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113 IDEAS · RANKED BY BERG SCORE

B2B Media Data & Expert Network (Tus Model for Journalists)

A platform that captures and monetizes the high-value qualitative data exhaust from B2B journalism — source interviews, expert calls, and sector intelligence — selling it to investors and operators at premium price points.

ARR $500K–$10M · AUTO 6/10

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02MEDIABERG 82BUILD

Local Niche Newsletter + Lead Gen Media Company

Build a hyper-local newsletter targeting enthusiasts in an underserved niche (e.g., car culture, luxury home services) in a tier-2 city, then monetize by selling qualified leads to local service providers.

ARR $36K–$360K · AUTO 7/10

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03MEDIABERG 82BUILD

B2B Executive Decision-Maker Newsletter

A newsletter targeting C-suite executives in a specific industry vertical with curated intelligence, monetized through premium sponsorships from vendors desperate to reach decision-makers at scale.

ARR $100K–$800K · AUTO 4/10

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04MEDIABERG 81BUILD

Niche Newsletter Business on beehiiv

Build a niche email newsletter using beehiiv, monetize via direct sponsorships, the Boost passive income network, and paid subscriptions to generate $10K–$30K/month.

ARR $60K–$360K · AUTO 7/10

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05MEDIABERG 80BUILD

Niche High-Value Newsletter Business

Build a tightly focused newsletter for a high-net-worth professional audience (e.g. investors, music executives, deal-makers) that commands premium sponsorship and deal flow rather than mass subscribers.

ARR $80K–$1.2M · AUTO 3/10

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06MEDIABERG 80BUILD

Price Transparency Directory (Undisclosed Pricing Niches)

Build a directory in any industry where pricing is opaque, providing the price transparency consumers desperately want and businesses are reluctant to publish.

ARR $30K–$200K · AUTO 7/10

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07MEDIABERG 80BUILD

B2B Niche Media Brand with Product Funnel (Negative CAC Model)

Build a focused B2B media brand (newsletter, podcast, events) in a high-value niche, then launch a SaaS data or research product at the bottom of the funnel to achieve negative customer acquisition cost.

ARR $500K–$8M · AUTO 5/10

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08MEDIABERG 80BUILD

Long Live Research

A personalized longevity newsletter that scrapes academic research on lifespan extension and delivers AI-summarized, health-profile-matched findings directly to subscribers.

ARR $300K–$4M · AUTO 9/10

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09MEDIABERG 78BUILD

Local Real Estate Investor Newsletter

A hyper-local newsletter serving real estate investors in mid-size cities with curated property listings and investment analysis, monetized through local B2B ads, premium subscriptions, and live investment seminars.

ARR $80K–$300K · AUTO 6/10

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10MEDIABERG 78BUILD

Job-Title Podcast + Paid Membership (e.g. Head of Growth Podcast)

Build a hyper-targeted podcast for a specific professional job title, grow it via cold email outreach to that exact audience, then monetize with a premium membership bundling community, deals, and exclusive content.

ARR $120K–$3M · AUTO 5/10

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11MEDIABERG 78BUILD

Google Gap Directory Strategy

A repeatable system for finding high-traffic keywords with no existing directory on Google page one, then rapidly building and iterating directories to capture that SEO gap.

ARR $15K–$250K · AUTO 8/10

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12MEDIABERG 78BUILD

Niche Local Service Directory (Luxury Restroom Trailers Model)

Build a hyper-niche local service directory using AI-assisted data scraping and enrichment to dominate a boring vertical and monetize via lead generation.

ARR $24K–$120K · AUTO 8/10

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13MEDIABERG 78BUILD

Niche Investor Newsletter + Paid Community

A paid newsletter and community that tracks and analyzes trades made by a specific high-profile investor (e.g., Michael Burry, Warren Buffett), monetizing an audience built cheaply through social meme content.

ARR $30K–$300K · AUTO 5/10

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14MEDIABERG 76BUILD

Female-Oriented LitRPG Niche Publishing House

A high-quality indie publishing operation targeting female readers with LitRPG books on Kindle Unlimited, paired with a newsletter and digital product backend.

