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Exploding Topics: new features and launches

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.

Updated . Launches from 2019 to April 28, 2026.

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.

Site
explodingtopics.com
Founded
2019
Category
Trends and newsjacking
Status
Active
Price
Entrepreneur $39/mo, Investor $99, Business $249

Every dated launch, newest first

  1. Parent Semrush acquired by Adobe

    Announced April 28, 2026.

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

    Source: Adobe newsroom.

  2. 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.

    Source: Exploding Topics blog ('Looking Ahead to a Year of Smarter Trend-Spotting', updated 9 Feb 2026).

  3. Enhanced agentic capabilities

    Announced 2025.

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

    Features: Trend detection.

    Source: Exploding Topics blog.

  4. 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).

  5. 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.

    Source: HoneyHat (article on Exploding Topics' growth).

  6. Exploding Topics founded

    Announced 2019.

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

    Source: Exploding Topics author bio.

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