before you commit to a niche, there's one step you can't skip:
competitor research with AI
most beginners pick a niche & start posting without checking what's already working
then they wonder why they're stuck at a few hundred views
here's how to do it in 2026:
connect claude to nexlev with the MCP integration
ask it to pull 30 channels under 100k subs, started in the last 6 months, growing fast
it outputs subs, monthly revenue, upload frequency & top video views as a table
scan for niches with multiple small channels getting big views
pick the one with the most demand & least competition
this takes 5 minutes & saves you 3 months of posting in a dead niche