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Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Hey everyone, founder here. A few friends and I built Glimpse to surface trending topics - companies, products, industries, everything - and we send out curated trend reports via email.

The way it works is we first capture nearly every topic online, then we look at frequency of discussion, searches, shares, etc. around each topic. Beyond just the growth in frequency, our software looks for indicators that a trend is organic and has more room to grow, as it’s important that we surface trends not fads.

There are plenty of tools that help you dive deep on a new trend you’ve heard of, but the problem is you need to have already heard about the trend. This is what we’re solving for - exposure to the unknown unknowns.

As an example, SheIn is growing on Google Trends, but when you compare that to popularity on other sites like Reddit and Twitter, you realize that the large majority of search traffic is driven by people googling after they see an ad.

Surprisingly, nearly all our engineering energy goes into filtering out the noise. Even after this, there’s a good deal of manual work. We’ve found that most of our users don’t want to do this themselves through a tool - they want the insights packaged and delivered, and we think it’s important to provide high quality trends that aren’t biased by data.

While Glimpse started as a way for us to figure out which products we could build and sell online, we realized how helpful it is for founders, investors, product people and marketers to constantly see how consumer behavior, marketing, and products are evolving so they can better do their jobs.

Would love feedback!

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

#3

Hey everyone, founder here. A few friends and I built Glimpse to surface trending topics - companies, products, industries, everything - and we send out curated trend reports via email. The way it works is we first capture nearly every topic online, then we look at frequency of discussion, searches, shares, etc. around each topic. Beyond just the growth in frequency, our software looks for indicators that a trend is…

I absolutely love what you're doing.

I'd love the subscribe. But most buttons don't work on your homepage!

Also, I'd love the check the pricing - but can't for the same reason.

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

#4

Hey everyone, founder here. A few friends and I built Glimpse to surface trending topics - companies, products, industries, everything - and we send out curated trend reports via email. The way it works is we first capture nearly every topic online, then we look at frequency of discussion, searches, shares, etc. around each topic. Beyond just the growth in frequency, our software looks for indicators that a trend is…

I absolutely love what you're doing. I'd love the subscribe. But most buttons don't work on your homepage! Also, I'd love the check the pricing - but can't for the same reason.

Oh no! Try turning off your ad blockers? If that doesn't work, shoot me an email at noah@meetglimpse.com and I'll make sure you get set up!

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I absolutely love what you're doing. I'd love the subscribe. But most buttons don't work on your homepage! Also, I'd love the check the pricing - but can't for the same reason.

Oh no! Try turning off your ad blockers? If that doesn't work, shoot me an email at noah@meetglimpse.com and I'll make sure you get set up!

Works for me with Firefox Nightly, Ublock Origin + Privacy Badger on Ubuntu.

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

#6

Hey everyone, founder here. A few friends and I built Glimpse to surface trending topics - companies, products, industries, everything - and we send out curated trend reports via email. The way it works is we first capture nearly every topic online, then we look at frequency of discussion, searches, shares, etc. around each topic. Beyond just the growth in frequency, our software looks for indicators that a trend is…

I absolutely love what you're doing. I'd love the subscribe. But most buttons don't work on your homepage! Also, I'd love the check the pricing - but can't for the same reason.

> I'd love the check the pricing

$0/mo | Every month | 2 Exponential Trends

$29/mo | Every month | 7 Exponential Trends | 3 Exponential+ Trends | Before-It-Happens alerts | Get last 2 reports on signup | Insights for each trend

$479/mo | Every month | 10 Exponential Trends | 5 Exponential+ Trends | Before-It-Happens alerts | Get last 3 reports on signup | Insights for each trend | Add your team members

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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I love Glimpse! I look forward to the emails ever month, and it always leads me down a rabbit hole of cool new stuff.

Can you explain more about how you mix automated tech and manual editorial work? How automated is the process of publishing a newsletter?

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Is this the same as this from 19 days ago? "Show HN: I built a service to discover rapidly growing Google search topics" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20478339

Nope, Glimpse looks across many major sites to validate trends rather than just looking at search volume which often gives false positives.
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