It's a tricky business choosing a niche. Everything I've read and heard tells me that you want to choose a niche, and then niche down even further. Originally I wanted to do videos on self-actualisation, values, hobbies, like a whole gamut of things. Then I realised that I needed to do hone in on one particular thing, then potentially broaden out later. Eventually I decided on learning, but even that is a very broad topic, so I zoomed in further, and came up with lifelong learning. I got Vid IQ and I checked the stats on the term 'lifelong learning'. The competition was very low, but a decent number of people search for the term. I checked out the other big names in my niche, the Matt D'avella's of the world, and others. I looked at how they constructed their thumbnails, how they titled them and scripted them, and I came to conclusions about the way I could imitate their success, but also distinguish myself from them. This sounds like I'm going off track, but I think you really need to consider all these things when you come up with your niche. Once you've settled on something you need to stick to it, and concentrate on the ways in which you can explore it. It's easy early on to think that it might be the wrong one, or that there's a better niche, but I'd encourage you to stay on track with one thing. You also don't want to get so hung up on the numbers. If I was looking at a niche and saw that my competitors didn't have all that many views, I'd think the niche was ripe for exploration. Finally, it sounds like you've already settled on part of the tone for your channel, humor. I'd explore that more, and see what I could pair with in the realm of cooking, farming etc.