Validate ideas with community demand signals
Surveys tell you what people think they want. Public threads show what they actually complain about, compare, and budget for. Use Trending Problems for category momentum and Search for niche validation before you commit engineering time.
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How it works
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Browse Trending Problems (free)
See rising pain themes across communities - no account required. Useful when you do not yet know which keywords to search.
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Run targeted searches
Once you have a wedge, search how people describe the problem on Reddit, HN, Stack Overflow, and GitHub in one pass.
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Triangulate with calls
Community evidence complements interviews - it does not replace them. Use threads for language; use calls for depth.
FAQ
- When is community validation enough?
- When you see recurring pain language across multiple threads and platforms - not one viral post. Pair with a small paid pilot or concierge MVP.
- Trending Problems vs Search?
- Trending Problems surfaces category momentum. Search answers “does anyone talk about my specific niche?” - use both.
- Pre-PMF founders?
- Lead with conversation demand, not SEO topical maps. You rarely have GSC footholds yet; threads are upstream.
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