Example report · Mixed format, mid-sized audience
🤖 AI & TechA premium community: AI & Tech for people who want results, not another feed
The AI & Tech community category shows significant interest, with the top search term "ai agents" generating 48,000 monthly searches in the US and 132,000 worldwide, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 120.4%. Despite a total of 54 communities in this space, only 11 publish a monthly price, with a median of $9 among those. This indicates a unique opportunity for you to establish a community that offers content, live sessions, and discussion. With the majority of existing communities either free or under $25 a month, your clear pricing and engagement format can attract members from your existing audience. You can dedicate 5 to 15 hours per week to develop this community.
The evidence
Live data from the AI & Tech category on Community Teardowns.
- 54
- communities indexed
- $9/mo
- median published price
- 11 of 54
- publish a price
| Price band | Communities |
|---|---|
| Free | 1 |
| Under $10 | 6 |
| $10–25 | 0 |
| $25–50 | 1 |
| $50–100 | 2 |
| $100+ | 1 |
Search demand
US · measured 27 days ago- ai agents↑ +120% year on year48,000/mo
- ai automation12,000/mo
- learn ai5,000/mo
65,000 searches a month across these terms. Ranking difficulty 87/100, so search results here are dominated by established sites. Search volume measures interest in the subject, not willingness to pay for a community about it. Treat it as the size of the room, not the size of the business.
The gap: Pricing here is mostly unpublished: 11 of 54 AI & Tech communities show a monthly price, and 7 of those 11 are free or under $25 a month. Anyone who states a price plainly is already unusual.
Based on 11 listings with a published price, last recomputed 26 days ago.
Proof the model works
Real communities from the index, nearest your suggested price band.
AI Flow Club1.3k members · Circle$47/mo- 2 more comparables in the full report
Suggested model
What to charge, the format to run and the weekly cadence that fits your hours.
Unlock with your email ↓How to get the first members
The three channels that fit your audience, format and hours, with a first step for each, and the ones to avoid.
Unlock with your email ↓Narrower niches worth going after
Narrower segments inside your category, each with the search term and difficulty behind it.
Unlock with your email ↓Where to build it
Because spaces let you mix formats under one roof, and owning the brand end to end supports premium positioning.
Because text, video and audio sit in one space there, and video-first trust is what earns a premium price, plus it runs under your own brand.
Swarm is operated by Growth Maps Media Ltd, which also operates this index. The scoring used is a fixed, independent rules table that applies no preference to Swarm, and ties are broken away from it.
Other AI & Tech examples
- Premium and live, from a standing start
- Low-ticket course to a large audience
- Discussion-led, to a warm audience
- Live sessions as a side income
Generated from the same six answers the Idea Finder asks, against live data from the AI & Tech category. No real person’s report is published here.