Hey everyone, my name is Mike and I'm the developer.
On Treendly, you can search a topic or keyword in any region and immediately get an understanding of its trend.
You can also set up alerts so that you can monitor a keyword/topic and be alerted when it begins trending.
Treendly also curates trends. Getting in early on a trend is key these days and within a few minutes, you can find a topic that is worth exploring.
Under the hood, I also try to predict how a trend will perform in the near future by using Facebook Prophet and other similar technologies. Right now we are predicting using the last 5 years of data on any topic.
Sales/marketing guy here. I like the idea. If you want to get more signups, be clearer about what I get if I signup. There is a huge yellow banner on the trend page, telling me it's better to signup. Use some of that space to tell me why it's better and what registered users get.
Yes, we both find rising trends but we differ in so many ways.
First and foremost, we give our users the ability to monitor a keyword/topic over time. As a user, you can receive daily, weekly and monthly email alerts.
Secondly, you can search a keyword/topic in any country and what you search stays private to you so that you can build your own private library of trends.
Thirdly, each trend has so many related topics that we find by querying Google, Amazon, YouTube, etc that you can dive into.
And finally, we have a beta feature where the tool forecasts how a trend will likely perform in the next 6 months.
> Do you plan to display accounts/pages ranking the best for these queries?
No, but I do have another tool in the making for Amazon self publishers. I don't know if you are in that target market.
The interest over time graph uses spline interpolation to connect the datapoints, while that might look prettier than straight lines, it is something that is strongly discouraged in a scientific / data analysis context, because the curving line does not carry meaningful information.
We both find rising trends but we differ in so many ways.
First and foremost, we are an actual tool you can use, not a simple newsletter.
We give our users the ability to monitor a keyword/topic over time. As a user, you can receive daily, weekly and monthly email alerts.
Secondly, you can search a keyword/topic in any country and what you search stays private to you so that you can build your own private library of trends.
Thirdly, each trend has so many related topics that we find by querying Google, Amazon, YouTube, etc that you can dive into.
And finally, we have a beta feature where the tool forecasts how a trend will likely perform in the next 6 months.
So this is a bit like https://explodingtopics.com but with a different angle to find the categories and trends? I see no "world/global" option, is that on purpose?
I do like how the data is presented in the details page. In exploding topics you have to leave the site to see the same on gtrends.
Yes, we both find rising trends but we differ in so many ways.
First and foremost, we give our users the ability to monitor a keyword/topic over time. As a user, you can receive daily, weekly and monthly email alerts.
Secondly, you can search a keyword/topic in any country and what you search stays private to you so that you can build your own private library of trends.
Thirdly, each trend has so many related topics that we find by querying Google, Amazon, YouTube, etc that you can dive into.
And finally, we have a beta feature where the tool forecasts how a trend will likely perform in the next 6 months.
Noah here from https://meetglimpse.com. It looks like we're tackling a similar problem of surfacing trends, just a bit differently. I'd be super curious to hear more about how you're filtering through the noise. Fun challenge for sure!
Yep, we are. Well, let me tell you - there's a lot of noise xD Most of the time it's about finding enough people talking about something, but not too much.
Really cool - I'm interested in this. Despite similar services - I like your opportunity indicator. Love the search functionality idea - but hit a bug so it took a couple of tries to get it to search.
This has potential and I hope you keep working on it. I would consider paying for it down the road if it's more mature. Also hit the free limits very quickly.
Thanks for the feedback. We have no limits on all tiers regarding searches: you can search all the keywords/topic you want, for free.
The only limit we have on the free plan is the fact that you can track only 1 trend, meaning that you can receive alerts only for one trend.
The other limit we have on the free plan is regarding curated trends, because these are trends that we personally curate and are rising and I feel like $9/m is not a lot of money to get access to those opportunities.
Are you referring to any of these limits in particular?
I tried it out and it doesn't seem to support unicode well.
I searched for "学校" (Japanese: gakkou, school) in Japan and the results page was headed with "%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1".
Additionally, the actual results weren't great; it found a 2014 movie and a handful of Amazon/Youtube searches that aren't accurate. Some of the Youtube search results weren't even Japanese, but Chinese.
Just in case I'd weirdly picked a bad word (dubious since school closings etc. are all over the news), I also tried パンくん (Japanese: pan-kun, the name of a chimpanzee who was famous for being with Shimura Ken, a recently deceased comedian), which is currently trending on Twitter.
Kinda tangential: but what’s with startups naming their companies ending in vowels since 2010- especially ending in -ly? It kinda irks me but I can’t put my finger on it.
It started with registering .ly domains (think bit.ly). Then it stuck for others who weren’t using a .ly domain. Same trend occurred for .io domains. There was also that trend of removing vowels.
