Public Demand Signals for Indie Developers · Monthly
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Writing code isn't the hardest part — the hardest part is spending months on something nobody wants. Idea Miner distills recurring common demands from public outsourcing tasks with posted budgets, tracking mention frequency, median posted budget, and trends to help developers discover potential software opportunities (note: posted budgets do not equal completed transactions or payments).
Top Feature Mention Trend
Site Verifier Management Platform →
20293
Monthly collected tasks
2794
features in current results
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Contributing this period / total integrated
6682
Total Mentions This Period
As of 2026-09-22 03:00 · Data methodology
This period's board is sourced from: freelancer. The data reflects that platform's public outsourcing demand, not the entire software market; posted budgets are not verified transactions, and the platform's user base, collection scope, and deduplication method can all affect the results.
Research & Testing · Real hands-on tests, not just a ranked list
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A Real Test of Three Synthetic PDFs: Where the Default Configuration Fails
- Clean single-page tables: pdfplumber and pymupdf extract them perfectly in ~65ms -- off-the-shelf libraries already clear a high bar for this specific slice.
- Cross-page tables: none of the libraries stitch pages automatically. camelot's lattice mode got all 276 cells right; pdfplumber/pymupdf each truncated 11 cells, traced to the test document's own too-narrow column, not a general few-point overflow.
- Scanned tables: text-based libraries return nothing; adding OCR got 22/24 cells right but took 4.44s -- markedly slower, on a different input than the digital-text cases.
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Physical Business Verification: What the Public Postings Show, and What Three Technical Checks Don't Prove
- Confirmis's own website claims 6,000+ trained verifiers already exist -- directly contradicting an earlier draft's 'no standing network' assumption, which has since been corrected.
- Three passive technical checks (geocoding, EXIF GPS, image tamper detection) each have real, testable limits -- including one confirmed directly: forging GPS coordinates with a free command-line tool took under half a second and completely fooled the location check.
- None of the three checks tested, alone or combined, supports a 'fraud-resistant' product claim.
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🎯 High-potential opportunities
AI Automation System Implementation
Worth building
65/100
PDF Tables to Spreadsheet
Worth building
62/100
PDF Image Extraction for Web
Needs validation first
57/100
Cross-Platform Mobile App Development for iOS and Android
Needs validation first
57/100
📈 Growth opportunities
Stylized 3D Character Animation for 30-60s YouTube Shorts
▲ +600%
50-Page PDF Document Formatting and Word Conversion
▲ +450%
YouTube Video Performance Analysis and SEO Optimization Audit
▲ +400%
Build a simple but innovative iOS and Android application from scratch
▲ +400%
💰 High-budget opportunities
Stripe Payment Gateway Integration and Purchase Traceability System
$7.5K
TikTok Fashion and Beauty Content Monetization Strategy
$4K
Ridge-Lot Modern Residential Design with Panoramic Structural Glazing
$4K
Classical CV Multi-Camera Stitching and Sports Motion Tracking
$3.4K
Insights This Period · Idea Snapshot
🔥 Hottest This Period
Short-Form Video Editing for Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts
Mentioned 12 times, making it the most closely watched common demand this period.
📈 Fastest Growing
Handwritten Manuscript Digitization and Structural Proofreading
Up +400% from the previous period. Demand is rising quickly and deserves priority attention.
🆕 New to the Rankings
Targeted Instagram and Facebook Lead Generation Ad Campaigns
A common demand that emerged this period; there isn't enough historical data yet to tell whether the trend will hold.
💰 Highest Budget
Multi-Channel Digital Marketing Strategy for Lead Generation
Median budget $38.7K -- the highest median budget on this period's board.
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Rank
Common Demand Feature
Trend (MoM)
Mentions
Potential Score
30-Day Trend
1
▼306
French to English Translation
🔥
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, 0% change, median budget $13.
—
1 mentions
69 potential
2
▼719
Real Estate Video Editing
🔥
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, -50% change, median budget $84.
▼ -50%
1 mentions
67 potential
3
▼41
AI Automation System Implementation
🔥
Why it ranks:This period: 4 mentions, +33% change, median budget $220.
