Methodology

What we track

Heat is a site's most recent monthly worldwide organic search-driven traffic (visits that landed on the site from unpaid search results anywhere in the world; OnlyFans creators are measured by worldwide name-search demand instead, since their pages sit on a shared domain). We take the raw monthly figure for every site in a category, find the highest number (the category leader), and index every other site against it on a 0 to 100 scale. Each figure is verified across two independent search-data providers: where they disagree beyond a set threshold on a common measure, we publish the value our reliability rule judges most trustworthy and record the disagreement internally, rather than trusting one estimate blindly.

Data was last pulled 2026-08-03 and refreshes on a monthly cadence going forward. Tracking is continuous, not a one-time snapshot: the raw dataset backing every bar and every aggregate number on this site lives in a single file (data/heat.json) so rankings can be audited and re-derived, not taken on faith.

The formula: why log scale, not linear

heatIndex = round(100 * ln(visits + 1) / ln(leaderVisits + 1)). In plain terms: we take the natural log of a site's visits, divide by the natural log of the category leader's visits, and multiply by 100. A straight linear index (visits divided by leader visits) would crush every site below the leader down near zero, since the leader in most categories outdraws the next-closest competitor by 10x or more. The log transform keeps mid-sized and smaller platforms visually distinguishable from each other on the bar, not just flattened against the leader. We still publish the raw monthly visit estimate next to the bar wherever we have one, so nothing is hidden behind the index.

What Heat doesn't measure

• Direct traffic: visitors who typed the URL in or came from a bookmark. Some platforms (subscription cam sites, for instance) get a large share of return visits this way; Heat won't reflect that.
• Social and referral traffic: visits arriving from Reddit threads, Discord links, X/Twitter, or other sites linking in. Heat only counts organic search.
• App traffic, paid/ad traffic, and international (non-US) search volume, all excluded by design so the number stays comparable across sites.
• Content quality, safety, or trustworthiness. A high-Heat site is a heavily-searched site, not necessarily a safe or well-run one. That's a separate axis we cover below.

When a site shows "Insufficient data"

Some listed platforms don't register measurable global organic search demand, usually because they're small, invite-only, or primarily reached through direct/social channels rather than search. Rather than guess or show an empty bar, we mark these "Insufficient data" and rank them below every site with a real number. We never fabricate a placeholder Heat score.

Ghost Rating

Heat tells you how much a platform gets searched. It doesn't tell you whether it's safe to use. The Ghost Rating is our answer to that second question: three specific, narrow checks against each platform's own published policy pages, scored 0 to 3 ghosts. It is not a general safety audit and doesn't claim to be one, it checks exactly three things and nothing else.

The three checks

• Anonymous transactions. Can you pay and use the platform without your legal name or identity being required or exposed, e.g. a neutral billing descriptor and no mandatory real-name field?
• Data deletion. Does the platform's own privacy policy give you a documented way to request deletion of your account and personal data?
• Crypto accepted. Does the platform accept cryptocurrency (BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, or similar) at checkout, as a privacy-preserving payment alternative to cards?

Evidence standard

Every check is backed by a direct quote pulled from a public document, usually the platform's own privacy policy, terms of service, or FAQ, along with the source URL and the date we checked it, or, where no public page exists yet, primary documentation reviewed by our editorial team and noted as such. We don't infer, guess, or extrapolate from a platform's category or reputation. If we can't find published language or reviewed documentation that answers the question, the check is marked unverified rather than assumed pass or fail.

The five states

• Pass. Published evidence confirms the check. Renders as a lit violet ghost and counts toward the score.
• Fail. Published evidence confirms the opposite (e.g. crypto explicitly not offered). Renders as a dim ghost, does not count.
• Unverified. We couldn't access or find published language confirming either outcome (some adult-cam domains block automated fetches, for instance). Renders as a dim ghost with an "unverified" tooltip, does not count. A listing with all three checks unverified shows "Ghost Rating pending" text instead of three empty-looking ghosts, since a skimming reader could otherwise mistake "we don't know" for "it failed."
• Coming soon. The platform has publicly announced a change that would affect this check (e.g. adding crypto payment) but it isn't live yet. Renders as an amber "Coming soon" chip with the specific note we have on record. Explicitly, unambiguously not counted toward the score, an announced future change is not evidence of a current state.
• Not applicable. The check itself doesn't apply to this platform, most commonly anonymous transactions and crypto accepted on a free-to-use site with no checkout or payment flow at all. Renders as a plain "N/A" label in a neutral tone, distinct from a dim "fail" or "unverified" ghost, and is excluded entirely from both the numerator and the denominator of the site's score.

Free-to-use platforms with no checkout flow can't meaningfully be checked for anonymous transactions or crypto payment acceptance, so those two checks are marked "not applicable" rather than forced into a fail or left unverified. Those sites are instead assessed on data deletion, the one check that stays meaningful whenever a verifiable privacy policy exists, and their displayed score reflects only the checks that actually apply to them (e.g. "1 / 1" instead of a misleading "1 / 3").

Unverified never counts toward the score, under any circumstance. A listing's Ghost Rating (0 to 3) only ever counts checks with status "pass." A site with three unverified checks and a site we've never looked at both show zero real signal, and both are represented that way, never rounded up or given credit for the benefit of the doubt.

The full dataset backing every ghost icon on this site lives in a single file (data/ghost.json), same pattern as Heat, so it can be audited and re-derived rather than taken on faith. A site earning a pass on all three checks displays the "Full Ghost" badge.

Ownership disclosure

Sindexed and Mistrezz.ai share an owner. Mistrezz.ai carries a HOUSE label wherever it is listed, and its rank is computed with the identical formula applied to every other listed site; it is never moved up or down manually. This page and the editorial policy are the canonical record of that relationship.

What we don't do

• We don't fabricate Heat numbers, safety scores, or review verdicts.
• We don't accept payment in exchange for a higher rank or a better score.
• We don't claim "official" status for any listed platform.
• We disclose affiliate relationships on every page with commercial links, see editorial policy.