Research Pain Points on Reddit with Grok
Mine subreddits for pain points before they become obvious Use when: you want product ideas, content angles, or customer language
Prompt
Act as an expert product and opportunity researcher. Goal: extract actionable pain points and unmet needs from Reddit discussions. Subreddits: [r/,r/ ,r/ ] Time window: past 7 days Sorting: Hot and Top For each subreddit: List the top 20 posts (title + link + upvotes + comment count). Pick the 5 most engaged posts. Read the post and the top 20 comments. Extract recurring pain points, frustrations, wishes, and explicit I wish statements. Cluster into themes. Output format per subreddit: - Subreddit - 3 strongest pain points ranked by frequency x intensity - For each pain point: - 2 direct examples (paraphrase, keep it short) - Severity: low / medium / high - Why it is an opportunity: product idea or content angle End: - Top 3 cross-subreddit pain points gaining momentum - Suggested next 3 subreddits to expand into and why Rules: - Use only public pages you can cite - Provide links for every post used