Good observation. I personally do not spend a lot of time finding a domain, or a logo, or setting up the perfect onboarding sequence, etc..
The truth is the business can work out with whatever domain. I have another SaaS (in the e-com space) that started with the domain angage.net and now we have usecart.com - maybe if we grow we'll get cart.com
But, when you start, you don't need 99% of the things you'd think you need - and a good domain is one of them.
When I'm starting a SaaS I focus on its core features and making it profitable.
Tried adding a monitor for a trend with two words, got lots of matches for just one of the words that is generic. Tried then again but putting the two words in quotes, expecting it'll match the entire query instead of each one of them individually, but then encountered bug that quotes turn into %22 and trend report has no data.
Otherwise, looks like a useful service! Thanks for sharing
A suggestion! While logged in, when you want to track a trend, it isn't clear how I can track it after I search for it.
Instead of having a dropdown list menu for choosing frequency, it would be nice to spread them out. Like a normal list, or 4 types of buttons. Or you can also add a plus button which might bring a popup asking the frequency type too.
Little CSS bug in the nav bar. 770px to 1200px screen width causes a horizontal scrollbar to appear. The problematic rule is coming from bulma.css, so it might be easiest to just set div.nav-left { overflow: visible; }, that fixed it for me.
On the website you are showing 7 trends for free. So I created an account in the assumption that I can see more for free. But when I logged in I can only see 6 for free and then you are trying to upsell me. That doesn't make sense.
Hey Mike, this looks really interesting -- nice work! We're going to try it out to follow 'referral software' topics. Any tips/advice you can give us? I've already created a new Track for that keyword set.
I have few questions:
1/ How do you determine keywords/topics. Do you use any kind of clustering, or do you manually enter the labels?
2/ How do you deal with different languages?
3/ How do you deal with Spams.
2 - We are still in the process of dealing with special characters in our search. But, it's coming along! Right now you can search in pretty much all languages that do not require special chars (English, Italian, etc..).
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
On Treendly, you can search a topic or keyword in any region and immediately get an understanding of its trend.
You can also set up alerts so that you can monitor a keyword/topic and be alerted when it begins trending.
Treendly also curates trends. Getting in early on a trend is key these days and within a few minutes, you can find a topic that is worth exploring.
Under the hood, I also try to predict how a trend will perform in the near future by using Facebook Prophet and other similar technologies. Right now we are predicting using the last 5 years of data on any topic.
Hope you like it!
[+] [-] mikesabat|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] ryan_glass|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] seapunk|6 years ago|reply
Known as Trennd before and launched here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20478339
I noticed you have a related searches section with amazon queries and youtube queries.
Do you plan to display accounts/pages ranking the best for these queries?
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Yes, we both find rising trends but we differ in so many ways.
First and foremost, we give our users the ability to monitor a keyword/topic over time. As a user, you can receive daily, weekly and monthly email alerts.
Secondly, you can search a keyword/topic in any country and what you search stays private to you so that you can build your own private library of trends.
Thirdly, each trend has so many related topics that we find by querying Google, Amazon, YouTube, etc that you can dive into.
And finally, we have a beta feature where the tool forecasts how a trend will likely perform in the next 6 months.
> Do you plan to display accounts/pages ranking the best for these queries?
No, but I do have another tool in the making for Amazon self publishers. I don't know if you are in that target market.
[+] [-] orbifold|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
I agree with your analysis, actually. I'll try with straight lines and see how it looks!
Thanks for the feedback!
[+] [-] atreyad|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] dgtlmoon|6 years ago|reply
https://web.archive.org/web/20070210013005/http://trendwatch...
check out 'blog' https://web.archive.org/web/20070501172450im_/http://trendwa...
or 'youtube' which had just 80,000 results..
https://web.archive.org/web/20070501172450im_/http://trendwa...
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] personjerry|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
First and foremost, we are an actual tool you can use, not a simple newsletter.
We give our users the ability to monitor a keyword/topic over time. As a user, you can receive daily, weekly and monthly email alerts.
Secondly, you can search a keyword/topic in any country and what you search stays private to you so that you can build your own private library of trends.
Thirdly, each trend has so many related topics that we find by querying Google, Amazon, YouTube, etc that you can dive into.
And finally, we have a beta feature where the tool forecasts how a trend will likely perform in the next 6 months.
[+] [-] lettergram|6 years ago|reply
https://hnprofile.com/
Happy to discuss with you (OP) about some things I learned along the way.
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] bastijn|6 years ago|reply
I do like how the data is presented in the details page. In exploding topics you have to leave the site to see the same on gtrends.
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Yes, we both find rising trends but we differ in so many ways.
First and foremost, we give our users the ability to monitor a keyword/topic over time. As a user, you can receive daily, weekly and monthly email alerts.
