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Data reports, how-to guides and ideas for finding and validating startup niches, built on Nicheloom's own launch data.
State of Product Launches, October 2026: 39,000 Launches by the Numbers
About 39,000 products launched in October 2026. See the AI share by source and industry, the biggest niches, the most popular new projects …
What to Build in AI Coding Agent Tools: What 198 Launches and 79 Threads Show
198 AI coding agent tools launched in 28 days. See what is being built, what builders complain about, and three places to look, with real n…
Best Day to Launch on Product Hunt? Odds by Weekday From 34,000 Launches
Which weekday gives a Product Hunt launch the best odds? Real numbers from 34,668 launches: the share reaching 10, 50 and 100 upvotes, and …
Product Launch Statistics 2026: 30+ Data Points From 57,000 Launches
How many products launch per day, what share are AI, which weekday is busiest and which niches are growing. Data from 57,000 launches on Pr…
How Many Upvotes Do You Need on Product Hunt? 2026 Benchmarks From 28,000 Launches
Real Product Hunt numbers: the upvotes needed for the top 5, top 10 and #1, how many launches get featured, and which weekday is easiest. D…
What Real Launches Get Asked For Most
We aggregated Nicheloom's own LLM-extracted feature-request data across 3,851 real Hacker News launch threads -- an API or integration beat…
Vibe-Codeable Launches Get Half the Upvotes
Nicheloom's own data: launches classified as easy to vibe-code in a weekend average half the raw upvotes of launches that aren't -- easy to…
6 Real Gaps in Insurance SaaS, By the Numbers
We filtered Nicheloom's own Market Gaps data down to Insurance -- 6 real gaps, led by AI agent/copilot tools and insurance-native vertical …
The 25 Fastest-Growing SaaS Niches Right Now, By Real Launch Volume
We ranked every niche Nicheloom tracks by real launch volume over the last 30 days -- 35,104 launches across 312 niches, no guessing. Docum…
We Scored 42,000+ Product Launches on Whether They're 'Vibe-Codeable'
61% of the 42,000+ launches Nicheloom tracks look buildable by a solo developer with AI coding tools -- but only 22% of Y Combinator launch…
Hacker News vs. Product Hunt: Where Do Startup Ideas Actually Launch First?
We tracked 269 startup themes across Hacker News, Product Hunt, and Y Combinator since March 2026. 72% appeared on Hacker News first -- and…
35 Real Market Gaps Hiding in Plain Sight (By the Numbers)
We pulled every market gap directly from Nicheloom's own tracked launches -- real attention scores, real recent-vs-all-time counts, no gues…
I Analyzed 116 SaaS Ideas. Here's What Actually Makes Them Succeed.
Not opinions — data. We ran the numbers on every idea in the Nicheloom catalog: validation scores, revenue potential, build difficulty, Red…