DemandHunt – Make something people want
Hi HN! I've been working on a small project called DemandHunt. Basically I aggregated problems in niche communities so that you as an entrepreneur can take inspiration. The background is that I've worked with a number of startups and I've found that many entrepreneurs already have a technology or solution in mind and work backwards to find the people with the problems to solve. This is YC's "Solution in Search of a Problem" problem, and my understanding is that it's typically better to work the other way around so you can build the right solution for the problem you find instead. Thus I…
DemandHunt – Make something people want launched on March 9, 2023 with 26 votes, #1,718 of 5,007 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
DemandHunt aggregates real problems from niche communities to help entrepreneurs identify genuine user needs before building solutions. The platform collects and organizes posts from specialized Reddit communities into actionable problems, enabling builders to start with customer pain points rather than existing technology. It targets founders and hackers who want to approach product development by discovering problems first and building solutions around them.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
We found niche communities and documented their problems for you to solve. If you build it, they will come.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN! I've been working on a small project called DemandHunt. Basically I aggregated problems in niche communities so that you as an entrepreneur can take inspiration. The background is that I've worked with a number of startups and I've found that many entrepreneurs already have a technology or solution in mind and…
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