ARR $120K–$2.4M · AUTO 4/10

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15MEDIABERG 76BUILD

Agora-Style AI-Powered Niche Newsletter Portfolio

Build a portfolio of hundreds of hyper-niche paid newsletters using AI to generate and maintain content at scale, mirroring the Agora Publishing model with a fraction of the staff.

ARR $500K–$10M · AUTO 8/10

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16MEDIABERG 76BUILD

Niche Online Directory Business

Build keyword-matched, SEO-driven online directories in specific niches and monetize through sponsorships, affiliate links, paid listings, or selling to SaaS companies.

ARR $12K–$200K · AUTO 7/10

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17MEDIABERG 76BUILD

B2B Niche Podcast Network (Turpentine Model)

Build a portfolio of niche B2B podcasts targeting high-value professional audiences (CFOs, HR leaders, AI practitioners) that monetize via sponsorships, newsletters, and data products.

ARR $500K–$5M · AUTO 4/10

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18MEDIABERG 75BUILD

Hyper-Niche Pet Paid Newsletter (Breed-Specific)

A paid newsletter ($10-20/month) targeting owners of a specific dog breed, providing ongoing care, health, and training guidance tailored to that breed's unique needs.

ARR $150K–$3M · AUTO 7/10

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19MEDIABERG 75BUILD

Newsletter Lead Magnet Funnel Business

Build targeted lead magnet pages (PDFs, templates, toolkits) gated behind email sign-up to grow a newsletter list and simultaneously attract sponsored placements from relevant B2B companies.

ARR $36K–$180K · AUTO 8/10

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20MEDIABERG 75BUILD

Owned Audience Newsletter + SMS List Business

Build a niche email newsletter and SMS subscriber list as a platform-independent owned audience that can be monetized through sponsorships, products, or communities.

ARR $20K–$600K · AUTO 7/10

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21MEDIABERG 74BUILD

Great Books AI Library

AI-retranslated and reformatted editions of public-domain classic books tailored for modern audiences, sold as premium digital and luxury physical products.

ARR $150K–$2.5M · AUTO 7/10

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22MEDIABERG 74BUILD

ADHD Brand & Community Platform

Build the definitive consumer brand and community for ADHD sufferers — starting with audience, then monetizing through products, affiliates, and memberships.

ARR $200K–$3M · AUTO 5/10

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23MEDIABERG 74BUILD

Gig Worker Fintech Affiliate Publisher

Build a content and comparison site specifically for fintech products targeting gig workers (banking, cash advances, mileage tracking, gas savings apps), monetized entirely through high-value affiliate partnerships.

ARR $120K–$800K · AUTO 6/10

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24MEDIABERG 74BUILD

Buy It For Life Directory & Price Alert Platform

A curated, filterable directory of 'buy it for life' products scraped from Reddit and major retailers, with price-drop alerts and affiliate monetization.

ARR $24K–$180K · AUTO 7/10

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25MEDIABERG 74BUILD

Niche AI Intelligence Digest

A personalized, AI-curated information aggregation and summarization service that monitors all data sources in a specific niche and delivers custom-formatted digests to subscribers based on their preferred depth and medium.

ARR $50K–$800K · AUTO 9/10

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26MEDIABERG 74BUILD

Tap Water Quality Directory

A public-data-powered directory showing tap water quality by location, monetized via display ads and Amazon affiliate links to water filters.

ARR $12K–$60K · AUTO 9/10

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27MEDIABERG 74BUILD

Digital Addiction Media & Info Product Company

A media brand, book funnel, and corporate training business built around digital addiction awareness, using the Brick app as a distribution hook and YouTube SEO as the primary acquisition channel.

ARR $300K–$8M · AUTO 7/10

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28MEDIABERG 74BUILD

Platform Mastery Newsletter

An educational newsletter teaching professionals how to master one specific software tool (e.g., Notion, Figma, Klaviyo), monetized through affiliate commissions, premium templates, and potential acquisition by the platform itself.

ARR $60K–$500K · AUTO 5/10

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29MEDIABERG 74BUILD

AI-Driven Newsletter Factory

A fully automated newsletter production system using Google Apps Script, Perplexity, Claude, and Midjourney that turns a topic and POV into a publishable newsletter.

