Exploding Topics

Add Exploding Topics on GoogleAdd Exploding Topics as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How do you usually discover a startup's funding round? Is it when a headline shows up in your feed, or a Crunchbase alert lands in your inbox? Those are fine ways to find recently funded startups, but by that point, the round has already closed, valuations are set, and competitors have already made contact.

As a former Wall Street analyst, Degelis Pilla knows the value of data. It has served her well in all aspects of her professional life—from the stock market's Big Board to the boardrooms she entered as the COO of several startup companies. And today, as co-founder and CEO of TribeTokes, Pilla leverages data to get her cannabinoid wellness products in the hands of customers. "In 2016, I decided that I wanted to be a part of the burgeoning cannabis industry," said Pilla.

Polymarket and Kalshi have exploded in popularity in the US. The peer-to-peer “bet on anything” platforms are each processing billions of dollars every week, with markets ranging from sports to politics (and everything in between). “Polymarket” searches are up 9,000% in the last 5 years, and Exploding Topics forecasts further steep growth in the next 12 months.

Market research provides key insights for product development, content marketing, and other aspects of business. Making time for it isn’t always easy, though, and neither is keeping up with everything you learn and acting on it in a timely manner. What if rather than slogging through data for hours, you could build a simple, 15-minute daily routine that becomes a functional database of trends and helps you identify patterns that can grow your business?

1 in 4 people have experienced a “serious problem” as a result of following AI health advice. In fact, original research from Exploding Topics has found that using AI for health purposes has harmed more people than it has helped, per self-reported outcomes. Results are especially bad among those who have talked to AI about their mental health, with more than 40% experiencing serious issues.

Content calendar planning is a task I genuinely enjoy. It requires creativity to come up with topics and write hooks that will capture people’s attention, but also strategic thinking, organization, and—especially if you’re managing a team of writers—balancing workloads. As much as I like to wrangle topics into a perfectly ordered plan, content calendar management comes with challenges.

Exploding Topics enables you to spot and track trends to inform several aspects of your businesses. Product ideation, marketing strategy, and investment decisions all benefit when you back them with real user data from multiple channels. To keep all this valuable information at your fingertips, Exploding Topics provides a dashboard with the latest trending topics, products, and startups as well as specific trends you’re tracking.

Organic search can be a huge traffic driver to your store. And it can work for you day and night, whether or not you’re currently spending money on ads, creating content on social media, or sending emails. On average, organic search drives about one in three visits to E-commerce stores, according to Promodo. That’s 33% of overall traffic! And although it takes some SEO work behind the scenes, that traffic doesn't stop the moment you stop spending on ads or posting on social media.

In 2010, a Canadian university student named Christopher Mitchell was getting ready to spend a year studying abroad in Norway. The idea of writing individual emails or letters to keep all of his friends and family apprised of his travels sounded daunting until his roommate suggested that Mitchell create a blog. Mitchell took his friend's advice, and started a website called Traveling Mitch.

Exploding Topics includes a variety of tools for discovering, researching, and tracking online trends. Now, all those tools are in one convenient place. We’ve given Exploding Topics a bit of a facelift and added a brand new dashboard. On this handy landing page, you’ll find ideas for trends to incorporate into your business strategy, updates for topics you already have your eye on, and easy access to other key resources.