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What niche has the biggest SaaS opportunity rn?

Feels like every founder is building:

• another AI wrapper
• another productivity app
• another “tool for founders” 😭

But the more I look around… the more it feels like the real money is in boring industries nobody on X talks about.

Stuff like:

• local business workflows
• compliance headaches
• scheduling chaos
• invoicing/accounting
• healthcare admin
• inventory messes
• internal tools
• weird spreadsheet processes
• industry-specific automation

Basically problems where businesses already waste hours every week.

Not “cool” products…
Just painful repetitive work.

Curious what niche you think still has massive SaaS opportunity rn?

And which niches are completely overcrowded now?

Everywhere I look it feels like founders are building the exact same SaaS 😭

another AI wrapper
another “all in one” productivity app
another tool for founders

Meanwhile some random boring B2B tool quietly makes $20k/mo solving spreadsheet chaos for plumbers or inventory issues for local shops 💀

So now I’m curious...

What niche SaaS would actually make money today?

Not billion dollar VC ideas.

Just realistic niches where:

• solo founders can compete
• customers actually pay
• churn isn’t brutal
• and distribution isn’t impossible

Feels like boring operational pain is still the goldmine rn:

• compliance
• scheduling
• invoicing
• local business workflows
• internal tools
• industry-specific automation

What niche would you build in today if you had to start from zero?

How To Make ChatGPT Recommend Your Product

Most founders are still trying to “rank on Google”

But lowkey…
a lot of people are now discovering tools through ChatGPT itself 👀

People literally type:

“best email tool for startups”
“best CRM for small business”
“best AI app for students”

…and ChatGPT recommends products.

Which means a new game is starting:

AI Search Optimization.

From what I’m noticing, ChatGPT usually recommends products that already have:

• strong reviews/discussions online
• Reddit mentions
• blogs/tutorials
• comparison articles
• clear positioning
• lots of contextual mentions across the internet

Not just backlinks.

Feels like brand presence matters more than traditional SEO tricks now.

A random SaaS with:

• zero discussions
• no community mentions
• no real users talking about it

probably won’t get recommended much by AI.

Even if the product is good.

Honestly feels like “internet reputation” is becoming the new SEO.

Curious if anyone here is actively optimizing for ChatGPT/AI search yet…

or are we all still early? 😅

ChatGPT SEO is the New Google SEO

Feels like most people still haven’t realized what’s happening 👀

A few years ago everyone wanted to:

• rank on Google
• go viral on social media
• optimize for search traffic

Now?

People are literally asking ChatGPT:

• “best email tool”
• “best CRM”
• “best AI app”
• “best software for small business”

And ChatGPT is choosing winners.

That’s wild if you think about it 😭

Because now distribution is slowly shifting from:
“how do I rank on Google?”
to:
“how do I become the answer AI gives?”

Feels like:

• brand mentions
• Reddit discussions
• community trust
• reviews
• backlinks
• niche authority
• people talking about your product online

…matter way more now.

Almost like AI is creating its own search engine layer on top of the internet.

Lowkey feels like early Google SEO days again where nobody fully understands the algorithm yet.

Curious though…

Do you think “ChatGPT SEO” actually becomes a real thing over the next few years?

How To Rank On ChatGPT in 2026

Feels weird saying this… but “ChatGPT SEO” is slowly becoming a real thing 😅

A lot of people still think:

• SEO = Google
• ranking = backlinks
• traffic = search engines

But now people are literally asking ChatGPT:

• “best project management tool”
• “best AI app for students”
• “best CRM for small business”
• “how to start a SaaS”
• “best thumbnail maker” …and buying based on the answers it gives.

Which means the real question is no longer:
“How do I rank on Google?”

It’s:
“How do I become the brand AI keeps mentioning?”

From what I’m seeing, a few things matter way more now:

• people talking about your product online
• Reddit discussions
• niche communities
• reviews/comparisons
• consistent brand mentions
• clear positioning
• strong topical authority
• being attached to a specific use case

Feels like AI models trust “internet consensus” more than polished marketing pages.

And lowkey…
Reddit might become more important for discovery than Twitter/X for a lot of SaaS products now 👀

Most founders are still optimizing for clicks.

