YouTube Niche Finder

Demand that exists and competition you can realistically beat. The second half is what people skip: a topic with huge search volume whose top ten is held by million-subscriber channels is worse for a new channel than a quiet topic where 20,000-view videos rank.

Because volume tells you how many people search, not whether you could ever reach them. Median views in the top results tell you what you would have to beat, which is the number that actually decides whether you can enter.

Usually yes, and it is the most overlooked signal here. If the best videos on a topic are from 2019, nobody is actively publishing, and a current, well-made video has an unusually clear run.

How many distinct channels hold the top results. Twenty results from eighteen channels is an open field; twenty results from six channels is a topic owned by a handful of players, whatever the view counts suggest.

Not avoid, but decide deliberately. A topic consumed in short form is one where long-form competes at a disadvantage — and where Shorts monetise at a fraction of the rate.

Because which measure matters depends on your channel. A large channel can ignore a high barrier; a new one cannot. Aggregating the four into one number would hide exactly the thing you need to judge for yourself.