ProblemHunt
Hi HN, I’m a solo founder. I built ProblemHunt after noticing a common pattern: many founders start with ideas and solutions, but don’t spend enough time understanding real problems. ProblemHunt is a simple place where people share problems they actually face in work or life. Developers and founders can browse these problems and use them as a starting point for building products. So far: – ~5,000 users – 150+ real problems submitted – 100% organic growth This is still early, and I’m trying to understand if this is genuinely useful. I’d really appreciate feedback: – Would you use something…
ProblemHunt launched on October 22, 2025 with 552 votes, #22 of 8,178 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
ProblemHunt helps founders identify genuine market opportunities by connecting them with real people who have unresolved problems they're willing to pay to solve. The platform addresses a critical startup failure point—building solutions without market demand—by manually sourcing verified problems rather than relying on untested ideas. It's designed for entrepreneurs, product builders, and anyone seeking to validate business concepts against actual customer needs before investing in development.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Problem: the main reason startups fail is a lack of market need. 42% of startups built solutions that didn't solve real problems. Solution: we manually find people with unresolved problems they are willing to pay to solve.
Browse real problems people are actively facing, then build something that solves one.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, I’m a solo founder. I built ProblemHunt after noticing a common pattern: many founders start with ideas and solutions, but don’t spend enough time understanding real problems. ProblemHunt is a simple place where people share problems they actually face in work or life. Developers and founders can browse these…
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