Reddit Pain-Point Scout
A research tool that scans Reddit for repeated frustrations and buying signals in specific niches, then turns them into ranked app ideas and lead lists.
The problem
Reddit contains dense buyer pain and requests for solutions, but the signal is buried across many subreddits and repetitive threads.
Proposed solution
Let users search by problem or audience, auto-find relevant subreddits, rank posts by engagement and pain intensity, and generate concise opportunity briefs.
Target audience
Founders, agencies, growth teams, and solo makers
Key features
- Search by problem keyword
- Subreddit discovery
- Post ranking by engagement
- Pain-theme clustering
- Evidence snippets and links
- Opportunity export
Monetization strategy
Monthly subscription for unlimited searches, saved projects, and exports; team plan for shared workspaces.
Skills to build it
- Reddit data ingestion
- Search relevance ranking
- NLP clustering
- Data visualization
- Auth and billing
- Simple CRM/export tooling
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