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Josh Howarth

Exploding Topics 2.0 - Surface rapidly growing trends before they happen.

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1 year ago, we launched the first version of Exploding Topics on Product Hunt. Since then we’ve added thousands more trends. Massively improved the app. And inspired new product ideas for some fellow makers. Check out ET 2.0!

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Josh Howarth
Maker
Hey hunters! 👋 Almost exactly 1 year ago, we launched Exploding Topics on Product Hunt. And we were overwhelmed by the response! Our fellow makers here seemed to like it a lot. So we got to work improving the tool. And today we're proud to show you ET 2.0: ⚡ 3X new trends (1,579 previously → 4,492 now). 👨‍👧‍👦 Related exploding trends (on each topic page). 🍒 We cherry-pick the best topics for our homepage so it's constantly fresh. 🔎 Refined trend detection algorithm to detect better quality trends. And MUCH sooner. 🔦 New sources for detecting trends: podcasts, Amazon (+ many more). 📈 Added growth values and descriptions to all topics. 🤖 Turbocharged the search algorithm. 🐕 Refined categories (including pets) and streamlined topic filter options. 💌 Free weekly newsletter with our best Exploding Topics. Plus, expert insight and analysis. 👏 One indie hacker even built and SOLD a SaaS product based off a trending topic he found on ET. After our first PH launch, everyone asked for an Exploding Topics newsletter. So we built it and 60K people now subscribe 🙌 Tell us what you'd like to see next from ET in 2021!
Josh Howarth
Maker
Cheers @mikerubini 😊🙌
Brian Dean
Maker
@joshahowarth @backlinko @mikerubini Thanks Mike. I appreciate it.
Oliver Laslett
@joshahowarth Congrats! Great job on the news letter and some cool features! Gonna dig into some topics now haha
Josh Howarth
Maker
@owlas Hey Oliver, cheers mate! Funny to see you here :) Hope everything's going well on your end with Hubble.
Vincent Denise
Massive congrats @joshahowarth, @backlinko, and @kyle_byers! For 2021, I was wondering if Exploding Topics would be interested in the idea of starting a product studio: mentoring a batch of startups/entrepreneurs which plan to compete in specific exploding trends detected on the platform.
Josh Howarth
Maker
@yesnoornext Thank you Vincent for your support from day zero 🙌 Oooh yeah, a product studio like that would be a lot of fun with huge potential. Great idea!
Kyle Byers
Maker
@joshahowarth @backlinko @kyle_byers @yesnoornext Thanks much, Vincent. Great idea! And Threader is awesome btw.
Brian Dean
Maker
@joshahowarth @backlinko @kyle_byers @yesnoornext That would be super interesting, Vincent. Great idea.
Dragos Bulugean
I love this tool, congrats on the launch!
Josh Howarth
Maker
@dragos_bulugean Cheers Dragos 👍
Kyle Byers
Maker
@dragos_bulugean Thanks, Dragos!
Andrew Holland
An incredible tool with more uses than people probably realise.
Brian Dean
Maker
@andrew_holland Thanks Andrew 👍👍
Josh Howarth
Maker
@andrew_holland Cheers Andrew! Yeah we have all kinds of users, it's pretty hard to narrow down. VCs, founders, eCommerce, bloggers, affiliates. And you never run out of gift ideas or stuff to chat about with mates.
Kyle Byers
Maker
@andrew_holland Thanks for saying so, Andrew.
Khushi Lunkad
This is great! Congrats :)
Josh Howarth
Maker
@khushilunkad Thank you Khushi :D
Brian Dean
Maker
@khushilunkad Thanks Khushi!
Kyle Byers
Maker
@khushilunkad Thanks, Khushi!
BradMichelson
Exploding Topics is one of my favourite newsletter subs. Got my hands on a Pro subscription and love getting the weekly updates every week. As a bit of an SEO nerd, love digging into their analysis of emerging trends. Highly recommend.
Josh Howarth
Maker
@bradmichelson Hey Brad, thank you. Very glad you're finding ET Pro valuable!
Brian Dean
Maker
@bradmichelson Awesome Brad! Happy to hear that you're been enjoying the newsletter and ET Pro.
Kyle Byers
Maker
@bradmichelson That's great to hear, Brad. Thanks.
Karen Nguyen
Congratulations on the launch!
Josh Howarth
Maker
@karen_nguyen2 Thank you Karen!
Brian Dean
Maker
@karen_nguyen2 Thanks Karen!
Kyle Byers
Maker
@karen_nguyen2 Thanks much, Karen!
Rajan Ramachandran
Looks like a innovative product, congrats on the launch. Subscribed for the newsletter.
Kyle Byers
Maker
@rajan_ramachandran Awesome, thanks Rajan.
Brian Dean
Maker
@rajan_ramachandran Happy to hear that, Rajan. Welcome!
Sedale Turbovsky
This is an amazing tool, I have been a subscriber for a while, great stuff!
Josh Howarth
Maker
@sturbovsky Thank you Sedale, that means a lot!
Kyle Byers
Maker
@sturbovsky Thanks so much, Sedale!
Felix Josemon
One of mails I look forward on Tuesdays. Thanks for putting consistent efforts on this. Congrats on the launch!
Josh Howarth
Maker
@felix_josemon Cheers Felix! Very glad you've been enjoying the weekly trends newsletter :)
Brian Dean
Maker
@felix_josemon Thanks Felix. Happy to hear that.
Alejandro Cantarero
Very cool. Very interesting to explore around the different categories. I even found a trending topic that would make a perfect holiday gift for my wife! (topic bokksu). Thanks for sharing!
Josh Howarth
Maker
@alejandro_cantarero1 Haha cheers Alejandro. I've found myself mining it for gift ideas too :)
Brian Dean
Maker
@alejandro_cantarero1 @joshahowarth Nice! That's a use case I hadn't heard yet. Love it.
menajem benchimol
Awesome product!
Kyle Byers
Maker
@mbenchi10 Thanks Menajem!
Sia
Great idea :) Really like the design.
Kyle Byers
Maker
@siavash_mohseni Thanks, Siavash!
Brian Dean
Maker
@siavash_mohseni Thank you Siavash
Bogdan Ionita
Congrats! this is super awesome
Kyle Byers
Maker
@bogdan_ionita Thanks much, Bogdan!
Brian Dean
Maker
@bogdan_ionita Thanks Bogdan!
HANG5
Awesome! :)
Josh Howarth
Maker
@zalhan Thanks! 😊
Donté Ledbetter
Nice product. It would be cool to receive an email notification when the platform detects that a trend will take off.
Kyle Byers
Maker
@donte_ll Thanks, Donte! We have a free newsletter that features rising trends if you want to check it out - https://explodingtopics.com/news...
Alex Papageorge
HUGE Congrats on 2.0 🚀 Love all of the updates guys. Bravo 👏👏
A J
Awesome product
Ashok
my go to website to generate content ideas and stay updated on recent trends! kudos @joshahowarth & team :)
Tune Support
Great product. Rightly made for the market