Shortscope — YouTube Niche Research

Find your YouTube niche and turn research into your next video idea. Shortscope is a free research workspace for YouTube creators. Compare relevant channels, explore Shorts and long videos, and save useful examples in one place. PERSONALIZE YOUR RESEARCH Choose your niche, preferred video format and search language. Add your own channel to get editable topic suggestions based on its public description and sampled video titles. DISCOVER RELATED CHANNELS Search by topic and compare recent video samples, views and publication dates. Look for repeated performance across several uploads, rather than relying on one viral video. COMPARE VIDEO PERFORMANCE Browse a Shorts grid with filters and sorting. Open a channel to explore popular videos published in the last four months. See subscribers, public video counts, channel creation dates and total channel views when available. TRACK OBSERVED GROWTH Compare average views per hour and measured changes between saved checks. These metrics describe available observations; they are not predictions or private YouTube Studio analytics. SAVE YOUR BEST IDEAS Favorite videos and channels, write research notes, create editable research plans and export your data. Use references to develop your own original topics and formats. ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN Switch the interface between English and Russian. Enter search topics in other languages. Channel names, video titles and your notes remain in their original language. YOU CONTROL YOUR WORKSPACE Research data stays locally in your Chrome profile. Optionally enable the Shortscope research feed on the YouTube homepage, or keep the normal homepage. FREE TO USE All current features are free, with support for up to 20 tracked channels. Some features require your own YouTube Data API key, including long-video discovery and live channel video lists. API quotas apply. Public data can be incomplete, delayed or unavailable. Channel samples are not complete histories. Shortscope does not verify monetization, reveal private revenue or guarantee views. Support: punk4web@gmail.com Shortscope is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.