But AI search changes the game because users might never even visit page 2 anymore.
They’ll just trust the answer.

Curious though…

Do you think “ranking on ChatGPT” becomes an actual industry like SEO did?

Every time I open the Play Store it feels like I’m seeing the same apps again and again 😭

Another:

• AI chat app
• wallpaper app
• habit tracker
• VPN
• expense tracker
• notes app
• motivational quotes app 💀

Feels like some categories are almost impossible to stand out in now unless you already have distribution or a really unique angle.

At the same time though… people are still making money in “oversaturated” categories somehow.

So now I’m curious...

Which Android app category do you think is completely overcrowded right now?

And do you think saturation actually matters… or is distribution/branding the real problem now?

What’s the hardest part of Android app development now besides getting installs?

For me it honestly feels like this part starts after the install 😭

Like:

• making people actually open the app again
• getting good retention
• avoiding uninstall after 2 minutes
• convincing users to pay
• Play Store reviews
• ASO
• onboarding
• notification fatigue
• subscription fatigue

Getting downloads already feels hard...

But keeping users interested feels like the real final boss now 💀

Curious what other Android devs struggle with the most right now?

What part surprised you after launching your first app?

Anyone else feel like distribution became the real startup now? 😭

Lowkey feels like building the actual product is the “easy” part now compared to getting people to notice it.

AI can help people ship apps crazy fast now...

But getting:

• attention
• trust
• retention
• real paying users

still feels brutal.

Feels like a lot of founders can build now... but very few know how to consistently get distribution.

Sometimes I wonder if the real moat now is:

• audience
• community
• brand
• distribution systems
• SEO
• content
• partnerships

...more than the product itself 👀

Curious if other founders feel this too or maybe I’m just deep in startup brain rot lol

Building the actual SaaS felt like the easy part tbh 😭

You spend weeks/months coding...
then launch...
and suddenly realize nobody cares unless you already have:

• distribution
• audience
• trust
• content
• SEO
• social proof
• luck 💀

Feels like getting attention is the real product now.

Especially in 2026 where everyone can build fast with AI.

Lowkey feels like:
good product ≠ people showing up anymore

Anyone else feeling this right now or am I just cooked 😅

A few years ago it felt like the hard part was building the product 😅

Now it feels like anyone can build an MVP in a weekend with AI tools...

But getting actual users?
That feels like the real final boss now 💀

You can have:

• good UI
• good features
• decent pricing
• even positive feedback

...and still struggle to get attention.

Meanwhile some apps with average products somehow keep growing because they figured out:

• distribution
• audience
• positioning
• content
• SEO
• community
• timing

Feels like building became easier...
but getting people to care became way harder.

Anyone else feeling this lately or am I just cooked 😭

Feels like social media completely changed how people see SaaS now 😭

People watch:
“built an AI app in 7 days”
“hit $10k MRR in 3 months”
“passive income machine”

...and suddenly everyone thinks SaaS is just:
build once → sleep → Stripe notifications forever 💀

Meanwhile nobody talks about:

• churn
• support
• onboarding
• distribution
• refunds
• users disappearing after 1 day
• debugging random issues at 2am 😅

Lowkey feels like SaaS became romanticized online.

Curious though...

What unrealistic expectation do you think hurts new SaaS founders the most now?

Feels like social media completely changed founder expectations 😭

People see:

• “$10k MRR in 30 days”
• “launched yesterday already profitable”
• “AI wrapper hit 5k users overnight”

…and suddenly everyone expects instant traction from their SaaS too.

Meanwhile most real products are sitting there with:

• 3 users
• 0 revenue
• random bugs
• and founders refreshing analytics every 10 minutes 💀

Lowkey feels like a lot of founders underestimate how long trust + distribution actually take now.

Especially when every niche already has:

• competitors
• clones
• AI tools
• and users tired of subscriptions.

Feels like building got easier...
but getting attention got way harder.

Curious what unrealistic expectation you think hurts SaaS founders the most now?

Curious what people think is the hardest part about Agentic SEO right now...

Because lowkey it feels like everyone is generating content faster than ever 😅

But at the same time:

• rankings feel unstable
• AI search is changing behavior
• traffic quality feels weird sometimes
• and half the internet is becoming AI-generated pages

Feels like publishing content isn’t even the bottleneck anymore.

