What people in Indonesia actually hate
2 pain points submitted from Indonesia, sorted by urgency. 2 upvotes from people who feel the same.
What 2 people in Indonesia actually wrote down — ranked, voted on, and unedited.
Indonesia shows up on PainMap because 2 people living there took two minutes to write down something genuinely broken in their day. Not a survey response, not a Reddit thread someone scraped — a sentence they typed because they wanted it to stop. 2 other people then upvoted entries on this page because the same thing happens to them.
Every pain is scored on three things: how often it happens (frequency), how badly it interrupts a normal day (urgency), and whether the person would pay money to make it go away (willingness to pay). The combination of those three is what we call the urgency score, and it's what this page is sorted by. A pain that happens daily, ruins your morning, and is worth $20/month to fix sits at the top. A one-off rant about a single bad experience sits at the bottom.
Indonesia is just getting started on PainMap. The list is short because few people have submitted yet — which means whoever does submit something now sets the agenda. If you live in Indonesia and something is consistently broken in your day, write it down. Someone else will recognize it within a week.
How we keep it real: every submission gets automatically categorized, scored for text quality (low-effort spam gets filtered), and re-ranked daily as votes come in. Pains flagged by three or more people are removed. We do not generate any of this with AI, we don't seed the list, and we don't pay people to submit. The signal is whatever people in Indonesia actually care enough to type.
If you want to dig deeper, jump to the topic hubs at the bottom of this page — they slice across all countries by theme (parking, rent, dating apps, customer support, etc.), which is useful if you're researching a specific problem rather than a specific place.
🔥 Top 2 pains in Indonesia
Gambling
What I was trying to do: Trying to make quick money through online gambling after falling behind financially What went wrong: I kept chasing losses, believing the next win would recover everything, but every session pulled me deeper into debt and stress Worst part: The worst part wasn’t just losing money it was the guilt, anxiety, and feeling of losing control while watching my savings disappear
The presence of illegal parking attendants and unofficial
The presence of illegal parking attendants and unofficial traffic wardens, known as pak ogah, has become an overwhelming fixture of Jakarta’s urban landscape. These individuals often take over public roads and commercial storefronts, demanding fees for "services" that are neither authorized by the city nor technically voluntary. Despite collecting money from motorists, they provide zero formal contribution to city revenue or public safety infrastructure. This lack of accountability is most evident when theft occurs; if a helmet is stolen or a vehicle goes missing, these attendants invariably refuse to take any responsibility. Ultimately, their presence creates a one-sided system where drivers pay for a sense of security that is entirely non-existent.
Frequently asked
- What are people in Indonesia most frustrated about?
- Anything from local government and housing to dating apps and parking. The top of this list is sorted by urgency, so you'll see the most-felt problems first.
- Are these pain points only from people living in Indonesia?
- Yes. Each submission tags a country, and this page only shows entries tagged Indonesia. Diaspora and travelers may also contribute when relevant.
- Can I add a problem from Indonesia?
- Yes — anyone can submit. It takes about 30 seconds, no signup required, and the country is auto-detected (you can override).
- How many Indonesia pains have been submitted?
- 2 so far. New entries appear daily.
Related topic hubs
Cross-country pain themes — useful if you're researching beyond Indonesia.