What's the most unexpected niche you have seen become profitable recently?

[seoguyy]

With so many micro niches emerging, it's interesting to see which ones are actually generating consistent revenue. Which unexpected niche surprised you the most and what do you think made it profitable?

 

[hipcat]

I don't think anyone will, or should, give away their profitable micro niche, as that involves a lot of work to research and find a gem among all the saturated niches out there.

For me, I started with small adult niches that became very profitable due to an engaged user base that craved more content in an underutilized sub-niche. Even when branching out over the years I still kept the sites with that small, but dedicated, targeted traffic base.

 

[seoguyy]

seoguyy

Have you come across any white-hat niche that still has low competition, strong user intent and consistent monetization potential?

 

[hipcat]

hipcat

Those niches tend to be whatever is trending at the time, and then fade, so you take advantage of them while you can. I'm of the opinion that any niche that exists has already been discovered, considering how many deep dive marketers are already out there for years.

So, a small, low competition niche would be something new and undiscovered yet. The best examples are new movies and TV shows that gain a rapid fan base. Get in early and you're golden. Lots of Youtubers have monetized channels that solely focus on a show with low competition due to it's small fan base, while everyone else is chasing the bigger fish. In this case, smaller is better.