TubeLab - YouTube Strategy

YouTube & AI inspiration, tools, insights and strategy based in real data. Follow @TubeLabNiches (by @antoniojmps)

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found the smartest opus 5.5 channel on youtube

a PhD does the research (11 journal papers in one video), opus does the rest

3.5M views on a traffic jam video.

everyone's copying the stick figure channels. nobody's copying this one yet

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8 Niches Completely Made with Opus 5.5

And they're actually GOOD.

BOOKMARK THIS.👇🧵

1) Self-improvement Cartoons | 58.6K subs
• $13K/month on a $3 RPM
• 6.05M total views across 13 videos
• Animated films where the villain is your own inner voice.

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Every tool you need for a YouTube channel (save this):

> niche finding: @TubeLabHQ Niche Finder
> ideation: @TubeLabHQ Outliers + Trending Formats
> research: TubeLab MCP + Claude/ChatGPT
> scripts: @TubeLabHQ Scriptwriter
> voiceover: 11labs
> thumbnails: ChatGPT or Gemini
> AI avatar videos: TubeAvatar
> faceless editing: Claude Code/Codex

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What didn’t show up from small channels:

“Hey guys, in this video…”

Only established creators got away with it.

Want a hook like these for your next video?

Write it with TubeLab’s Scriptwriter: https://t.co/8b3a5Re0jC

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STOP WRITING BAD YOUTUBE HOOKS

Here are 6 hook formats that work in any niche.

(bookmark this 🧵)

1) Cold Open
Drops the viewer into one person's moment before saying what the video is about.

"Betty Neumar married five men and buried all five of them."

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6) Personal Confession
The creator's own story or experiment, told like a confession.

"I cannot believe how upset people are that I'm selling my house."

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Easy Faceless YouTube Money Glitch 👇

> Spot an upcoming release with a huge fanbase
> pick one with high post-launch interest
> prepare 5-10 videos around that niche
> release before launch day
> profit

GTA 6 drops Nov 19. These channels are already monetized.

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7 Niches Making $100K+/MONTH Combined

Every channel is under one month old.

BOOKMARK THIS.👇🧵

2) Discord History Chats | 15.3K subs
• $16K/month on a $6 RPM
• 3M total views
• Beluga’s Discord format, applied to history.

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$164K with 1 Video in the last month

That's how much one of these videos made!

Here's 10 wild examples of small channels making BANK from 1 video:

(From lower revenue to high, a thread...🧵)

10) Estimated Revenue ~$8K
• Niche: Animated Self-Improvement (~$3 RPM)
• 3M Views in 17 DAYS
• Only 32K subs

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AI avatar channels DESERVE to be terminated.

If you're doing any of these, YouTube is doing the right thing.

1. Hiding that it's AI
If viewers think a real person is talking, you're lying to them. Label it as AI.

2. Preying on vulnerable people
Targeting lonely seniors, health fears or money worries isn't a niche. It's exploitation.

3. Selling junk
Click "generate," slap a price on it, never check it. AI-made ebooks and courses nobody reviewed or tested are a scam.

4. Pretending to be an expert
Fake doctors, fake lawyers, fake financial advisors. Your avatar has no license. Stop pretending it does.

5. Making lazy videos
No research, no fact-checking, no value. You're wasting people's time.

AI avatars are here to stay. There are amazing channels about history, geography and other genuinely valuable topics. On those, the avatar is awesome.

Exploiting vulnerable people with slop products is not.

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AI avatar channels DESERVE to be terminated.

If you're doing any of these, YouTube is doing the right thing.

1. Hiding that it's AI
If viewers think a real person is talking, you're lying to them. Label it as AI.

2. Preying on vulnerable people
Targeting lonely seniors, health fears or money worries isn't a niche. It's exploitation.

3. Selling junk
Click "generate," slap a price on it, never check it. AI-made ebooks and courses nobody reviewed or tested are a scam.

4. Pretending to be an expert
Fake doctors, fake lawyers, fake financial advisors. Your avatar has no license. Stop pretending it does.

5. Making lazy videos
No research, no fact-checking, no value. You're wasting people's time.

AI avatars are here to stay. There are amazing channels about history, geography and other genuinely valuable topics. On those, the avatar is awesome.

Exploiting vulnerable people with slop products is not.

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@mxgolds no drama-queens allowed ;)

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FACELESS YOUTUBE IS DEAD

this video exposes the NEW YouTube automation goldrush

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@robinscrs @samgrows @mxgolds love to see the algrow minions coming here

looks like TubeAvatar is stressing you a bit?

literally anyone with Claude Code can vibe-code an AI Avatar generator

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@samgrows @mxgolds exactly, let the product speak for itself.

just set the price per minute to $0.50 in TubeAvatar and you beat headcast

pay $264/mo in TubeAvatar or $349/mo (or $3588/year upfront on Headcast).

(literally set $0.7/min budget just so it didn't look so bad)

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