CREATORValidatedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.
CapCut — "i spent almost a month testing different editing apps because i figured there had to be something better suited for daily social content"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Pain, in numbers
Only where a builder stated a figure — quoted word-for-word from the post.
“i spent $400 testing every AI video tool i could find”$400
“Usuallz it takes me about 2.5/3 hours to research the topic, find appropriate pictures, videos or giphs to put into the video, then download them and edit everything in a video editor of my choice”2.5/3 hours
Hard requirements
Summarised from the posts below. Miss one and they will not switch.
automate video creation with templateAccuracyLibrarySpeedControlLooks real
⚠️ Established open-source player: ruanjx/VideoLab ⭐921 — High-performance and flexible video editing and effects framework, based on AVFoundation and Metal.
24 rivals shipping (fact bar)see prices → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
30 builder posts asking · 28 different people (fact bar)see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
32 new tracked posts (all types) in the last 30 days vs 21 the month beforesee the curve → demand is rising.
30 demand signals vs 24 shipping rivals → demand and supply are balanced — differentiation decides.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yet → no one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal 1 day ago → conversation is live now.
Signal history
160 tracked posts (30 asks · 130 product/news)first post Apr 2026▲ 32 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
Top 10 of the 160 tracked posts, picked as evidence — each insight links back to a real one.