Youtube Outliers

Find viral YouTube videos in your niche for competitive intelligence. Use when user asks to find YouTube outliers, monitor competitors, or track viral videos.

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YouTube Outlier Detection

Goal

Find high-performing videos in your niche for competitive intelligence and content inspiration.

Scripts

  • ./scripts/scrape_youtube_outliers.py - Scrape and score outliers
  • ./scripts/update_transcripts.py - Fetch transcripts for existing outliers

Usage

# Default run
python3 ./scripts/scrape_youtube_outliers.py

# Custom parameters
python3 ./scripts/scrape_youtube_outliers.py \
  --keywords "AI automation,AI agents" \
  --days 30 \
  --min_score 1.5 \
  --limit 50

How It Works

  1. Searches YouTube for keywords
  2. Calculates outlier score (views / channel average)
  3. Applies recency boost
  4. Fetches transcripts
  5. Generates Claude summaries
  6. Saves to Google Sheet

Output

Google Sheet with:

  • Outlier Score, Views, Duration
  • Title, Video Link, Channel
  • Thumbnail, Summary, Transcript
  • Publish Date

vs Cross-Niche Outliers

  • youtube_outliers: Your core niche (daily monitoring)
  • cross-niche-outliers: Adjacent niches (weekly inspiration)

Environment

APIFY_API_TOKEN=your_token
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key

MHassan0000/Skills/tree/main/Claude/maker zero claude skills premium/CLAUDE CODE WORKFLOWS AND SKILLS/Skills/youtube-outliers commit 59928c63db

Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add mhassan0000/youtube-outliers