Analysis methodology

It combines revenue, ease, potential, risk, MVP time and estimated costs. It is a comparison tool, not a probability of success.

HotIDX = round(20·F + 25·E + 20·P + 15·R + 10·T + 10·C)

Monthly revenue

20%

Ease

25%

Potential

20%

Risk

15%

Estimated MVP

10%

Operations and costs

10%

• F = clamp(log(1 + revenue / 1,000) / log(101), 0, 1). It peaks at USD 100,000 per month; the logarithm prevents a very large figure from dominating the index.
• E = (ease − 1) / 9; P = (potential − 1) / 9. Both range from 0 to 1.
• R = 1 for low risk, 0.5 for medium and 0 for high.
• T = clamp((16 − MVP weeks) / 15, 0, 1). A one-week MVP receives the maximum; 16 weeks or more receives the minimum.
• C = 1 − clamp(log(1 + effective cost / 50) / log(101), 0, 1). Zero cost receives the maximum; USD 5,000/month or more receives the minimum.

Effective cost is the higher of estimated operations and the breakdown total; expenses are not counted twice. Original sources are linked in each listing. Editorial review does not imply financial verification.

Each listing distinguishes reported, pending and verified information. Costs, stack and MVP estimates refer to a potential replica, not the product’s internal operations.

Required data is missing. It is not replaced with zero and no index is invented.