Example report · Mixed format, mid-sized audience
🤖 AI & TechA premium membership: AI & Tech for people who want results, not another feed
The top search term in the AI & Tech category, "ai agents," attracts 48,000 monthly searches in the US and 132,000 worldwide, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 120.4%. With 54 communities indexed in this category, only 11 publish a monthly price, indicating that pricing is mostly unpublished. Among those, 7 are free or under $25 a month, making any clear pricing approach quite distinctive. Your format of content, live sessions, and discussion can effectively engage the existing audience you have, while dedicating 5 to 15 hours per week to this venture.
The evidence
Live data from the AI & Tech category on Membership Index.
- 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 19 hours 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The gap: Pricing here is mostly unpublished: 11 of 54 AI & Tech communities show a monthly price, and 7 of those 11 are free or under $25 a month.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 3 hours ago.
Proof the model works
Real communities from the index, nearest your suggested price band.
Spicy Mama787 members · Skool$27/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 a warm audience converts well into a low-friction feed community.
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.