<i>The data:</i><p>I searched for all posts from /r/SideProjects that contained these strings:<p>"I built", "I made an alternative to", "I created a clone of".<p>Most posts are <=1 year old.<p>Reddit API does not allow parsing older posts hence the amount "968" I wish I could parse more.<p><i>The list of clones of popular apps:</i><p>Loom (screen recording app) (6‼)<p>Typeform (form builders)
(7‼)<p>Resume/CV apps (3)<p>Pastebin (5)<p>Habit trackers (12‼)<p>Link in bio (5)<p>Screenshot making tools (3)<p>Todo lists (3)<p>Bookmarking tools (8)<p>Website builders 29 (‼‼)<p>Notes taking tools (10‼ classic )<p>Health, fitness, and wellness apps (19‼)<p>Feedback gathering tools (10‼)<p>Time tracking and invoicing tools (4)<p>Patreon alternatives (2)<p>Bookmarking tools (8)<p>Twitter (16‼‼‼ wtf?)<p>Product Hunt (6‼)<p>Pomodoro timers: (1)<p><i>Categories:</i><p>Language learning (4)<p>Directory/list (7)<p>Chrome extension (21)<p>Crypto or decentralized (5)<p>Finance (15)<p>Dev tool (26)<p>Self-hosted (14)<p>Growth or marketing tool (11)<p>Open-sourced (37)<p><i>Some stats:</i><p>B2C: 69.8% ↔ B2B: 30.2% (please do b2b!!!)<p>AI tools: 108 (10.8%!)<p><i>Most boring title:</i><p>"How I stumbled upon my startup idea: A casual chat"<p><i>Most inspiring title:</i><p>"I taught people to code for 10 years. So I started my own learning platform for fun and it got REALLY BIG."<p><i>Least catchy title:</i><p>"I made an alternative free WordPress theme directory"<p><i>Most catchy titles:</i><p>"I made a multiplayer game, got beaten at my own game, then made a bot for my game so I could finally win"<p>"I made a chrome extension that makes music sound like it's coming from another room"<p>"Too lazy to post daily, so built an app to do it instead"