

It’s certainly not from a lack of user interest. Search terms like “facebook alternatives” have absolutely skyrocketed to unprecedented levels in the last couple years
Your certainty will be the mistake here. What does “skyrocketed” mean? From 10 search requests to 100? J/K. But: Is it more than the 1% of users? I doubt it. Most people are not interested at all in stuff like this. They go where everybody is, simple as that.
So go figure: 








Yep, I know that you ment it that way. I’m saying that it doesn’t make sense that way. If you want to give proof that there’s more potential than 1%, then you have to compare with the general search terms. Turns out, the numbers are less than 1%. There’s no pontential.