YOUTUBE EVIDENCE ENGINE · PORTABLE

Find topics worth filming.

Recent competitor outliers in. Defensible topics out. A topic crosses the line only at 90/100.

PASS LINE90/100

Download one HTML file for your computer or Cloudflare Pages. Use Direct, a local companion, or a Cloudflare Worker that keeps the API key off the page.

API quota: 0 / 10,000 used · 10,000 remaining ESTIMATED
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2-MINUTE SETUP

  1. 1

    In Google Cloud Console, create or select a project.

  2. 2

    Enable YouTube Data API v3 under APIs & Services.

  3. 3

    Create an API key and restrict it to YouTube Data API v3. Add your website domain as an HTTP-referrer restriction only for Direct mode; Worker mode stores the key as a server-side secret.

Default: 10,000 units. Change this if Google approved an extended daily quota. This portable counter lasts only while the tab stays open.

The key stays only in this open tab’s memory and is sent directly to Google in request headers. It is not saved.

Change this to any niche. Then find competitors for that niche before scanning.
One per line. Use @handles or /channel/ URLs.
EST. QUOTA≈ 506 unitsactual varies with channels and pages
HOW THE GATE WORKS

Five signals. One visible equation.

35Proven outlier

Recent views ÷ the channel’s recent median. Cross-channel repetition and Low/Mid breakout channels add bounded evidence bonuses.

20Velocity

Views per day normalized by subscriber count, then compared with the scanned niche baseline.

15Engagement

Likes plus comments divided by views, scored against the niche median.

15Demand

Recent views/day on matching videos across independent channels, normalized against the scanned niche baseline.

15Uniqueness

Rewards title clusters covered by fewer scanned competitors.