← Idea market
Entertainment27,710 searches / mo

Concert and local events

Finding out after the show sold out.

Opportunity score

6,553 / 10k

Worth a weekend. Demand is real, execution decides it.

Rank

#42

Gap

A

  • Demand

    58

    15,940 contestable searches a month across 25 related keywords, after removing 11,770 searches for named brands.

  • Momentum

    44

    Last three months ran down 6.8% against the three before, seasonality smoothed out.

  • Competition gap

    84

    9 real products rank on page one for this, ad competition 0.33.

  • Crowd

    48

    12 head-to-head rankings from builders, counted at partial weight until 20.

  • Willingness to pay

    33

    Advertisers pay $1.18 a click for this search — almost nobody pays to reach these searchers.

What this score is based on

evidence checked 9/28/2026

  • Search demand verified against Google Ads data
  • 12 months of search history
  • 25 related keywords clustered
  • No firsthand pain signals collected yet
  • 9 competitors analyzed from page-one results
  • 12 crowd rankings from builders

Search demand comes from Google Ads data via DataForSEO and refreshes daily. Competitors come from a live scan of page-one results. Crowd input comes from builders ranking ideas 1-2-3 on the market.

Keyword cluster

25 keywords · 27,710 searches a month combined

Demand counts the whole cluster: 27,710 searches a month across every relevant way people look for this problem. The intent label on each keyword tells you how close that searcher is to wanting software.

KeywordIntentSearchesCPCAd comp.
bandsintown concertsunclear6,600$3.460.04
spotify concertwants a specific brand2,900$2.360.00
concert near me spotifywants a specific brand2,900$1.750.01
concerts on spotifywants a specific brand2,900$2.360.00
concerts spotifywants a specific brand2,900$2.360.00
gametime concert ticketsunclear1,900$1.800.30
qello concertsunclear1,600$30.040.01
concert ticket appswants a tool720$2.410.65
app concert ticketswants a tool720$2.410.65
concert appwants a tool590$1.860.28
concert applicationunclear590$1.860.28
cheap concert tickets appwants a tool480$2.920.73
qello concerts by stingrayunclear480$3.710.00
best app for concert ticketswants a tool390$4.460.61
best app to buy concert ticketswants a tool260$5.710.63
ticket apps for concertswants a tool260$2.020.61
best ticket app for concertswants a tool210$4.540.60
concert archive appwants a tool210-0.00
last minute concert tickets appwants a tool170$1.680.64
gametime concertsunclear170$0.710.41
app for last minute concert ticketswants a tool170$1.680.64
spotify upcoming concertswants a specific brand170-0.01
apps to buy concert ticketswants a tool140$2.270.76
concert ticket price trackerwants a tool140$5.050.11
concert tracker appwants a tool140-0.00

CPC is what an advertiser pays Google for one click on that phrase — a rough price tag on how valuable the visitor is. Ad comp. runs 0 to 1 and is how full the ad auction is: near 1 means advertisers are fighting over it (money is there, but ranking is hard), near 0 means almost nobody bids.

Who has the problem

People miss out on seeing their preferred bands or local events because they aren't notified in a timely manner. The process of actively searching across multiple platforms like 'bandsintown concerts' and 'spotify concert' to find events near them is reactive and inefficient.

Who experiences it
A person who follows specific artists or genres and wants to attend live music events.
When it happens
They discover a band they like is performing nearby when friends mention it or they see posts on social media, only to find tickets are already sold out.
How often
This happens whenever a favored artist tours or a local event pops up without centralized notification.
What they do today
They use search engines like 'bandsintown concerts' (6,600/mo) or 'spotify concert' (2,900/mo) or 'concerts on spotify' (2,900/mo) to search for upcoming events, or check 'gametime concert tickets' (1,900/mo), but these often provide information too late for popular shows.

Read off 25 search phrases, 9/30/2026.

Why now

Demand is cooling; build only if you have an angle the incumbents lack.

  • Searches are down 18% year over year

    681 a month twelve months ago → 558 now for "concert app".

  • Cooling 7% over the last quarter

    Last three months of searches against the three before them.

  • Peaks in October

    Demand swings 50% across the year, so ship roughly two months before October.

  • Advertisers pay $1.18 a click here

    Buying this intent instead of ranking for it would run roughly $9,809 a month — money is already chasing these searches.

  • 3 real products on page one

    Alongside 6 articles and reference pages, which is room a focused tool can take.

