Find feature requests from Reddit

Why Reddit is useful for product research

Reddit is full of unfiltered product complaints. People ask for tools, describe broken workflows, compare alternatives, and explain why existing products do not fit their situation.

That makes Reddit useful for early product research because it gives you access to language that is closer to how users actually talk. Instead of asking a broad model to brainstorm ideas, you can look at existing conversations and ask: what is painful enough that people keep bringing it up?

What to look for

Good feature-request signals usually show up as patterns, not isolated comments. Look for repeated complaints about the same workflow, missing integrations, manual workarounds, comparisons between tools, and frustration around pricing, setup, or complexity.

One comment can be interesting. A repeated pattern across communities is more useful.

How RequestHunt helps

RequestHunt is built to shorten the research loop. Instead of manually scrolling through dozens of threads, you can use it to look for feature requests and pain points from public communities.

A practical workflow

1. Define a narrow audience.
2. Pick communities where that audience talks naturally.
3. Search for problem phrases and product categories.
4. Collect repeated requests and complaints.
5. Group them by job-to-be-done.
6. Keep the user’s original language.
7. Validate the strongest patterns outside Reddit.