Startups
r/startups
Entrepreneurs
- Last successful update
- Updated 2026-10-15 20:42 UTC · 2d ago
- Most-mentioned analysis range
- Most-discussed range 2026-09-15 → 2026-10-15
Trend windows
- Current seven-day window
- Current window 2026-10-08 → 2026-10-14
- Comparison seven-day window
- Comparison 2026-10-01 → 2026-10-07
- Analyzed records behind the comparison
- 883 current vs 683 comparison analyzed posts/comments
Editorial overview
Trending in r/startups
The strongest rising or new signals by prevalence change: how much more often each entity appears in the current seven-day window compared with the previous seven, normalized by analyzed activity. A signal needs at least 5 distinct posts or comments in the current window. “New” means absent from the comparison window — not new to the world or to Reddit.
- #1
founder
JOB_TITLERising- Prevalence change
- +2.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 87 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #2
intern
PERSONNew- Prevalence change
- +1.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 14 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #3
lawyer
JOB_TITLERising- Prevalence change
- +1.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 24 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #4
contract
LEGAL_DOCUMENTRising- Prevalence change
- +1.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 15 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #5
developer
PERSONNew- Prevalence change
- +1.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 11 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #6
meeting
EVENTRising- Prevalence change
- +1.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 13 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
Window: 2026-10-08 → 2026-10-14 compared with 2026-10-01 → 2026-10-07 (complete UTC days).
Categories by trend strength
Category strength is the sum of its three strongest eligible rising/new signals, in percentage points. Ordered strongest first.
JOB_TITLE
+4.8 pp
from 116 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: founder, lawyer, accountant
PERSON
+3.8 pp
from 36 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: intern, developer, owner
FINANCIAL_METRIC
+2.2 pp
from 28 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: cost, pricing, price
LEGAL_DOCUMENT
+1.4 pp
from 15 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: contract
ORGANIZATION
+1.4 pp
from 15 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: amazon, yc
DURATION
+1.2 pp
from 26 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: hour, 6 month, week
EVENT
+1.2 pp
from 13 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: meeting
SOFTWARE_SERVICE
+1.1 pp
from 25 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: claude, chatgpt
INDUSTRY
+1.0 pp
from 9 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: hvac
LOCATION
+0.9 pp
from 13 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: germany, uk
DATE
+0.8 pp
from 11 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: today
MONEY
+0.7 pp
from 6 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: $ 20
DATA_TYPE
+0.6 pp
from 8 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: spreadsheet
EXPENSE_CATEGORY
+0.6 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: refund
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT
+0.4 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: paying customer
SOCIAL_MEDIA_PLATFORM
+0.4 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: youtube
TECHNOLOGY
+0.4 pp
from 6 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: architecture
PERCENTAGE
+0.3 pp
from 9 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: 100 %
All signals for r/startups are reported for the same exact windows; strength is a presentation aid, not a stored metric.
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Exact published metrics for r/startups. Rising and Falling compare the current seven-day window 2026-10-08 → 2026-10-14 with the previous seven days 2026-10-01 → 2026-10-07 ( complete UTC days; 883 current vs 683 comparison analyzed records). Signals appear only with at least 5 distinct posts or comments behind them — the current window for Rising, the comparison window for Falling; the CSV export still contains the complete published metric set. Most discussed uses the current analysis lookback (2026-09-15 → 2026-10-15) — frequency, never trending.
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“New” means absent from the comparison window — not new to the world or to Reddit. All signals are automatically extracted and may be wrong; they are directional product signals, not causal claims.
founder
JOB_TITLERising- Prevalence change
- +2.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 87 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 71 comparison → 135 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
intern
PERSONNew- Prevalence change
- +1.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 14 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 21 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
lawyer
JOB_TITLERising- Prevalence change
- +1.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 24 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 16 comparison → 28 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
contract
LEGAL_DOCUMENTRising- Prevalence change
- +1.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 15 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 30 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
developer
PERSONNew- Prevalence change
- +1.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 11 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 13 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
meeting
EVENTRising- Prevalence change
- +1.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 13 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 14 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
amazon
ORGANIZATIONNew- Prevalence change
- +1.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 10 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
cost
FINANCIAL_METRICRising- Prevalence change
- +1.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 12 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 13 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
hvac
INDUSTRYNew- Prevalence change
- +1.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 9 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 14 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 9 recent records
owner
PERSONRising- Prevalence change
- +1.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 11 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 14 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
today
DATERising- Prevalence change
- +0.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 11 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 15 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
germany
LOCATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 8 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 11 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 8 recent records
pricing
FINANCIAL_METRICRising- Prevalence change
- +0.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 8 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 8 recent records
hour
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 4 comparison → 11 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
attorney
PERSONNew- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 11 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
candidate a
PERSONNew- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
$ 20
MONEYNew- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 7 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
devs
PERSONNew- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 6 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
spreadsheet
DATA_TYPERising- Prevalence change
- +0.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 8 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 8 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 8 recent records
refund
EXPENSE_CATEGORYNew- Prevalence change
- +0.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 7 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
claude
SOFTWARE_SERVICERising- Prevalence change
- +0.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 14 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 8 comparison → 17 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
employee
PERSONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 7 comparison → 13 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
chatgpt
SOFTWARE_SERVICERising- Prevalence change
- +0.5 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 11 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 5 comparison → 14 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
paying customer
CUSTOMER_SEGMENTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 5 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
accountant
JOB_TITLERising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 5 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
youtube
SOCIAL_MEDIA_PLATFORMRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 5 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
architecture
TECHNOLOGYRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
6 month
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 7 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
price
FINANCIAL_METRICRising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 8 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 5 comparison → 13 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 8 recent records
100 %
PERCENTAGERising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 9 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 5 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 9 recent records
yc
ORGANIZATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 8 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
uk
LOCATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 7 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
co founder
JOB_TITLERising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 5 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
week
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 8 comparison → 10 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
year
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 12 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 9 comparison → 13 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
Entities are extracted automatically and may be wrong. Trend signals are directional product signals, not causal claims. See the methodology for the exact definitions.