ARR $50K–$500K · AUTO 9/10

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30MEDIABERG 72BUILD

Localized Niche Directory Builder

Build directories in non-English languages by cloning proven English-language directory models for markets where no equivalent exists on Google page one.

ARR $20K–$300K · AUTO 7/10

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31MEDIABERG 72BUILD

Digital Addiction SEO YouTube Channel

A purely SEO-driven YouTube channel targeting high-volume digital/phone addiction keywords to build a captive audience and funnel them into paid products.

ARR $30K–$250K · AUTO 4/10

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32MEDIABERG 72BUILD

Niche Meme Page → Business Intelligence Tool

Build a niche-specific meme page to deeply understand a community, then monetize via a SaaS or data product that serves that niche.

ARR $30K–$400K · AUTO 6/10

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33MEDIABERG 72BUILD

Evergreen Location-Based SEO Directory

Build a static, pillar-page-style directory website targeting high-volume 'near me' keywords, monetized via display ads and affiliate links, requiring ~15 minutes/month to maintain.

ARR $24K–$120K · AUTO 7/10

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34MEDIABERG 72BUILD

Local Bar & Restaurant TV Ad Network

Install rotating digital ad displays in local bars and restaurants and sell 7-second ad slots to local businesses for $10/month per venue.

ARR $60K–$300K · AUTO 6/10

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35MEDIABERG 72BUILD

Niche Newsletter + Lead Magnet Funnel Business

Build a hyper-niche content brand that converts social impressions into email leads via irresistible lead magnets, then monetizes through affiliate revenue and paid lead acquisition.

ARR $50K–$400K · AUTO 5/10

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36MEDIABERG 72BUILD

Directory of Clean (Live Oasis Reimagined)

A free, SEO-first directory rating water brands and all 'clean' consumer products by contaminants, monetized via affiliates and high-ticket backend services.

ARR $80K–$600K · AUTO 7/10

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37MEDIABERG 72BUILD

AI-Powered Media Intelligence Directory

Extract structured data from long-form video/audio content at scale using Gemini's long-context window to build searchable directories and databases.

ARR $60K–$500K · AUTO 8/10

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38MEDIABERG 71MAYBE

Niche B2B Newsletter for a Growing Industry

Build a Morning Brew-style daily newsletter targeting a specific professional job function (e.g., AI, space, manufacturing) to serve a high-CPM advertiser base.

ARR $80K–$2M · AUTO 5/10

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39MEDIABERG 71BUILD

Real Vision India — English-Language Financial Media for the Indian Market

A premium financial education and media platform targeting India's 300M+ English-speaking middle class, built on the insight that the majority of future English-language internet users will be Indian.

ARR $300K–$3M · AUTO 5/10

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40MEDIABERG 71BUILD

Weekly Niche Newsletter Business

Build a weekly newsletter in a specific niche that grows organically and becomes a promotional and monetization engine for related products.

ARR $30K–$500K · AUTO 5/10

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41MEDIABERG 71BUILD

Niche Visual Newsletter Portfolio (Roll-Up Model)

Acquire or partner with early-stage niche newsletters, apply the visual newsletter format and distribution playbook, and build a portfolio of high-revenue-per-employee media properties.

ARR $300K–$5M · AUTO 5/10

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42MEDIABERG 71BUILD

Niche Ad Creative Newsletter for Media Buyers

A curated newsletter showcasing high-performing ad creative examples organized by industry vertical, serving media buyers and performance marketers who need constant creative inspiration.

ARR $80K–$400K · AUTO 6/10

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43MEDIABERG 71BUILD

Niche Gig Economy Media Empire

Build a multi-platform media business targeting a specific gig economy vertical (rideshare, delivery, etc.) with a blog, podcast, YouTube, and email list monetized via affiliate deals and sponsorships.

ARR $80K–$600K · AUTO 6/10

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44MEDIABERG 71BUILD

Niche Philosophy Brand (ACP Funnel Model)

Build a modern content brand around an underserved intellectual niche (philosophy, psychology, history) and monetize via newsletter, courses, community membership, and branded merchandise.

