About Business Idea Depot

Business Idea Depot is a market demand validation tool built for founders, indie hackers, and product teams who want real signal before committing months to an idea.

The problem we solve

Most founders spend weeks manually researching an idea — searching Reddit threads, browsing GitHub, checking Google Trends — trying to piece together whether real demand exists. A single source misleads: a trending Hacker News thread doesn't mean developers are paying for a solution, and a Wikipedia spike doesn't mean consumers will buy.

We built Business Idea Depot to do that research in 30 seconds. Type any keyword and we query 6 independent public data sources simultaneously. The result is a composite signal score (0–100) that reflects how much interest exists, whether it's growing, and across which audiences.

How the signal score works

Every validation queries Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Wikipedia, and Dev.to in real time. Each source contributes a momentum reading (is interest accelerating?) and a volume reading (how much is there?). The composite score is scaled by how many sources agree — a single spike on one platform scores lower than the same momentum spread across five.

We separate developer signals (GitHub, Hacker News, Stack Overflow) from community signals (Reddit, Wikipedia, Dev.to) so you can tell whether builders are already in the space or whether it's purely consumer interest. Both rising together is the strongest possible validation.

Who it's for

• Indie hackers deciding which of several ideas to build next
• SaaS founders validating a niche before committing to a roadmap
• SEO teams checking whether a topic has audience momentum worth targeting
• Product managers looking for third-party evidence to justify a pivot

What a score means — and doesn't

A high signal score means real, measurable interest in public discussion. It does not guarantee revenue — a crowded space with strong signals means competition, not a clear path. Every number is traceable to a real API call, and we show every source, every unit, and exactly what went into the score.