| The data: I searched for all posts from /r/SideProjects that contained these strings: "I built", "I made an alternative to", "I created a clone of". Most posts are <=1 year old. Reddit API does not allow parsing older posts hence the amount "968" I wish I could parse more. The list of clones of popular apps: Loom (screen recording app) (6‼) Typeform (form builders)
(7‼) Resume/CV apps (3) Pastebin (5) Habit trackers (12‼) Link in bio (5) Screenshot making tools (3) Todo lists (3) Bookmarking tools (8) Website builders 29 (‼‼) Notes taking tools (10‼ classic ) Health, fitness, and wellness apps (19‼) Feedback gathering tools (10‼) Time tracking and invoicing tools (4) Patreon alternatives (2) Bookmarking tools (8) Twitter (16‼‼‼ wtf?) Product Hunt (6‼) Pomodoro timers: (1) Categories: Language learning (4) Directory/list (7) Chrome extension (21) Crypto or decentralized (5) Finance (15) Dev tool (26) Self-hosted (14) Growth or marketing tool (11) Open-sourced (37) Some stats: B2C: 69.8% ↔ B2B: 30.2% (please do b2b!!!) AI tools: 108 (10.8%!) Most boring title: "How I stumbled upon my startup idea: A casual chat" Most inspiring title: "I taught people to code for 10 years. So I started my own learning platform for fun and it got REALLY BIG." Least catchy title: "I made an alternative free WordPress theme directory" Most catchy titles: "I made a multiplayer game, got beaten at my own game, then made a bot for my game so I could finally win" "I made a chrome extension that makes music sound like it's coming from another room" "Too lazy to post daily, so built an app to do it instead" |