Just did a deep dive on Black Friday stats.
Instead of spending hours doing that yourself, just read what I found 👇
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Is Black Friday dying, or just moving to your phone?
55.2% of US online sales on Black Friday 2025 came from mobile.
Want the workflow for turning a trending topic into a keyword plan?
We wrote up how one Claude conversation does it:
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Hot take: the SEO keywords everyone chases now are already crowded.
Here are 4 rising ones, with 5-year search growth 🧵
Most people use trend data to figure out what products to add.
A south Florida mom used it to figure out which business to start: done-for-you birthday parties, then a pink spa bus.
Two businesses came out of one stressful birthday party.
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Replying to @goHeelBase
Reminds me of when I got into disc golf for a minute
OpenAI made $13.07B in revenue in 2025.
This month its annualized revenue is around $50B (Axios).
Anthropic’s run rate hit $65B at the end of July.
Full breakdown: explodingtopics.com/blog/ope…
Quietly exploding in interest:
Padel shoes +2,000%
DUPR (pickleball/padel ratings) +4,900%
Walking pad +5,100%
Carbon plated running shoes +2,550%
Why's everyone still talking about pickleball?
Adobe predicts shoppers will spend more than $275 billion online in Nov + Dec.
The brands that win won’t pick products in November.
They’ll pick them from trend data in October.
5 seasonal trends worth betting on:
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“AI SEO” searches are up 5,900% and “Answer Engine Optimization” is up 99x in 5 years.
We built a free tool to help you with your AI visiblity
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If someone asks ChatGPT for the best brand in your category right now, does it name you?
Go ask it. Then reply with your category and what it said.
Want to see what else is trending? We help you find what people searching for
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5 things people are searching for that sound completly made up:
- Boneless couch (99x+)
- Suri toothbrush (+9,000%)
- Water bottle charms (+8,600%)
- Pupsicle (+3,750%)
- Banana matcha latte (99x+)
Which one are you buying first?
Want to know more about surveillance pricing? We break it down 👇
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