Discover Real Market Problems from Reddit with OpenAI

This n8n workflow revolutionizes market research by automatically scanning Reddit subreddits like Teachers, Education, and RemoteWork for real user problems. It collects fresh posts, filters those with significant engagement (e.g., >5 upvotes), and leverages OpenAI GPT-4.1 to deeply analyze content. The AI identifies genuine market pain points, uncovers underlying unmet needs, proposes practical tech/AI-based solutions, and applies the ICE framework (Impact, Confidence, Ease of prototyping) to score opportunities for prioritization.

Ideal for entrepreneurs, startup founders, product managers, and analysts, it saves hours of manual subreddit browsing. Adapt it easily to any niche by swapping subreddits and prompts, enabling automated discovery of customer pain points across industries like future of work, education, or beyond. Results are neatly exported to Google Sheets for team review, tracking, and action planning.

Key benefits include scalable, no-code market intelligence, unbiased AI-driven insights from authentic user voices, and actionable outputs that accelerate product ideation and validation. Run on a schedule (daily/hourly) to stay ahead of emerging trends without constant oversight.