I built [an app](https://postica.io/go/crw3ln) that analyzes millions of Reddit posts and tells you where to post, when to post, and what to say. But it didn't start as a SaaS. It started as a passion project for my fantasy soccer league.

I'm a data scientist so data is kind of my thing. I built an analytics site for my fantasy league and wanted to share it on Reddit. But my posts kept flopping. So I started looking at what actually works. Title patterns, keywords, posting times...etc, and once I dialed that in, my posts were consistently getting traction and outperforming average. That never happened before.

That got me thinking. If this works for fantasy soccer subreddits, it should work everywhere. So I pulled millions of posts across 100K+ subreddits and built a tool that does the same analysis for any community. Best posting times, high engagement keywords, audience overlap for cross-posting, all of it.

Released the first version about six weeks ago. Got one customer almost immediately. Worked directly with them to figure out what was actually useful and what needed fixing. Made those changes and within a couple weeks picked up a few more paying users.

$1K ARR isn't life changing money. But six weeks ago this was a side project I wasn't sure anyone would pay for. Seeing that first payment notification genuinely made my day. Just going to keep building, keep listening to users, and most importantly, enjoy the ride.

I hit $1K ARR by analyzing 23 million Reddit posts. It started with my fantasy soccer league.