Maybe:

• distribution?
• topical authority?
• backlinks?
• intent matching?
• conversion?
• differentiation?
• AI search visibility?

What’s been the biggest bottleneck for you personally with Agentic SEO right now?

Feels like SEO is going through a weird shift right now 😅

People aren’t just searching on Google anymore.

Now it’s:

• ChatGPT
• Perplexity
• Claude
• AI agents
• answer engines
• automated research tools

And a lot of users are getting answers directly without even clicking websites.

Makes me wonder...

Is traditional SEO slowly dying because of AI agents?

Or is SEO just evolving into something completely different now?

Feels like:

• brand mentions
• authority
• structured data
• community discussions
• Reddit
• real expertise

might matter way more than just “ranking articles” now.

Curious what people building in SEO think about this shift 👀

Feels like SEO metrics are getting weird now because of AI search + agents 😅

A few years ago everyone only cared about:

• clicks
• impressions
• backlinks
• rankings

But now with ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, AI snippets etc...

people are searching differently and sometimes not even clicking websites anymore.

So I’m curious...

What metric actually matters most in Agentic SEO now?

• brand mentions?
• citations inside AI answers?
• topical authority?
• user retention?
• direct traffic?
• conversions?
• something else?

Feels like traditional SEO dashboards still measure “old internet behavior” while users are slowly shifting toward AI-assisted discovery.

Curious what signals people here are paying attention to now 👀

A few years ago building an app itself felt hard.

Now it feels like anyone can ship a decent MVP in a weekend 😅

Which makes me wonder...

Are simple apps actually easier to grow now because building is faster?

Or harder because the market is flooded with clones of everything?

I keep seeing super basic apps:

• calculators
• trackers
• widgets
• note apps
• AI wrappers
• tiny utilities

...still getting millions of downloads somehow 😭

At the same time there are probably thousands of genuinely useful apps sitting at 20 installs.

Feels like distribution, timing and positioning matter way more now than complexity.

Curious what people here think...

Do simple apps still have huge opportunity... or did they become too easy to copy now?

Every time I see some insanely simple app making crazy money… my brain breaks a little 😭

Like apps that basically do:

• one tiny task
• one button
• one workflow
• super basic UI

…but somehow still print money every month.

Meanwhile some founders spend 8 months building the “perfect” app with 50 features and nobody cares 💀

Feels like simplicity + distribution beats complexity most of the time now.

Curious what’s the simplest app you’ve personally seen make serious money?

Could be:

• mobile app
• chrome extension
• AI tool
• utility app
• boring SaaS
• anything

Lowkey feels like the internet rewards solving one annoying problem really well more than building huge products now.

I keep seeing this happen again and again 😭

Some super simple app with basic UI suddenly gets:

• millions of downloads
• crazy retention
• people talking about it everywhere

Meanwhile someone else builds a way better app technically… and nobody notices it.

Feels like app growth has less to do with “best product” now and more with:

• timing
• distribution
• simplicity
• dopamine
• positioning
• luck
• and understanding human behavior

Lowkey makes me wonder if founders overbuild way too much sometimes.

Curious what people here think...

Why do some ridiculously simple apps blow up while technically better apps stay invisible?

Lowkey feels like building the app is the easy part now 😅

You can spend weeks coding something...
then launch it and get:

• 17 downloads
• 2 active users
• and one random 1 star review 😭

I’m curious what people here struggle with most:

• getting installs?
• retention?
• ASO?
• monetization?
• subscriptions?
• Play Store visibility?
• users uninstalling instantly?
• getting reviews?
• ads being too expensive?

Feels like Android has insane opportunity because of the user base...
but also insane competition now.

What’s been the biggest bottleneck for your app growth lately?

What Android app looked easy… until you actually built it? 😭

Some apps genuinely look so simple from the outside...

“just a notes app”
“just a chat app”
“just a finance tracker”
“just a habit tracker”

Then you start building and suddenly you’re dealing with:

• notifications breaking randomly
• background tasks
• device compatibility
• Play Store policies
• retention problems
• onboarding
• users finding bugs you never imagined 💀

Feels like simple apps are only simple for the users lol

Curious what app idea humbled you the most after you started building it?