Reddit Market Research: Hear Why People Switch Products
Get every new Reddit post where people compare, choose or leave products in your market. A Reddit search for switch phrases, filtered to real explanations.
Short answer: the most useful research on Reddit is people explaining why they picked or dropped a product. Create an AyeWatch Reddit search for the products in your market plus words like "switched", "moved to" or "vs", and filter to "people explaining why they chose or left". Read them weekly and you'll know your market's objections.
Set it up
- Open Create a monitor → Reddit. Keep Search.
- Query:
(notion OR obsidian) (switched OR "moved to" OR vs). Use the products in your market. - In Only alert me about, write "people explaining why they chose or left a note-taking app".
- Pick Daily or twice a day and click Create monitor.
What you get
The first check saves the current posts as a starting point, so you are not flooded with old ones. After that, every check that finds something new sends one alert. The headline is the post itself, or "3 new from …" when several land at once, with a link to each post and its text.
Alerts land in your feed and as push in the AyeWatch iOS and Android app. On Pro and Pro+ you can also turn on email, Slack, or a webhook.
Three monitors for a research setup
| Question | Monitor |
|---|---|
| Why do people switch? | Search: products plus "switched", "moved to", "vs" |
| What do they complain about? | Search: products plus "slow", "expensive", "missing" |
| What problems are unsolved? | Pain point search in your niche subreddit |
What it costs
A Reddit search with the filter is 2 credits a check.
| Check every | Credits a day | Plan that fits |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 2 | Free Preview to try it, then Pro |
| Twice a day | 4 | Pro |
Plans: Free Preview gives you 3 credits to try a monitor on a daily check. Pro is $9 a month for 500 credits and checks as often as hourly. Pro+ is $19 a month for 1,500 credits and adds ASAP mode. Failed checks are refunded, and the form shows the exact daily credit use before you save.
AyeWatch collects new posts. It doesn't score sentiment or summarize old threads.
FAQ
Is Reddit good for market research?
Yes. People explain decisions in detail there, in their own words, which is hard to get from surveys.
Can I see posts from the past year?
No. The monitor starts from today. Use Reddit's own search for older threads.
Do I need a Reddit account?
No.