Company

The company behind Sweetwater.

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.

Sweetwater is a company based in United States, founded in 1979 according to LinkedIn, on a domain registered in December 1994. It employs about 1,751 people.

Legal entityGravity index, Sept 2026
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Entity country
🇺🇸 United States
Founded
1979, per LinkedIn
Domain registered
6 Dec 1994
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President
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Employees
1,751 on LinkedIn
FundingGravity index, Sept 2026
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DistributionGravity index, Sept 2026
Own store
sweetwater.com
Catalogue
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Retailers
None recorded
Open jobs
None recorded

08 · What people ask about Sweetwater

What people ask Google about Sweetwater.

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 Sweetwater legit or a scam?

According to Gravity by Benchr, Sweetwater is a brand based in United States: its website has existed since December 1994, its Trustpilot profile is claimed by the brand, it employs 1,751 people on LinkedIn, it has 501,790 Instagram followers. Those are the marks of an established brand, not a pop-up shop. Source: Gravity by Benchr brand index, September 2026.

Sweetwater reviews: is it worth it?

Customers rate Sweetwater 4.1 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 1,918 reviews, 208 of them in the last twelve months: 85% give five stars, 10% one star. Gravity by Benchr places that review volume in the top 10 % of the 270,321 Trustpilot pages in its index. Source: Gravity by Benchr Trustpilot reading, October 2026.

What is Sweetwater known for?

Sweetwater is a music gear retailer that sells musical instruments, pro audio equipment, and accessories. The company provides expert guidance and support for music makers from beginners to professionals. Gravity by Benchr classifies it under Hobbies & Creative Arts. Source: Gravity by Benchr product classification.

Sweetwater promo code

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

Who is behind Sweetwater?

Gravity by Benchr records a company based in United States, founded in 1979 according to LinkedIn, on a domain registered in 1994, with 1,751 employees on LinkedIn. Gravity publishes no personal data about founders. Source: Gravity by Benchr company records.

Is Sweetwater doing well?

Yes. Gravity by Benchr estimates about 13,586,500 visits to sweetwater.com in September 2026, up 2% in a month and up 5% over three months. Sweetwater ranks #1 of 32,083 Hobbies & Creative Arts brands in United States in the Gravity index. Source: Gravity by Benchr estimated traffic, September 2026.

What is Sweetwater's ad budget?

Gravity by Benchr does not publish a spend figure for Sweetwater on this page. What Gravity observes: an active Meta advertiser, on Facebook, Instagram, 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 in United States?

Among Hobbies & Creative Arts brands in United States in the Gravity by Benchr index, Sweetwater ranks #1 of 32,083 by estimated traffic. Its closest competitors on the same market are The Guitar Center Company, musiciansfriend.com, Fender, PRS Guitars, Gibson. 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 Sweetwater.