ARR $80K–$1.2M · AUTO 5/10

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45MEDIABERG 70BUILD

Millennial Retro Gaming Podcast / Comfort Stream

A long-form podcast or Twitch stream built around nostalgic Millennial-era games (Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, Resident Evil) serving as 'comfort noise' for 30-something gamers.

ARR $80K–$1.2M · AUTO 3/10

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46MEDIABERG 70BUILD

Niche Meme Page to Product Funnel

Build a viral, movement-branded social media account in any niche, establish investigative-journalist authority, then monetize with a directly related product or app.

ARR $100K–$3M · AUTO 5/10

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47MEDIABERG 70MAYBE

Visual Newsletter for Business/Tech/Finance

A daily email newsletter that combines bullet-point news summaries with custom graphics, charts, and visuals to make business and finance news faster to consume and retain.

ARR $120K–$2M · AUTO 5/10

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48MEDIABERG 70BUILD

Micro-Entrepreneur Content Brand & Community

A media brand, newsletter, and community platform owning the 'micro-entrepreneur' category — serving founders of profitable 5-20 person bootstrapped businesses.

ARR $300K–$2M · AUTO 4/10

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49MEDIABERG 70BUILD

Robot Mower Affiliate Review Site

Build a Wirecutter-style affiliate review site exclusively covering robot lawn mowers, monetized through SEO and affiliate commissions.

ARR $50K–$400K · AUTO 6/10

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50MEDIABERG 69BUILD

Meme-Based News Newsletter

A visually-driven newsletter that explains the day's biggest business or tech news stories using memes paired with concise witty summaries, filling a gap no existing newsletter occupies.

ARR $60K–$350K · AUTO 5/10

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51MEDIABERG 68BUILD

Slow Living Content & Community Platform

A newsletter, community, and content brand built around the slow living anti-trend, monetized through memberships, brand partnerships, and digital products.

ARR $50K–$500K · AUTO 5/10

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52MEDIABERG 68MAYBE

Business Newsletter Summarizer

A curation service that summarizes the best business and tech newsletters into one concise daily or weekly digest.

ARR $60K–$500K · AUTO 8/10

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53MEDIABERG 68BUILD

Machine Shop Industry Newsletter

A daily or weekly email newsletter targeting machine shop owners and workers, built as a distribution asset to eventually sell vertical SaaS or services into the industry.

ARR $50K–$600K · AUTO 5/10

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54MEDIABERG 68MAYBE

Morning Brew for Sports (Sports Newsletter Revival)

Acquire the Sports Illustrated email list and build a daily sports newsletter business in the style of Morning Brew.

ARR $500K–$5M · AUTO 4/10

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55MEDIABERG 68MAYBE

Indie Hacker Product Directory with Affiliate Monetization

A curated, SEO-optimized directory of essential tools for indie hackers and bootstrapped founders, monetized through affiliate deals with listed products.

ARR $12K–$180K · AUTO 7/10

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56MEDIABERG 68BUILD

Webinar Funnel Teardown / Audit Newsletter

A paid newsletter or membership that screenshots and dissects high-performing webinar and product-launch funnels the way this video does—giving marketers a swipe file and analysis they can apply immediately.

ARR $50K–$400K · AUTO 4/10

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57MEDIABERG 68BUILD

Children's Art & Creativity YouTube Channel Studio

A low-budget, high-creativity children's YouTube channel built around art, imagination, and silly structured programming — a modern Mr. Rogers meets Muppets for the YouTube generation.

ARR $50K–$800K · AUTO 3/10

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58MEDIABERG 68BUILD

Dog Mental Stimulation Content & Product Hub

A content brand and curated product store helping dog owners keep their pets mentally stimulated through expert guides, puzzle toy reviews, and training resources.

ARR $30K–$400K · AUTO 6/10

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59MEDIABERG 68MAYBE

Niche Creator Economy Newsletter

A free newsletter targeting a specific creator or professional niche that monetizes via sponsorships, paid tiers, and eventual acquisition.

ARR $80K–$1.2M · AUTO 5/10

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60MEDIABERG 66BUILD

City-Specific Cheap Flights Newsletter

A network of hyper-local email newsletters aggregating Google Flights price alerts for specific departure cities, monetized by subscription and affiliate commissions from booking platforms.

ARR $30K–$240K · AUTO 8/10

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