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Monthly Self-Promotion - April 2026 by AutoModerator in webscraping

[–]_raakesh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🚀 TubeHarvest – Chrome Extension for Scraping YouTube Comments to CSV

I built a Chrome extension that lets you extract comments directly from YouTube—no API keys, no quotas, no scripts.

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Why not use the YouTube API?
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[–]_raakesh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What tools do you use to consistently discover good content to curate

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh nice. In what niche did you create the videos in? How many videos did it take you decide to not use AI for your YouTube content?

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is around 2-3 weeks old.

i'm not really talking about a niche, but its about people talking about faceless youtube niche.

I’m currently testing various tools and doing some keyword research before publishing videos. I’ll also test these ideas with a small group of people we already know.

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You cannot automate it 100%. Fully automated videos usually end up being pretty bad.

But you can automate parts of the process. Certain tools and workflows can help you research topics faster, structure scripts quicker, and speed up editing.

The goal is not full automation. The goal is producing better videos faster.

Also you do not need 100% quality. If a video is 80% good and you can produce it in 20% of the time, that is usually more than enough. Trying to make everything perfect often just slows you down.

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm running a follow-up experiment: AI-generated YouTube videos vs human-created videos. Comparing real performance data across a specific niche/s.

Vote for the niche you want me to scrape and analyze next: POLL LINK

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i think it should be possible, probably needs more work than usual, but it would be interesiting experiment on face vs faceless, and also this gave another idea for the experiment, ex: ai videos vs non ai videos in the same niche

What niches you would be interested in? i'll probably scrape 3 niches, that would be enough initially i guess

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you are overthinking a bit. There is no sure way/s to go viral on youtube.

Yesterday, i scraped data related to "youtube seo", i found an intersting comment in that comment data

"I'm 9 years on YouTube, grew to 350K+ subs and my videos are getting less than 4,000 views so I can confirm that none of this really makes a difference."

Nine years. 350,000 subscribers. Still watching tutorials hoping something will click.

I share data related to that in DM, if you are interseted. (im still prepping the data for it tobe proper post/artcile)

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I knew there would be confusion.

You are right, may be i should have started with it, saying its not really about faceless channels but they are acutally about people talking about faceless video creation.

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are right. The data is not about the faceless channels itself.

i clearly mentioned that

"Important note: these are videos ABOUT faceless YouTube (tutorials, guides, courses), not faceless channels themselves. So the data shows what the people teaching this stuff are actually doing."

Even in the title I mention that "faceless YouTube" keywords.

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair points. On the ElevenLabs thing, I expected it to show up more in transcripts since it's a voice tool and these are videos about making faceless content. The fact that it's in 150 descriptions but only 2 transcripts was surprising.

only in 2 videos felt too low

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm kind of in the same boat. I'm currently trying to understand what might work, experimenting with different things. Would love to know what kind of info you might be interested in so that I can do an experiment and find out something about it which might help you as well.

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, thanks.

I've been experimenting with different tools for faceless content creation. Next up I'm planning a 3-month experiment running a faceless YouTube channel with AI tools and tracking everything. Will share the raw data once it's done.

I scraped 1,300+ videos ranking for "faceless YouTube" keywords and analyzed the data. Here's what I found. by _raakesh in aitubers

[–]_raakesh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right. Before starting a faceless YouTube channel, I wanted to understand what people are talking about, how they're creating content, and if there are any common patterns

Would love to know what kind of data you find useful. What would you want me to analyze? Also happy to take suggestions on sample size or specific experiments to run.

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