▲ +33%
4 mentions
65 potential
4
NEW
Mobile App User Acquisition
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $52.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
64 potential
5
▲1243
Automated Stock Trading Bot
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $400.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
63 potential
6
▼235
PDF Tables to Spreadsheet
Why it ranks:This period: 4 mentions, -20% change, median budget $300.
▼ -20%
4 mentions
62 potential
7
▼884
B2B Lead Generation
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, -50% change, median budget $300.
▼ -50%
1 mentions
61 potential
8
▲1505
Custom Website Development Needed
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $1.2K.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
58 potential
9
▼648
Video Editor
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, -50% change, median budget $500.
▼ -50%
1 mentions
58 potential
10
▲877
PDF Image Extraction for Web
Why it ranks:This period: 3 mentions, +50% change, median budget $20.
▲ +50%
3 mentions
57 potential
11
▼397
Cross-Platform Mobile App Development for iOS and Android
Why it ranks:This period: 3 mentions, -25% change, median budget $300.
▼ -25%
3 mentions
57 potential
12
▼1565
Social Media Management Tool
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, -50% change, median budget $20.
▼ -50%
1 mentions
55 potential
13
▲1584
iOS & Android Cross-Platform App Development
Why it ranks:This period: 3 mentions, +200% change, median budget $330.
▲ +200%
3 mentions
54 potential
14
▼1825
Freelance UI/UX Designer
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, -67% change, median budget $150.
▼ -67%
1 mentions
54 potential
15
▼256
iOS Application Development and Deployment Management
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, 0% change, median budget $140.
—
1 mentions
53 potential
16
▼1597
Native iOS Business Application Development
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, -50% change, median budget $300.
▼ -50%
1 mentions
49 potential
17
▲21
Social Media Content Writer
Why it ranks:This period: 10 mentions, +100% change, median budget $84.
▲ +100%
10 mentions
48 potential
18
▼169
Custom Social Media Post and Infographic Graphic Design
Why it ranks:This period: 4 mentions, 0% change, median budget $192.
—
4 mentions
48 potential
19
▲145
Appointment Setter/Cold-Caller Needed
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, 0% change, median budget $327.
—
2 mentions
48 potential
20
▲314
Business Website Home Page Design
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, 0% change, median budget $80.
—
2 mentions
48 potential
21
▼1461
Shopify E-Commerce Storefront Design for Women's Fashion Label
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, -50% change, median budget $84.
▼ -50%
1 mentions
48 potential
22
▲431
Klaviyo Expert for Luxury Jewellery Email Marketing
Why it ranks:This period: 3 mentions, +50% change, median budget $152.
▲ +50%
3 mentions
47 potential
23
▼132
Digital Marketing Campaign for Online Digital Products
Why it ranks:This period: 3 mentions, 0% change, median budget $500.
—
3 mentions
46 potential
24
NEW
AI Artwork Vectorization and Prepress Cleanup for Apparel Embroidery
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, +100% change, median budget $171.
▲ +100%
1 mentions
46 potential
25
▼2647
WordPress Website Development from Design or Specification
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, -83% change, median budget $12.
▼ -83%
1 mentions
45 potential
26
NEW
SEO Link Building and UX Refinement for Free Online Document Generator Tools
Why it ranks:This period: 11 mentions, +100% change, median budget $84.
▲ +100%
11 mentions
44 potential
27
NEW
Graphic Design for Professionals
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $327.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
44 potential
28
▼1862
Handwritten Notes Typed to PDF
Why it ranks:This period: 1 mentions, -67% change, median budget $140.
▼ -67%
1 mentions
44 potential
29
▲1986
Site Verifier Management Platform
Why it ranks:This period: 42 mentions, +2000% change, median budget $37.
▲ +2000%
42 mentions
43 potential
30
▲57
Long-Term YouTube and Instagram Video Post-Production Services
Why it ranks:This period: 11 mentions, +120% change, median budget $20.
▲ +120%
11 mentions
43 potential
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