a reddit website to check the top 20 posts of each day of any sub user ...
...wants
Idea type: Minimal Signal
There’s barely any market activity - either because the problem is very niche or not important enough. You’ll need to prove real demand exists before investing significant time.
Should You Build It?
Not yet, validate more.
Your are here
You're venturing into the 'Minimal Signal' category, meaning there isn't a lot of readily apparent demand for your Reddit top posts tracker. With only one similar product identified, confidence in this assessment is low, suggesting the problem might be too niche or not pressing enough for many users. The similar product had low engagement (average of 0 comments), reinforcing the idea that there isn't a lot of buzz around this type of tool. This means you'll have to work a bit harder to prove that there's a real need for this. Don't worry, it just means you need to validate the idea more thoroughly before dedicating significant resources to building it. Focus on proving demand first!
Recommendations
- Begin by directly engaging potential users within Reddit communities. Post about the problem you're aiming to solve (difficulty tracking top posts, etc.) and gauge interest. Ask specific questions to understand their current workflows and pain points. This targeted outreach will provide valuable qualitative data to inform your next steps.
- To validate further, offer to manually curate the top 20 posts for specific subreddits for a small group of users (2-3). This hands-on approach will not only provide value to those users but also give you direct insight into their needs and preferences, allowing you to refine your product idea based on real-world usage.
- Create a short, engaging explainer video demonstrating how your tool would work and the value it provides. Share it within relevant Reddit communities and track the completion rate. A high completion rate suggests genuine interest, while a low rate may indicate a need to refine your messaging or target audience.
- Gauge commitment by asking interested users for a small deposit to join a waiting list. This serves as a strong indicator of willingness to pay and helps you prioritize development efforts. A paid waiting list also helps filter out casual interest from genuine demand.
- Set a clear goal: find 5 genuinely interested people within 3 weeks. If you can't reach this modest target, it might be time to reconsider the idea or pivot to a different approach. This focused validation period will help you avoid investing too much time and effort into a product with limited market potential.
Questions
- Considering the low engagement of similar products, what specific, unique features can you incorporate to make your Reddit top posts tracker truly stand out and attract a dedicated user base?
- Given the 'Minimal Signal' category, what is your riskiest assumption about the market need for your product, and what is the quickest, cheapest way to test that assumption before building anything?
- How can you leverage existing Reddit features (like saved posts or custom feeds) to provide a unique, compelling value proposition that justifies users switching to your dedicated tracker?
Your are here
You're venturing into the 'Minimal Signal' category, meaning there isn't a lot of readily apparent demand for your Reddit top posts tracker. With only one similar product identified, confidence in this assessment is low, suggesting the problem might be too niche or not pressing enough for many users. The similar product had low engagement (average of 0 comments), reinforcing the idea that there isn't a lot of buzz around this type of tool. This means you'll have to work a bit harder to prove that there's a real need for this. Don't worry, it just means you need to validate the idea more thoroughly before dedicating significant resources to building it. Focus on proving demand first!
Recommendations
- Begin by directly engaging potential users within Reddit communities. Post about the problem you're aiming to solve (difficulty tracking top posts, etc.) and gauge interest. Ask specific questions to understand their current workflows and pain points. This targeted outreach will provide valuable qualitative data to inform your next steps.
- To validate further, offer to manually curate the top 20 posts for specific subreddits for a small group of users (2-3). This hands-on approach will not only provide value to those users but also give you direct insight into their needs and preferences, allowing you to refine your product idea based on real-world usage.
- Create a short, engaging explainer video demonstrating how your tool would work and the value it provides. Share it within relevant Reddit communities and track the completion rate. A high completion rate suggests genuine interest, while a low rate may indicate a need to refine your messaging or target audience.
- Gauge commitment by asking interested users for a small deposit to join a waiting list. This serves as a strong indicator of willingness to pay and helps you prioritize development efforts. A paid waiting list also helps filter out casual interest from genuine demand.
- Set a clear goal: find 5 genuinely interested people within 3 weeks. If you can't reach this modest target, it might be time to reconsider the idea or pivot to a different approach. This focused validation period will help you avoid investing too much time and effort into a product with limited market potential.
Questions
- Considering the low engagement of similar products, what specific, unique features can you incorporate to make your Reddit top posts tracker truly stand out and attract a dedicated user base?
- Given the 'Minimal Signal' category, what is your riskiest assumption about the market need for your product, and what is the quickest, cheapest way to test that assumption before building anything?
- How can you leverage existing Reddit features (like saved posts or custom feeds) to provide a unique, compelling value proposition that justifies users switching to your dedicated tracker?
- Confidence: Low
- Number of similar products: 1
- Engagement: Low
- Average number of comments: 0
- Net use signal: 0.0%
- Positive use signal: 0.0%
- Negative use signal: 0.0%
- Net buy signal: 0.0%
- Positive buy signal: 0.0%
- Negative buy signal: 0.0%
The x-axis represents the overall feedback each product received. This is calculated from the net use and buy signals that were expressed in the comments. The maximum is +1, which means all comments (across all similar products) were positive, expressed a willingness to use & buy said product. The minimum is -1 and it means the exact opposite.
The y-axis captures the strength of the signal, i.e. how many people commented and how does this rank against other products in this category. The maximum is +1, which means these products were the most liked, upvoted and talked about launches recently. The minimum is 0, meaning zero engagement or feedback was received.
The sizes of the product dots are determined by the relevance to your idea, where 10 is the maximum.
Your idea is the big blueish dot, which should lie somewhere in the polygon defined by these products. It can be off-center because we use custom weighting to summarize these metrics.
