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24 alternatives to A search engine which only shows you upvoted content

Hi guys, Lately, I’ve noticed myself searching for things in Google and then typing Reddit (e.g. “opinion on Liz Truss reddit.”) I tried to work out why I was doing this, initially thinking that I just wanted to enjoy the social aspect of the internet, but now I think I do it because, sometimes, I want to see results which have been filtered down by people, not by the Google search algorithm. One of the many examples of where I think this can be useful is when searching for products or services. I know that if I Google “best laptop for gaming,” the results will be the products of large…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A search engine which only shows you upvoted content launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    VoteVid▲106

    Hey, I am Victor, a french student. I was tired of getting really bad recommandations from the algorithm, always the same videos, same topics. So I created a community-driven recommandation tool, with upvotes like Product Hunt or Hacker News. Looking for something to watch or want to share something you liked? Feel free to check the site, it's free, no account needed (unless you want to share or upvote a video).

    Nov 2025 · votevid.com · its alternatives →

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    Linkeddit▲618

    The tool actually hit Product Hunt #1 back in February. Since then I’ve added a bunch more on top of the original version. Now you just describe the intent or goal for the leads you want, and it searches based on keywords and a bunch of other signals to surface the best ones for you. I also added a Reddit-powered content writer. Basically, you pick a topic or category, and it pulls the top posts from Reddit, analyzes what made them go viral, and helps you write content using the same patterns. Reddit is super underrated for content. If something blows up there, it almost always spreads to…

    2025 · linkeddit.com · its alternatives →

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    Overlead▲146

    Here's the problem: I launched two products. I wrote blog posts. I posted on X, built in public. I tried running ads. And you know what actually got me customers? Replying to someone on Reddit who asked, "What's the best tool for this?" One reply. Three signups. I felt like an idiot for not doing it sooner. But here's the issue: I don't have time to refresh Reddit all day looking for these posts. I have products to build. Bugs to fix. Emails to answer. Life to live. So I built Overlead to do the searching for me. Overlead scans Reddit, Quora, and Hacker News (and many more to come) for…

    Feb 2026 · overlead.co · its alternatives →

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    Discover products trending on reddit

    2021 · redditbests.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Search engine for bots

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Pigeon▲99

    Hey HN, My friend and I built a Chrome extension called Pigeon because we kept Googling “Reddit + [product name]” whenever we wanted to know what real people thought about something. Pigeon saves that step by looking at what’s on the page, finding related Reddit discussions, and showing the most helpful comments and opinions in one place. We’ve both found it super useful when researching products or topics online and thought others might too. Check it out and let me know what you think!

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A better way to browse reddit.

    2016 · comitapp.com · its alternatives →

  8. 8SE

    Hey HN! I've been hacking on a project and figured I'd share it with the community. CrowdView is a search engine for niche forums and message boards (MetaFilter, HN, Reddit, and 3000+ forums). Like many of you, I find Google results to be full of SEO spam and have resorted to adding "site:reddit.com" or "site:news.ycombinator.com" to all my queries (since 2015!). Otherwise, it's really hard to figure out "what does a genuine, real life human think about this thing?". But limiting my results to just Reddit isn't ideal because so much great content exists elsewhere. Lots of great information…

    2023 · crowdview.ai · its alternatives →

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    Tesse▲99

    A new interactive search engine with people as results

    2017 · tesse.io · its alternatives →

  10. 10
    Redditle▲112

    For those of us who append "reddit" to our Google searches

    2022 · redditle.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! I spent way too much time manually searching Reddit for mentions of problems my SaaS solved. I'd search keywords daily, miss conversations by hours, and get buried when I finally showed up. So I built Upvotics to automate the listening part. It monitors subreddits for keywords, tracks mentions as they happen, and surfaces conversations where people are already asking for what you're building. What it does: - Real-time keyword tracking across subreddits - User/subreddit engagement analytics (karma, post frequency, sentiment) - Rule checker (catches common removal triggers before…

    Apr 2026 · upvotics.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Hey folks, There has been some talk about search engines here so I thought maybe I'd share a new project I'm working on. Built it partly to help me sell my own projects. Still a lot of work to be done but would be happy to get feedback. Very early phase so don't trust your life with it. Cheers --- Edit: if anyone needs a free/no CC account just DM me on https://www.linkedin.com/in/crufter/

    2024 · singulatron.com · its alternatives →

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    A beautiful way to experience Reddit

    2014 · yapstudios.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14
    kidrex▲60

    totally SFW search engine (or, Google for kids!)

    2014 · its alternatives →

  15. 15SF
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    Stop building shit nobody wants

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Discover reddit's hidden gems

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    bluhe is a social-first search engine, know what people are saying on X, Reddit, Tiktok, YT, Instagram & Facebook.

    Jun 2026 · bluhe.ai · its alternatives →

  19. 19CD

    Hey HN! I've been hacking on a project and figured I'd share it with the community. CrowdView is a search engine for discussion sites (forums, message boards, Discord, and Twitter for now). Like many of you, I find Google results to be full of SEO spam and have resorted to adding "site:reddit.com" or "site:news.ycombinator.com" to all my queries (since 2015!). Otherwise, it's really hard to figure out "what does a genuine, real life human think about this thing?". But limiting my results to just Reddit isn't ideal because so much great content exists elsewhere. Lots of great information and…

    2022 · crew-rho.vercel.app · its alternatives →

  20. 20IM
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    Excited to share something I've been building recently called CandySearch. I made it to solve a personal pain with a SaaS product I built, which was that we were always monitoring Reddit and Twitter to see if anyone had mentioned keywords indicating they were looking for us. Before, we had to go manually respond to posts, often missing good mention opportunities. Would love for HN folks to try it and let me know what you think!

    2025 · candysearch.vercel.app · its alternatives →

  22. 22MA

    Playstore link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.supervoid.guessthesubreddit Also on Product Hunt : https://www.producthunt.com/posts/guess-the-subreddit-reddit-quiz-game Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/R4oOW2h Developed using React Native Saw that meme this morning, yeah? Or that cute puppy video, you liked it... but do you remember which subreddit it is from? And there's so many related subreddits that you don't know of which have better content! What if there was a not-so-boring way to get to all this...…

    2020 · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    super easy to collect question and anwser on Stack Overflow

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24IM

    AI search results are quickly becoming more important than SEO, but as businesses, we have no visibility over it! That's why I'm building "Ahrefs for AI search results". Track keyword performance on AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity & more

    2025 · linrush.com · its alternatives →

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