Score a niche in 30 seconds. Three Braidpost criteria. One verdict.
Type a niche topic. A short, deterministic heuristic scores it on competition, commerce potential, and E-E-A-T fit, and lands the result in Strong, Worth testing, or Skip. Nothing is sent — the scoring runs in your browser.
Try the scorer
Run a niche through it.
Hit a preset to see the score shape, then run your own lane to see how it lands.
How the scoring works
What flips each sub-score up or down.
Every dimension runs off a small set of keyword predicates — a baseline of 3, nudged up by language that signals a winnable lane, nudged down by language that signals a crowded or essay-mode topic.
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Competition
The lane has to be winnable against new entrants and aggregator launches.
A niche scores on the share of the demand signal a launched site can actually defend. Vintage, home, or homestead defines a winnable shape; fitness or crypto signal a crowded lane.
Methodology tie-in →02
Commerce potential
Readers arrive with a wallet out and a comparison to make.
Buyer-intent predicates (best, vs, review, deal) and commerce operators (price, shop) layer commerce on the topic. Essay-mode predicates turn the commerce bar down.
Methodology tie-in →03
E-E-A-T fit
A named author with skin in the lane can credibly stand behind the topic.
Expertise-evidencing predicates (engineered, certified, regulatory) and credentials (homestead, lab) raise the bar; easy / beginner / starter predicates lower it. The byline is what's graded.
Methodology tie-in →Shortlist a lane?
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