niche-finder

YouTube research for creators: find a niche that is growing, see which videos from small channels took off and why, and check your idea before you film it.

Status: the hosted version is coming soon. Accounts with sign-up, tariffs and connecting your own channel are built; the online service is being prepared for its first users. Want early access? Open an issue titled “Early access” or star the repository to follow the launch. Can’t wait? Run your own copy today — it is free and open source.

Contents

• What it does for you
• Why niche-finder
• Screens
• Plans
• Run it yourself today
• For developers
• Privacy and security
• License

What it does for you

Find a niche worth entering

• Where to enter: every niche scored 0–100 from six visible terms — demand trend, supply growth, newcomers breaking out, RPM, templated channels, policy signals — with a side-by-side comparison of 2–3 niches.
• Viral videos from small channels and outlier channels: a video against its own channel’s median, over any period from 24 hours to 90 days, with subscriber, length, Shorts, RPM and Partner Program filters.
• Niche trend: growing, stable, cooling or saturated, from the last 30 days against the 90 before — supply, demand, new channels and whether newcomers break out.
• What outliers share: what a niche’s breakouts have in common against