What are your favourite tools for discoving popular content?

[Clicksjim]

Since looking around for popular content discovery tools I came across a review about a tool called PostRank which seemed ideal until I learned Google had bought it and shut it down already

So far I have been using Google reader and Topsy to discover popular content in my niches but I am guessing there are a whole bunch of other tools out there that may work even better - please do let me know your favourites!

[TakeshiYoung]

What niche are you in? Reddit is one of the best sites out there for finding great content for most niches.

[Clicksjim]

Hi Takeshi... Shipping containers and luxury car hire are the two main areas for me right now. Yes Reddit has thrown up some good content ideas in these areas!  Thanks.and if you or anyone else knows any more I am all ears.

[TakeshiYoung]

Reddit has a lot of "subreddits" or categories. The main ones to keep track of are 'funny', 'advice animals', 'pics', and 'videos'.

You probably won't find anything specific to shipping containers or luxury cars, but the idea is to take what is popular and see if you can create your own version of it for your niche. For example, the "Harlem shake" videos were trending a couple weeks ago; it doesn't take much resources to create something like that for your own niches.

[Clicksjim]

Thanks. i'll be doing the Harlem shake when I get my first piece of link bait picked up

[Clicksjim]

34 tools to help you discover popular content ideas

http://www.blueglass.com/blog/content-creation-toolbox/