Obsidian
Attention only · Discussion moved +1300.0%; no adoption series is mapped for it. (as of 2026·08·12)
Who is talking
1.00
14 distinct voices across 14 mentions
Distinct voices per mention. 1.00 means every mention came from a different person; a low number means a handful of people are driving the volume. Authors are counted once per day, so someone who posts across several days counts more than once over the whole window. The figure can overstate breadth, never understate it.
Where it is being said
hackernews79%
producthunt21%
A wave of praise on a forum and a rapidly filling issue tracker both show up as “mentions up” until you see where they came from.
Agreement
Aligned
spread 0.22 · sides 0% even
Most opinion points the same way, so the average sentiment reads as a verdict rather than two sides cancelling out.
SRC: 124 mentions in window · net sentiment 0.55 · 0 adoption series · derived aggregates only
Mentions / dayall sources combined
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| Period | mentions |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-17 | 1 |
| 2026-05-18 | 1 |
| 2026-05-19 | 3 |
| 2026-05-20 | 1 |
| 2026-05-21 | 3 |
| 2026-05-22 | 1 |
| 2026-05-23 | 3 |
| 2026-05-24 | 4 |
| 2026-05-25 | 3 |
| 2026-05-26 | 1 |
| 2026-05-27 | 1 |
| 2026-05-28 | 2 |
| 2026-05-29 | 1 |
| 2026-05-30 | 1 |
| 2026-05-31 | 2 |
| 2026-06-01 | 1 |
| 2026-06-02 | 2 |
| 2026-06-03 | 2 |
| 2026-06-04 | 2 |
| 2026-06-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06-06 | 2 |
| 2026-06-07 | 3 |
| 2026-06-08 | 1 |
| 2026-06-10 | 2 |
| 2026-06-11 | 1 |
| 2026-06-13 | 3 |
| 2026-06-15 | 2 |
| 2026-06-16 | 1 |
| 2026-06-17 | 1 |
| 2026-06-18 | 3 |
| 2026-06-19 | 1 |
| 2026-06-20 | 1 |
| 2026-06-22 | 2 |
| 2026-06-23 | 1 |
| 2026-06-24 | 3 |
| 2026-06-25 | 2 |
| 2026-06-26 | 14 |
| 2026-06-27 | 1 |
| 2026-06-28 | 2 |
| 2026-06-30 | 6 |
| 2026-07-01 | 2 |
| 2026-07-02 | 3 |
| 2026-07-03 | 5 |
| 2026-07-04 | 2 |
| 2026-07-05 | 3 |
| 2026-07-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07-21 | 1 |
| 2026-07-31 | 2 |
| 2026-08-08 | 1 |
| 2026-08-11 | 9 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2 |
latest 2 mentions05-17 .. 08-12
Sentiment curve0.55 current
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| Period | net sentiment |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-17 | 0.95 |
| 2026-05-18 | −0.15 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0.21 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0.00 |
| 2026-05-21 | −0.16 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0.00 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0.21 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0.56 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0.00 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0.00 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0.95 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0.00 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0.97 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0.00 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0.00 |
| 2026-06-01 | 0.00 |
| 2026-06-02 | 0.25 |
| 2026-06-03 | 0.50 |
| 2026-06-04 | −0.27 |
| 2026-06-05 | 0.00 |
| 2026-06-06 | 0.00 |
| 2026-06-07 | 0.00 |
| 2026-06-08 | 0.95 |
| 2026-06-10 | 0.49 |
| 2026-06-11 | 0.00 |
| 2026-06-13 | 0.33 |
| 2026-06-15 | 0.49 |
| 2026-06-16 | 0.78 |
| 2026-06-17 | 0.99 |
| 2026-06-18 | 0.00 |
| 2026-06-19 | 0.36 |
| 2026-06-20 | 0.75 |
| 2026-06-22 | 0.00 |
| 2026-06-23 | 0.00 |
| 2026-06-24 | −0.01 |
| 2026-06-25 | 0.49 |
| 2026-06-26 | 0.66 |
| 2026-06-27 | −0.74 |
| 2026-06-28 | 0.49 |
| 2026-06-30 | 0.69 |
| 2026-07-01 | 0.94 |
| 2026-07-02 | 0.58 |
| 2026-07-03 | 0.73 |
| 2026-07-04 | 0.83 |
| 2026-07-05 | 0.32 |
| 2026-07-06 | 0.48 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0.06 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0.55 |
latest 0.5505-17 .. 08-12
What people are asking forlatest 20 entries
| What was said | Momentum |
|---|---|
| Managing customer conversations across personal phone numbers and iMessage makes it difficult to stay organized. | +0% |
| Obsidian's PDF export functionality is unnecessarily complex for basic writing needs. | +0% |
| A font has certain limitations that prevented its use in a product. | +0% |
| The hosted LLM Wiki product works quite well for iterating on files and reusing past results, with useful features like web search and widgets for travel planning. | +0% |
| User switched from paid software like Obsidian, 1Password, Monarch, Netflix, and Spotify to open-source self-hosted alternatives enabled by Claude and MCP. | +0% |
| Pi is awesome and works well as a foundation for building an agentic IDE with Obsidian due to its easy customization. | −100% |
| Claude's markdown export extension works well and produces clean output compatible with Obsidian. | −100% |
| Obsidian is effective for organizing knowledge around personally interesting topics. | −100% |
| Software with good APIs and SDKs like Obsidian enables agents to customize functionality while allowing companies to maintain proprietary components. | −100% |
| User is asking whether Hister can index Paperless-NGX documents in addition to Obsidian vaults. | −100% |
| SmartConnections Pro pricing at $300 per year is expensive relative to LLM subscription costs and Microsoft Office. | −100% |
| The user requests integration or compatibility with Obsidian for knowledge management workflows. | −100% |
| Specialized note-taking applications fail to match the simplicity and flexibility of plain text files and folders for long-term information management. | −100% |
| Obsidian's barebones out-of-the-box experience discourages adoption and leads users to abandon vaults after initial use. | −100% |
| Managing complex note-taking systems like Obsidian becomes overwhelming due to the cognitive burden of organizing information across multiple notes. | −100% |
| Logseq's development stalled and the migration to a database-based structure raised concerns about data portability. | −100% |
| Obsidian is enjoyable to use because linking content is a fun experience. | −100% |
| Obsidian's markdown-based knowledge management system with searchable and indexable contents provides better long-term value for note reuse compared to handwritten methods. | −100% |
| User praises Obsidian for being able to compete and win against Notion despite having significantly less funding. | −100% |
| The user tried Obsidian and other note-taking apps but stopped using them after a few weeks because they forgot about them. | −100% |