Find Low-Competition High-RPM YouTube Niches
Niche validation for new channels: search high-RPM topics like finance, AI, and B2B to see who ranks, their channel size, and views before you commit.
How it works
- 1Open it on Apify
Hit Run on Apify — it opens the tool in the cloud, no install.
- 2Set the inputs
Adjust
searchQueries,channelUrls,maxItems(sensible defaults are pre-filled). - 3Click Run
The tool runs on Apify’s cloud and collects the data for you.
- 4Export the results
Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pipe straight into your app, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.
Inputs
| Field | What it does | Type |
|---|---|---|
searchQueries | Keywords to search YouTube for, one per line (e.g. "lofi hip hop", "python tutorial"). Each query returns up to Max videos. Leave empty if you only want channel | array |
channelUrls | YouTube channels to pull videos from, one per line. Accepts full channel URLs (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/@LofiGirl, https://www.youtube.com/c/ChannelName, ht | array |
maxItems | Maximum number of videos to return per search query and per channel. Pagination via continuation tokens is used to reach this number. Values up to a few hundred | integer |
notionConnector | Optional. Write each video as a page into your Notion when the run finishes. Authorize a Notion connector once in Settings → API & Integrations → MCP connectors | string |
notionParentId | Optional. The Notion data source ID of the database to write into (only used if a Notion connector is set). Leave empty to create the pages privately in your wo | string |
What you get
A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:
channelIdchannelNamelengthTextmodepublishedTimeTextthumbnailtitleurlvideoIdviewCountTextExport every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.
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