Search data

verified · dataforseo:us · refreshed 9/28/2026

Lead keyword
concert app
Cluster volume
27,710 / mo
across 25 related keywords; lead phrase is 590 / mo
CPC
$1.18
what an advertiser pays for one click here
Ad competition
0.33
0-1 scale: barely any advertisers bidding

Opportunity score 6,553 = 40% contestable search demand (15,940 a month across 25 keywords, after removing 11,770 brand searches) + 25% how open the competition still is (9 products on page one) + 15% momentum (last three months vs the three before, capped so one bucketed month can't swing it) + 10% willingness to pay ($1.18 a click) + 10% crowd rankings (Elo 1529, 12 head-to-heads, weighted by how many votes exist). Anything we can't measure is dropped and the rest re-weighted, so a blank signal never counts as an average one. Search data refreshes daily from Google Ads via DataForSEO.

Monthly searches for "concert app"

12 votes · demand from dataforseo:us, updated 9/28/2026

681
Sep 25
681
Oct 25
558
Nov 25
454
Dec 25
681
Jan 26
558
Feb 26
558
Mar 26
558
Apr 26
681
May 26
558
Jun 26
558
Jul 26
558
Aug 26

Peak 681 · latest 558 · low 454 searches a month

Google reports monthly volume in fixed buckets (…27,100 · 33,100 · 40,500 · 49,500), so steady months land on the exact same number. Weekly data isn't published.

This chart tracks the single lead phrase. The demand score uses the whole cluster of 25 related phrases (27,710 searches a month), listed below.

Revenue potential

estimate, not a promise

Priced and converted as a prosumer subscription — the funnel below changes with that model, because a freemium consumer app and a B2B tool convert nothing alike.

MRR by month 12

$467 – $2,908

42–264 paying users · +5–29 new a month at 5% churn

Year-one run rate

$5,604 – $34,901

the month-12 number annualised — you earn less than this during the ramp

Price

$11/mo

same price as the business model below

24-month projection

log scale

Month 24 · hover to scrub

Slow build $558Good execution $3,772Breakout $58,751

The two solid lines are the range above: a slow build and good execution on a slice of this demand. The dashed line is the breakout — you become the default answer for this problem, take roughly a quarter of the intent, convert far better because people arrive already sold, and churn halves. That's the outcome worth chasing, and it's about $58,751 a month by month 24 (13,301 paying users). Most ideas land on the bottom line; the point of the chart is that the ceiling isn't the estimate.

How we got there

  • 27,710 cluster searches a month, 1.6x for app stores and word of mouth.
  • You reach 0.9-5.4% of that, scaled by ad competition 0.33.
  • 10% of visitors sign up, 12% of those pay. Trial-led: people arrive already shopping, so trial-to-paid runs high.
  • That wins 5-29 new subscribers a month. Stack 12 months of that against 5% monthly churn and you're holding 42-264 paying users by month 12.
  • Price $11/mo, taken from the business model below.

Who already builds this

3 real products · 6 articles, explainers and store pages · scanned daily on Google for "concert app"

3 real products own this search. Everything else on page one is a roundup, review post or explainer, listed separately below.

  • #6Concertsremembered

    Ranks #6 on Google for "concert app".

    concertsremembered.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

  • #10Grammy

    Ranks #10 on Google for "concert app".

    grammy.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

  • #15Hypebot

    Ranks #15 on Google for "concert app".

    hypebot.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

Also ranking, but not products (6)

Roundups, review posts, explainers and store pages. They compete for the search, not for the job — they don't count against the competition gap.

Likely business model

willingness to pay 37/100

Prosumer subscription

People are actively shopping for a tool here, so charge from day one.

Price to test · from ad click value

$4–$18/mo

No competitor pricing page was readable, so this band comes from what a click on this intent costs advertisers ($1.18) — a starting price to test, not a proven one.

What to charge for

Trial then subscribe. This crowd is already comparing paid tools, so ask for the card early rather than running a wide free tier.

What this data can't tell you

  • · Nobody's published price backs this band yet — treat the number as a test, and put a price up in week one to find out.

Willingness-to-pay evidence

  • Advertisers pay $1.18 a click for this intent — real money already chases it.
  • 60% of the 25-keyword cluster is commercial-intent wording (best, app, pricing, alternative).
  • Ad competition 0.33 — few advertisers fighting for it.

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