Secondly, you can search a keyword/topic in any country and what you search stays private to you so that you can build your own private library of trends.
Thirdly, each trend has so many related topics that we find by querying Google, Amazon, YouTube, etc that you can dive into.
And finally, we have a beta feature where the tool forecasts how a trend will likely perform in the next 6 months.
[+] [-] framschwartz|6 years ago|reply
Noah here from https://meetglimpse.com. It looks like we're tackling a similar problem of surfacing trends, just a bit differently. I'd be super curious to hear more about how you're filtering through the noise. Fun challenge for sure!
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Yep, we are. Well, let me tell you - there's a lot of noise xD Most of the time it's about finding enough people talking about something, but not too much.
[+] [-] jefflombardjr|6 years ago|reply
This has potential and I hope you keep working on it. I would consider paying for it down the road if it's more mature. Also hit the free limits very quickly.
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Thanks for the feedback. We have no limits on all tiers regarding searches: you can search all the keywords/topic you want, for free.
The only limit we have on the free plan is the fact that you can track only 1 trend, meaning that you can receive alerts only for one trend.
The other limit we have on the free plan is regarding curated trends, because these are trends that we personally curate and are rising and I feel like $9/m is not a lot of money to get access to those opportunities.
Are you referring to any of these limits in particular?
[+] [-] riedel|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Meanwhile please feel free to search in English.
Thanks for the feedback! =]
[+] [-] sdrothrock|6 years ago|reply
I searched for "学校" (Japanese: gakkou, school) in Japan and the results page was headed with "%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1".
Additionally, the actual results weren't great; it found a 2014 movie and a handful of Amazon/Youtube searches that aren't accurate. Some of the Youtube search results weren't even Japanese, but Chinese.
Just in case I'd weirdly picked a bad word (dubious since school closings etc. are all over the news), I also tried パンくん (Japanese: pan-kun, the name of a chimpanzee who was famous for being with Shimura Ken, a recently deceased comedian), which is currently trending on Twitter.
I didn't get any trend information at all.
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Yes, I'm aware of the bug. We don't support Japanese characters still. Sorry, I'll fix it as soon as I can.
Meanwhile, please give the tool a second chance by searching in English if you can.
Thanks for the feedback!
[+] [-] treyfitty|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] bobwaycott|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Good observation. I personally do not spend a lot of time finding a domain, or a logo, or setting up the perfect onboarding sequence, etc..
The truth is the business can work out with whatever domain. I have another SaaS (in the e-com space) that started with the domain angage.net and now we have usecart.com - maybe if we grow we'll get cart.com
But, when you start, you don't need 99% of the things you'd think you need - and a good domain is one of them.
When I'm starting a SaaS I focus on its core features and making it profitable.
Just my 2 cents
[+] [-] capableweb|6 years ago|reply
Otherwise, looks like a useful service! Thanks for sharing
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] cmauniada|6 years ago|reply
Instead of having a dropdown list menu for choosing frequency, it would be nice to spread them out. Like a normal list, or 4 types of buttons. Or you can also add a plus button which might bring a popup asking the frequency type too.
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] NicoJuicy|6 years ago|reply
There's a huge uptick for fitness gear and it seems not being signalled.
All gear in France and Belgium are sold out. I'm pretty sure it's elsewhere too.
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
It depends on what you search. Just searching for "fitness" is not enough.
In fact, we did spot a trend. Look at trends like: - https://treendly.com/trend/at-home-workout?geo=FR - https://treendly.com/trend/gym-equipment-rental
You can also try searching trends directly in French (but without the special characters, please).
Thanks for commenting!
[+] [-] ficklepickle|6 years ago|reply
Chromium on Debian, FYI
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Thanks for the feedback! I’ll fix it ASAP
[+] [-] oogetyboogety|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Thanks for commenting!
[+] [-] 1337biz|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Thanks for the comment!
[+] [-] kevinyun|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Sure, let me understand your needs a little bit more. What kind of software? Like a getrewardful.com ?
Also, feel free to connect over email: [email protected] or Twitter: @mikerubini
[+] [-] _____smurf_____|6 years ago|reply
I have few questions: 1/ How do you determine keywords/topics. Do you use any kind of clustering, or do you manually enter the labels? 2/ How do you deal with different languages? 3/ How do you deal with Spams.
[+] [-] mikerubini|6 years ago|reply
Sure.
1 - Please read https://treendly.com/tech and https://treendly.com/models - those should answer this =)
2 - We are still in the process of dealing with special characters in our search. But, it's coming along! Right now you can search in pretty much all languages that do not require special chars (English, Italian, etc..).
3 - Spams? I don't understand the question
Thanks for commenting!