Do you still use reddit for keyword research?

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I still find myself browsing Reddit before writing content because people ask questions there that keyword tools don't always show.
Do you use Reddit when planning content?
Has it helped you discover topics that actually brought traffic?
 
Yes, I use reddit for keyword research. It helps in finding the real questions which are asked by the people in their own words. It also helps me to find out what topics actually matters before writing the content.
 
Yes, I use reddit more to understand user intent than to find keywords and that has helped me create content that answers what people are actually looking for.
 
I just don't rely on it alone. I usually cross check with search volume .so i know it's worth targeting.
 
Do you use Reddit when planning content?
Has it helped you discover topics that actually brought traffic?
Yes, i use reddit for content planning but don't properly as keyword research tool. It helped me to discover ideas related with the topics that actually brought traffic.
 
I still find myself browsing Reddit before writing content because people ask questions there that keyword tools don't always show.
Do you use Reddit when planning content?
Has it helped you discover topics that actually brought traffic?
Reddit helps more with content angles than exact keywords. I take one discussion and turn it into a structured blog post.
 
I'm in the process of making a reddit audience research tool that is similar to gummysearch and wanna understand what people really need in my tool, and i'm thinking of adding a feature that extracts keywords from reddit posts

my current idea works like this: so you search for a topic and choose your subreddit or multiple ones with the sorting like new, relevance...etc and get post results, then the keyword extractor gives all keywords and has the option to download as csv, excel
or for example you extract all keywords from any subreddit for the recent posts that got published in the past day, week or even a month.

maybe we can also run those keywords against something like keyword volume checker to see the monthly search volume

will you be interested in this feature?
can you tell me how you guys do the keyword research on reddit and what I should add?


This is just a prototype and the design is in its early stage:

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Reddit is still a very useful source not just for keyword research, but also for understanding user intent.

According to my personal experience, keyword tools show search volume, but reddit shows real intent behind the searches. Before start content writing, I generally look at discussions, comments and repeated questions in niche subreddits to understand what people actually want.

It has helped me find topics that do not always look strong in tools but still bring consistent organic traffic when covered properly.
 
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