Reddit Intent Audit Template
Use this audit to decide whether Reddit has enough buyer intent for your market before you build a campaign or pitch a client.
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Market fit checklist
Start by naming the buyer, the problem, the category, the current alternatives, and the trigger that would make someone ask Reddit for help.
A market is stronger when buyers already describe pain in public and weaker when the category only shows news, memes, or broad opinions.
Buyer phrase audit
List phrases for recommendation requests, alternatives, pain, pricing, migration, integration issues, and urgent timelines.
Then remove phrases that create broad noise, such as generic category names with no buying language attached.
Community review
Group communities by buyer role, workflow, category, and adjacent pain. A subreddit is useful only if the right people discuss the right problem with enough context.
Review rules and tone before deciding whether a reply workflow is safe for that community.
False-positive map
Write down what should be ignored: students, hobbyists, free-only requests, support complaints from non-buyers, old threads, career posts, and vendor fishing.
The false-positive map is what keeps an audit from becoming a list of exciting but useless keywords.
Competitor trigger audit
Add competitors, alternatives, pricing complaints, outages, shutdowns, integration failures, and migration language to the audit.
These triggers are often more commercial than broad category phrases because the buyer is already comparing or replacing something.
Go or no-go result
The audit should end with one of three decisions: build a campaign now, run a narrow test, or skip Reddit until the category has clearer public demand.
If the result is positive, convert the audit into keywords, subreddits, score rules, reply guidance, and CRM fields.
FAQ
Who should run a Reddit intent audit?
Founders, agencies, sales teams, and marketers should run one before committing to a Reddit workflow or promising a client that Reddit has meaningful demand.
What makes an audit pass?
A pass means you can find repeated buyer phrases, relevant communities, manageable false positives, and a clear workflow for scoring and replying safely.