# Exploding Topics: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/exploding-topics/
Covers: 2019 to April 28, 2026
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Exploding Topics: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/exploding-topics/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 3 product launches from Exploding Topics since December 2019. The latest, TikTok Insights add-on, became available in 2025. We also record 2 acquisitions and 1 new company.

Exploding Topics sells a trend discovery tool that finds topics before they reach the mainstream. A large trends database, plus its Trending Products and Meta Trends views, shows emerging topics and products early so teams can act on them.

## Facts

- Site: [explodingtopics.com](https://explodingtopics.com/)
- Founded: 2019
- Category: Trends and newsjacking
- Status: Active
- Price: Entrepreneur $39/mo, Investor $99, Business $249

## Every dated launch, newest first

### Parent Semrush acquired by Adobe

Announced April 28, 2026.

Adobe completed its acquisition of Semrush, Exploding Topics' parent company.

Source: [Adobe newsroom](https://news.adobe.com/news/2026/04/adobe-completes-semrush-acquisition).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/exploding-topics/#launch-E347

### TikTok Insights add-on

Available 2025.

Exploding Topics added TikTok Insights, a tool that finds trending TikTok Shop products and hashtags early.

Features: [Trend detection](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection).

Source: [Exploding Topics blog ('Looking Ahead to a Year of Smarter Trend-Spotting', updated 9 Feb 2026)](https://explodingtopics.com/blog/looking-ahead-2026).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/exploding-topics/#launch-N145

### Enhanced agentic capabilities

Announced 2025.

Backend upgrade using agentic capabilities to detect upcoming trends earlier and with improved sensitivity.

Features: [Trend detection](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection).

Source: [Exploding Topics blog](https://explodingtopics.com/blog/looking-ahead-2026).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/exploding-topics/#launch-R131

### Acquired by Semrush

Announced Aug. 20, 2024.

Semrush acquires Exploding Topics; founder Brian Dean announces the deal, team and logins staying the same.

Source: [Exploding Topics (About page)](https://explodingtopics.com/about).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/exploding-topics/#launch-E204

### Exploding Topics (trend discovery database)

Available December 2019.

Exploding Topics launched as a free site that scans the web for rapidly growing topics, after founder Brian Dean bought the Trennd.co trend platform.

Features: [Trend detection](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection).

Source: [HoneyHat (article on Exploding Topics' growth)](https://www.honeyhat.com/the-one-tactic-that-skyrocketed-exploding-topics-newsletter-to-104793-subscribers/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/exploding-topics/#launch-N144

### Exploding Topics founded

Announced 2019.

Josh Howarth begins Exploding Topics product development "from the first line of code."

Source: [Exploding Topics author bio](https://explodingtopics.com/author/josh-howarth).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/exploding-topics/#launch-E067

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology