We analyze tens of millions of new YouTube uploads every month at vidIQ.
Uploads in the last 30 days alone: 49M long form videos.
The median one got 207 views.
0.04% hit 1M.
And a Short was 10x more likely to cross 1M than a long form video.
The algorithm isn't suppressing you. The math is just brutal.
Most creators are simply playing the wrong format.
Kudos to @timschmoyer and vidIQ coaching team for helping creators get wins like this.
If your creator looking to get that edge check out vidIQ coaching vidIQ.com/coaching
This creator was stuck at 1-2K views per video for months.
Then one video hit 165,000. The next one kept climbing. So did the one after that.
Here's exactly what changed 👇
How to create your own content creator for $20 a month?
Many people underestimate the tools available to them today. Virtually any manual labour can be replaced.
This is exactly what many content creators are doing right now. They use AI combined with their own charisma to create excellent social media pages.
After filming each video, the following begins:
→ YouTube description
→ Tags and chapters
→ Adaptation for other social media platforms
→ Publishing schedule
→ Saving materials.
How to save time?
Claude code $20 / month
→ Creates YouTube descriptions
→ Creates a content plan
→ Analyses published content
Notion is free
→ Stores your content
→ Stores all your ideas for videos
→ Allows you to easily send them to Claude
If you’re still spending a lot of time on basic tasks, you’re lagging far behind other content creators.
Every aspect of life can now be simplified. And by using AI correctly, you can stay competitive.
One of our @vidIQ partners just crossed $628K in total earnings.
Not a huge channel. A trusted one.
Last 30 days: $15K. EPC at $7.43. Sign-ups up 33.9% vs last month.
We've had partners with 5M view videos who never touched these numbers.
Views don't convert. Trust does.
vidIQ analyzes millions of Reels in real time to shape your next hit.
Trends, hooks, and winning formats decoded before you post.
The guessing is over.
I raised many millions and sold 3 companies before age 30…
My first company sold to the founder of Uber, my last to Adam Neumann
But I had an unfair advantage (and you could too)
I used software to come up with 0.01% validated startup ideas
6 underrated tools to help you get paid:
1. EtsyHunt
EtsyHunt is the largest database of Etsy products.
48 million product listings to learn what is selling on Etsy, and discover winning products.
It'll get you thinking...
I love looking at the best-selling and rising charts
2. SubredditStats
It's like a growth hacker's crystal ball.
Spot growing communities before they blow up.
Discover niches you didn't even know existed.
It helps you go nicher. Go from niche to super niche.
Brainstorming startups ideas? You'll learn the problems of the community.
Some of my top startup ideas?
Named straight after subreddits.
Why? Because it's pre-validated gold.
Reddit isn’t just memes.
It's a gold mine of validated tribes and brand names.
3. VidIQ
VidIQ helps you analyze top-performing YouTube videos.
Once you understand what makes a top video, you can make your next content piece a grand slam.
Start by using VidIQ to study successful videos in your niche.
Apply the insights to refine your content strategy, focusing on what works.
Regularly review and adjust based on new findings to keep your content in the spotlight.
Data driven decisions win every time.
Bonus tip: use "contains questions" feature on VidIQ to filter what questions people have on a YouTube video.
This will give you endless startup ideas.
4. TikTok Creative Center
Ever wonder why someone’s TikTok ad went viral?
Creative center is what you need.
It gives you all the tools to study top-performing ads.
A proven playbook is to decode competitors’ tactics, refine your content with creative tools, and leverage insights to outshine rivals.
Then regularly assess trends and adjust your approach to stay competitive.
5. PiPi Ads
You’ve got yourself in the game with Creative Center.
PiPi Ads is where you come to master it.
It has the largest number and types of TikTok ads. Use Pipi Ads to research and analyze winning strategies, then apply these insights to your campaigns. Optimize and test until you find your winning formula.
6. Minea
Minea is a killer tool for your DTC biz.
One of the best features is that you can input a website, and it’ll identify the best keywords and all the backlinks.
This way you can delve into them and use it to optimize your own website.
Minea’s a crucial tool to tweak your strategies and boost your profits fast.
Knowledge is power, folks.
Sometimes the answers are out there. Just need the right tools to find them.
Go get 'em.
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Follow me @gregisenberg for more, I'll give you endless startup ideas.
(i also have playbooks on some of these tools on my membership community empire dot co if you want to go deeper)
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Bob Lee's death is a tragedy and huge loss for the tech community and for San Francisco. We must remember his life and works.
We know so little about the circumstances and it's too early to speculate what happened yet. That area is filled with cameras so we will find out soon.
Devastating, sad, scary. As the news trickled out last night there were so many feelings coming out in the various chat groups. But most of all, sadness for Bob, his friends, his network, his community. What a tragedy and just awful.
3 years ago I was running @vidIQ booth with a fantastic team in London @VidCon. We had superb YouTube Data-dives with so many talented European creators...
This was in Feb 2020.
A few days later, the world shut down.
That is why I make it a priority not to miss Creator events