Startups
r/startups
Entrepreneurs
- Last successful update
- Updated 2026-08-07 08:28 UTC · 3w ago
- Most-mentioned analysis range
- Most-discussed range 2026-07-08 → 2026-08-07
Trend windows
- Current seven-day window
- Current window 2026-07-31 → 2026-08-06
- Comparison seven-day window
- Comparison 2026-07-24 → 2026-07-30
- Analyzed records behind the comparison
- 1,744 current vs 1,307 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
app
PRODUCTRising- Prevalence change
- +2.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 70 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #2
$ 1 m
MONEYRising- Prevalence change
- +2.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 38 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #3
ai
TECHNOLOGYRising- Prevalence change
- +1.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 99 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #4
profit
FINANCIAL_METRICRising- Prevalence change
- +0.9 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 19 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #5
lawyer
PERSONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 18 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #6
return
FINANCIAL_METRICRising- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 14 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
Window: 2026-07-31 → 2026-08-06 compared with 2026-07-24 → 2026-07-30 (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.
PRODUCT
+3.0 pp
from 84 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: app, pokemon go, game
TECHNOLOGY
+2.5 pp
from 130 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: ai, software, chat
MONEY
+2.2 pp
from 52 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: $ 1 m, fund, $ 0
FINANCIAL_METRIC
+2.1 pp
from 41 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: profit, return, profitability
PERSON
+1.9 pp
from 52 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: lawyer, cofounder, friend
PERCENTAGE
+1.6 pp
from 35 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: 90 %, 100 %, 45 %
EVENT
+1.5 pp
from 36 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: failure, issue, case
ORGANIZATION
+1.4 pp
from 32 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: restaurant, agency, icp
LEGAL_DOCUMENT
+1.2 pp
from 21 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: nda, disclaimer, term of service
EQUITY_INSTRUMENT
+1.1 pp
from 28 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: share, rsu, option
INVESTOR
+1.1 pp
from 54 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: vc, lead investor, vcs
INDUSTRY
+1.1 pp
from 75 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: fintech, startup, market
MARKETING_CHANNEL
+1.1 pp
from 45 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: marketing, seo, partnership
LOCATION
+1.0 pp
from 30 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: us, floor, india
JOB_TITLE
+0.9 pp
from 35 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: engineer, employee, position
DURATION
+0.9 pp
from 18 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: later, 18 month, quarterly
SKILL
+0.8 pp
from 42 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: developer, marketing, experience
SOCIAL_MEDIA_PLATFORM
+0.7 pp
from 14 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: x, slack
BUSINESS_MODEL
+0.6 pp
from 12 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: service based, lifestyle business
TEAM_SIZE
+0.5 pp
from 10 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: solo
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT
+0.4 pp
from 15 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: first 10 customer, potential customer
INCORPORATION_JURISDICTION
+0.4 pp
from 8 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: icp
FUNDING_ROUND
+0.3 pp
from 14 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: series b, pre seed
EXPENSE_CATEGORY
+0.3 pp
from 13 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: cost
REGULATION
+0.3 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: hipaa
KPI
+0.3 pp
from 10 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: growth
DATA_TYPE
+0.3 pp
from 11 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: ticket, content
GEOGRAPHIC_MARKET
+0.2 pp
from 13 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: world
DATE
+0.2 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: 2026
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 2026-07-31 → 2026-08-06 with the previous seven days 2026-07-24 → 2026-07-30 ( complete UTC days; 1,744 current vs 1,307 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 (2026-07-08 → 2026-08-07) — 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.
lawyer
PERSONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 18 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 21 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.