Hi Product Hunt 👋 I’m Dan, and I built Broaden because I kept saying I wanted to read more, and kept doing exactly nothing about it. I had the apps, the intention. But every reading app I tried had the same problem: too much noise. Hundreds of articles of low quality, an infinite feed, the same anxiety I was trying to escape by not opening Twitter. I’d open the app, feel overwhelmed, and go back to doomscrolling. So I built the opposite. Every morning, Broaden gives you exactly 5 articles — AI-curated from quality sources based on topics you actually care about. You don’t need to read all five. Even one article a day keeps your streak alive, and over a week, that’s seven things you didn’t know before. The constraint is a feature. Five articles a day. That’s it. Then you’re done. What I’ve learned building this: • Habit formation is about removing friction, not adding motivation. “Read one article” is a far more keepable promise than “read for 30 minutes.” • The streak mechanic is more powerful than I expected. Once users hit day 7, retention changes dramatically. • Article quality matters enormously. We curate from The Guardian, Aeon, Wired, Ars Technica, and 40+ other sources. No clickbait. No content farms. Broaden is live on iOS today, soon to be published on Android. I’d genuinely love your feedback — especially on the onboarding flow, the article quality for your topic choices, and anything that felt confusing. Happy Broadening! 🦫

Broaden - Daily Reading

Five articles. Every day. No noise.

Five articles. Every day. No noise.